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Bluesky raised a $100M Series B led by Bain Capital Crypto in April 2025, following a $15M Series A in 2024 and an $8M seed in 2023; it now has over 43M users (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/19/bluesky-announces-100m-series-b-af…

Bluesky announces $100M Series B after CEO transition | TechCrunch
The additional funds have been used to scale Bluesky's team, while the company continues to develop Bluesky's app and the underlying ATProto that powers it.

Social network Bluesky is gearing up for big changes with today’s news that
the company raised $100 million in Series B funding.
The round, led by Bain Capital Crypto, was closed in April 2025 but had not been disclosed until now
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/19/blue…

Bluesky announces $100M Series B after CEO transition | TechCrunch
The additional funds have been used to scale Bluesky's team, while the company continues to develop Bluesky's app and the underlying ATProto that powers it.

Bluesky announces $100M Series B after CEO transition | TechCrunch
"The round, led by Bain Capital Crypto, was closed in April 2025 but had not been disclosed until now."
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/19/bluesky-announces-100m-series-b…

Bluesky announces $100M Series B after CEO transition | TechCrunch
The additional funds have been used to scale Bluesky's team, while the company continues to develop Bluesky's app and the underlying ATProto that powers it.

Because I am on Eurosky's PDS, I was able to log in via blacksky.community and was able to post. No profile/header banner imagesthough.
Despite this, #ATProto really falls apart even if the main #BlueSky stuff goes down.

Flash from the recent past : Statement on discourse about ActivityPub and AT Protocol by Emelia Smith https://rmendes.net/bookmarks/2026/02/18/flash-from-the-recent-past

Flash from the recent past : Statement on discourse about ActivityPub and AT Protocol by Emelia Smith
Flash from the recent past : Statement on discourse about ActivityPub and AT Protocol by Emelia Smith 18 February 2026 Social Web ATproto ActivityPub Fedi 🔖 https://writings.thisismissem.social/state...

So it’s very interesting learning about a bunch of work with #Bluesky happening after the DDoS they had.
There are many groups creating their own Personal Data Server (PDS) and then groups creating AppViews and Relays. Bluesky as a company has shown they can’t be relied upon and ATproto is creating decentralized systems.
I for one wish for a day when both

https://asterisk.lol/blog/atproto-is-a-lie
In tech circles a lot of people have been talking about ATProto as the future of social media or building their latest flashy social network built with it, alongside companies trying to get in as well. The whole thing looked owned by one compa…

Encrypted DM on ATproto ?
🔁 https://www.germnetwork.com/blog/germdm-atproto-now-beta

Germ DM x ATProto is Now in Beta — Germ Network
Germ DM is now a Bluesky messenger. We’ve integrated AT Protocol into our iOS app, so E2EE DMs have come to the Atmosphere! Germ DM is the end-to-end encrypted messenger that lets you talk freely—without a your phone number. It’s powered by Messaging Layer Security (MLS) and now connects to your A

@… haven't read this in full yet, but looks relevant to what you've been pondering https://social.coop/@ntnsndr/116363841612449282

RE: https://indieweb.social/@laurenshof/116041280108723747
Would love to see the other direction (Fediverse system which also speaks ATProto)

si quelqu’un veut tester les DM chiffré base sur Bluesky/Atproto j’ai une invitation #Germ mais faut un iPhone …
https://rmendes.net/notes/2026/02/06/germ-invitation

Ricardo Mendes
6 February 2026 Germ iPhone iOs si quelqu’un veut tester les DM chiffré base sur Bluesky/Atproto j’ai une invitation #Germ mais faut un iPhone … si quelqu’un veut tester les DM chiffré base sur Bluesk...

Be Wary of #Bluesky
#atprotocol

"Bridgy" connects over 40,000 Fedi accounts to ATproto,
-- which is two orders of magnitude more than the next ATproto service that is not Bluesky.
But these accounts, while visible to all of Bluesky, can't see most of Bluesky.
https://mastoreader.io/?url=https%3…

Idea I've floated over there (and on twitter) that I want to float here:
ATProto / Bluesky for social media is *bad* actually. Worse than here and even Twitter, precisely for the reason people might think it's better.
By "verifying" and rebroadcasting everything in a more precise way, you make it more dangerous by creating "better surveillance"
Mastodon ends up being better due to plausible deniability

Tout simplement fascinant... #bluesky #atproto https://rmendes.net/bookmarks/2026/01/

Sympa ce concept #atproto, le protocol derrière #bluesky continue de croître, com…

upcoming fediverse events
https://hackers.pub/@wakest/2026/upcoming-fediverse-events

upcoming fediverse events
This curated collection of global Fediverse events showcases the rapid expansion and technical diversification of the decentralized social web throughout 2026. Covering a wide range of activities from local meetups in Montreal and Berlin to large-scale international gatherings like DWeb Camp and FediDay, the schedule emphasizes core themes of digital sovereignty, protocol development, and public institution integration. Technical sessions delve into specific frameworks such as ATProto, Bonfire,…

Heute bis 17:30 Uhr läuft noch unsere #Umfrage zum angekündigten Start von #Eurosky:
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#SocialMedia #Musk #Trump #Fediverse
#Mastodon #Communication #survey
#ATProto #ATprotocol #ATmosphere
#democracy #DutGemacht #IDIDIT #SaveSocial #Umfrage #EU #European
#EuropeanUnion #DigitalSovereignty #Sovereignty #Bluesky

#Eurosky, the european #Bluesky, is announced for #January 2026.
What do you 🫵 think about it?
#SocialMedia #Musk #Trump #Fediverse #Mastodon #Communication #survey #ATProto #ATprotocol #ATmosphere #democracy #DutGemacht #IDIDIT #SaveSocial #Umfrage #EU #European #EuropeanUnion #DigitalSovereignty #Sovereignty
Yes! 🙌 The solution to all social media problems!
All right, it's worth a try.
No progress: too much power still in too few hands
It is too early to comment on this.

RE: #survey on #eurosky. What are your expectations for the project?
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