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AT Protocol

The AT Protocol (Authenticated Transfer Protocol, pronounced "at protocol", commonly shortened to ATproto or "ATP") is a protocol and set of open standards for decentralized publishing and distribution of self-authenticating data within the social web. It serves as the technical foundation of the Bluesky social network, originally developed as a…

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Abbreviation
ATproto, ATP
Developer
Bluesky Social PBC
Introduction
October 18, 2022; 3 years ago (2022-10-18)
Ports
80, 443
Purpose
Distributed social network

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AT Protocol

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AT Protocol

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related to Bluesky · 20
AT Protocol → ActivityPub, Additionally, An, API, Bluesky, Bluesky APIs, Bluesky Social, Bluesky Social PBC, Bridgy Fed, February, Flipboard, Mastodon, Nostr, Personal Data Servers, Posts, SkyBridge, The, The AT Protocol, To, While
related to history · 20
AT Protocol → ADX, Apache, AT Protocol's, AT Protocol-focused, ATmosphereConf, Authenticated Data Experiment, Bluesky, Bluesky Social PBC, GitHub, In March, Inc, It, May, MIT, October, Seattle, Sessions, The, The AT Protocol, Twitter
related to Further reading · 9
AT Protocol → Bluesky, Bluesky Tonight, BlueSky Work, How, Insights, I’m, Social Data, Usable Decentralized Social Media, Year Worth
related to Standardization via the IETF · 8
AT Protocol → BOF, Feather, IETF, In August, In September, Internet Drafts, Internet Engineering Task Force, Working Group-forming Birds
related to External links · 6
AT Protocol → Beyond Bluesky, Official, Retrieved, Sarah, TechCrunch, These
related to Lexicons · 6
AT Protocol → All, AppView, AppViews, As, This, XRPC
related to User identity · 6
AT Protocol → DID, DNS, Either, The AT Protocol, Verification, Web
related to Design · 5
AT Protocol → ActivityPub, Bluesky Social, Compared, Independent, The AT Protocol
Abbreviation · 1
AT Protocol → ATproto, ATP
Developer · 1
AT Protocol → Bluesky Social PBC

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protocol bluesky data network social within services user content users appviews protocol's repositories also posts implementation ietf architecture service records

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AT ProtocolAbbreviationATproto, ATP1.00infobox
AT ProtocolDeveloperBluesky Social PBC1.00infobox
AT ProtocolIntroductionOctober 18, 2022; 3 years ago (2022-10-18)1.00infobox
AT ProtocolPorts80, 4431.00infobox
AT ProtocolPurposeDistributed social network1.00infobox
AT ProtocolWebsiteatproto.com1.00infobox
AT Protocolis aseparate protocol with no major technical similarities to other protocols0.90text
ActivityPubinstance ofas well as an ecosystem of interoperable social applications and services collectively referred to as the ATmosphere.The AT Protocol aims to address perceived issues with earlie…0.80text
Nostrinstance ofas well as an ecosystem of interoperable social applications and services collectively referred to as the ATmosphere.The AT Protocol aims to address perceived issues with earlie…0.80text
ActivityPubinstance ofCompared to other protocols for social networking0.80text
where implementations are typically designed as a monolithic server that hosts both user datainstance ofCompared to other protocols for social networking0.80text
the applicationinstance ofCompared to other protocols for social networking0.80text

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