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I scanned the documentation and I didn't see anything about blockchain (I assumed at first it would be some web3 BS). Are they just using different language? It

I scanned the documentation and I didn't see anything about blockchain (I assumed at first it would be some web3 BS). Are they just using different language? It looks like it's just an open protocol Edit: I looked at the github, not the medium page, I see I'm wrong. It is some web3 BS

rvz 4y ago
> Edit: I looked at the github, not the medium page, I see I'm wrong. It is some web3 BS Where exactly does it say that BlueSky is yet another web3 / blockchain project? The Medium post isn't from the BlueSky team, its from a random crypto blogger and even he doesn't reference where BlueSky is a blockchain or crypto token platform.
- stormbrew 4y ago
  My read of the protocol docs from when they came out a few days ago is that they're using Blockchain in the distributed merkel-tree ledger sense and not (explicitly?) in the sense of a cryptocurrency. It seems like it models your data as a Merkel tree log, signed by an identity key that can be obtained through DNS. Unless they plan to add a namecoinish thing for identities you shouldn't really need Po* to "secure" that.
- version_five 4y ago
  Fair enough. They have not really made it clear on the BlueSky site. I found this: > We’re not describing what we’re building as a federated or p2p network, or as a blockchain network, because it doesn’t fall neatly in any of these categories. It could be described as a hybrid federated network with p2p characteristics, but it’s more descriptive to focus on the capabilities – self-authenticating identities and data – than on network topology. From: https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/3-6-2022-a-self-authenticating-social-protocol https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/3-6-2022-a-self-authenticating-s... Not that it clarifies anything for me. It feels (I'm speculating) like they are very careful not to mention web3, but maybe that's because it really has nothing to do with tokens and whatnot and is actually just a protocol that lets people run their own social network servers. But it doesn't say it's that either. Some plain language would help make it clear if it's legit or just some new take on blockchain scamming

rvz 4y ago

> Edit: I looked at the github, not the medium page, I see I'm wrong. It is some web3 BS Where exactly does it say that BlueSky is yet another web3 / blockchain project? The Medium post isn't from the BlueSky team, its from a random crypto blogger and even he doesn't reference where BlueSky is a blockchain or crypto token platform.

stormbrew 4y ago
My read of the protocol docs from when they came out a few days ago is that they're using Blockchain in the distributed merkel-tree ledger sense and not (explicitly?) in the sense of a cryptocurrency. It seems like it models your data as a Merkel tree log, signed by an identity key that can be obtained through DNS. Unless they plan to add a namecoinish thing for identities you shouldn't really need Po* to "secure" that.
version_five 4y ago
Fair enough. They have not really made it clear on the BlueSky site. I found this: > We’re not describing what we’re building as a federated or p2p network, or as a blockchain network, because it doesn’t fall neatly in any of these categories. It could be described as a hybrid federated network with p2p characteristics, but it’s more descriptive to focus on the capabilities – self-authenticating identities and data – than on network topology. From: https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/3-6-2022-a-self-authenticating-social-protocol https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/3-6-2022-a-self-authenticating-s... Not that it clarifies anything for me. It feels (I'm speculating) like they are very careful not to mention web3, but maybe that's because it really has nothing to do with tokens and whatnot and is actually just a protocol that lets people run their own social network servers. But it doesn't say it's that either. Some plain language would help make it clear if it's legit or just some new take on blockchain scamming