FediForum Talk: Atproto: A Technical Introduction

By Daniel Holmgren, head of protocol at Bluesky PBC. AT Protocol (atproto) is the open protocol powering Bluesky and the emerging Atmosphere. This talk gives a high-level overview of atproto's approach to decentralized networking, including the data model, identity, the firehose, the lexicon schema system, and how these pieces work together to facilitate large-scale open social applications.