A comprehensive guide to terms and concepts used in the AT Protocol and Bluesky ecosystem.
A special type of password in Bluesky that allows third-party applications to access your account without your main password.
A service that provides a view of the AT Protocol network, aggregating feeds and content for users.
The Authenticated Transfer Protocol, a decentralized social networking protocol designed for secure data transfer.
A unique identifier for a record in a user repository within the AT Protocol.
The ecosystem around the AT Protocol, encompassing all applications, services, and users.
A file format used in the AT Protocol for storing and transferring content-addressable data objects.
Cryptographic hashes of records used to track specific versions of records in the AT Protocol.
A bucket of JSON records in a data repository that supports ordered list operations, identified by an NSID.
A serialization format used by the AT Protocol that provides a reliable canonical form for cryptographic verification.
The public dataset representing a user in the AT Protocol, comprised of collections of JSON records and unstructured blobs.
Decentralized Identifier, a unique identifier for AT Protocol users.
A document containing information about a user's identity in the AT Protocol.
A piece of data within a post or description that points to a range of text with special meaning.
A curated stream of content from the AT Protocol network, which can be customized by algorithms or user preferences.
A tool or interface that allows users to create custom algorithmic feeds on the Bluesky platform.
A service that provides a list of posts based on a developer-defined algorithm.
A real-time stream of all events and data changes occurring across the AT Protocol network, primarily used by AppViews and other services to stay synchronized.
Metadata objects attached to accounts (DIDs) and records, primarily used for moderation purposes.
A service that provides content labels for moderation purposes in the AT Protocol network.
A schema language used in the AT Protocol to describe data records and HTTP APIs, similar to JSON-Schema and OpenAPI.
A single piece of data in a repository, such as a post, like, or profile information.
A unique identifier for a record within a user's repository collection.
An aggregator of data repositories from across the AT Protocol network that syncs repos from PDSes and produces a firehose of change events.
A repository in the AT Protocol that contains a user's data and content.
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