Joe Basser

Joe Basser

@joebasser.com

Anti-tech-bro tech-bro. @atmosphere.money @sprk.so nyc

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Joe Basser
@joebasser.com

End to End, DID to DID payment with @atcash.app Here’s a teaser. Lots more to come.

Joe Basser@joebasser.com

I paid @stagingcreator.bsky.social $25 USD with @atcash.app “Thanks for building in the Atmosphere”

Joe Basser
@joebasser.com

I’ve been talking with developers across the Atmosphere about Monetization. Massive thank you to everyone who’s shared ideas, questions and feedback! This developer community is special. Here’s the model I’m building toward.

ATM@atmosphere.money

Your identity can move between apps. Your business should be able to, too. We’re building Atmosphere Money: social payments for the Atmosphere. Here’s the model, and what comes next:

atmosphere.moneyIntroducing Atmosphere MoneyBuilding the open social economy.
Joe Basser
@joebasser.com

I’d love to see more independent Atmosphere apps become sustainable businesses. Imagine one membership working across a publishing app, a video app and a community app - with each able to earn on terms the creator has approved. That’s what I want ATM to help make possible

Joe Basser
@joebasser.com

I’ve been talking with developers across the Atmosphere about Monetization. Massive thank you to everyone who’s shared ideas, questions and feedback! This developer community is special. Here’s the model I’m building toward.

ATM@atmosphere.money

Your identity can move between apps. Your business should be able to, too. We’re building Atmosphere Money: social payments for the Atmosphere. Here’s the model, and what comes next:

atmosphere.moneyIntroducing Atmosphere MoneyBuilding the open social economy.
Joe Basser
@joebasser.com

I’ve written up the model and what comes next. If we’ve already talked, I’d love your thoughts. If we haven’t, tell me what you’re building and what ATM could help make possible!

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HappyProto
@happyproto.at

Hi, we're HappyProto. We help you build on atproto... without the hard parts. You create the app, we'll run the backend: auth, private data, scripting, and an API over 46 million accounts. Welcome to atproto on easy mode. Join the waitlist at happyproto.at. #atproto

happyproto.atHappyProto: the backend for atproto appsBuild on atproto without the hard parts. HappyProto runs the backend: an API over 46 million atproto accounts, with sign-in, private data and scripting included.

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Roscoe Rubin-Rottenberg
@knotbin.com

Been working really hard on this. There's also a lot of things that are highly requested under the hood. Namely, granular OAuth scopes and the new PDS account manager instead of being linked to Bluesky.

Spark@sprk.so

Spark 0.13.0 is out now! 🎬 Revamped video editor + timeline 🎵 Better sound selection & audio controls 📸 Redesigned camera, stories & post review 🦋 Find your Bluesky follows on Spark 🛡️ Overhauled moderation and much much more. Read the full release notes for everything new!

github.comRelease v0.13.0 · sprksocial/clientBetter Creation Tools and Overhauled Moderation 0.13.0 brings a major upgrade to creating and sharing on Spark. We've revamped the video editor, refreshed story editing, and redesigned the recordin...

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Spark
@sprk.so

Spark 0.13.0 is out now! 🎬 Revamped video editor + timeline 🎵 Better sound selection & audio controls 📸 Redesigned camera, stories & post review 🦋 Find your Bluesky follows on Spark 🛡️ Overhauled moderation and much much more. Read the full release notes for everything new!

github.comRelease v0.13.0 · sprksocial/clientBetter Creation Tools and Overhauled Moderation 0.13.0 brings a major upgrade to creating and sharing on Spark. We've revamped the video editor, refreshed story editing, and redesigned the recordin...
Joe Basser
@joebasser.com

Great work @bsky.app team, looks super cool. Very exciting.

alex benzer@alexbenzer.com

we have an idea for communities in the app that we're calling "spaces" — places where people can gather around shared interests or social groups. here's a peek at some early prototypes. these are explorations, not polished or final. looking for feedback, esp from community builders 👀

Joe Basser
@joebasser.com

Cool to see @cloudflare.social referencing atmosphereaccount.com here

Cloudflare@cloudflare.social

EmDash 1.0 is a stable, open source CMS built for Astro, with agent-friendly workflows, secure sandboxed plugins, and a decentralized registry that keeps publishers in control. https://cfl.re/4xKmgAN #BirthdayWeek

blog.cloudflare.comEmDash 1.0: the stable CMS with a secure plugin registryEmDash 1.0 is a stable, open source CMS built for Astro, with agent-friendly workflows, secure sandboxed plugins, and a decentralized registry that keeps publishers in control.

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Mike Masnick
@masnick.com

This is huge news, especially for all the "Bluesky isn't really decentralized" folks. Having the PLC Org as wholly independent is a big, important step forward. And great to see that Filippo is part of it...

Filippo Valsorda@filippo.abyssdomain.expert

I'm excited to announce that the PLC Organization now has a statute! And a bank account! And a @standard.site publication! All the important stuff. The PLC Org is an independent Swiss Association meant to operate the PLC directory, which collects and distributes signed updates to atproto accounts.

blog.plcred.orgFirst steps of the PLC organization - Public Ledger of Credentials OrganizationOne year ago, Bluesky Social PBC announced their intention to facilitate the creation of an independent organization to operate the Public Ledger of Credenti…
Joe Basser
@joebasser.com

Hype for this. Get your tix! ~ 30 left!

events.atmosphere.ticketsGet tickets to atproto.nyc community day 2026Sat, Aug 22, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT · Recurse Center
🎃 Boo-liet Shen 👻@julietshen.online

so excited to lead the lunch train this saturday at the @atproto.nyc community day! We will be making 3 STOPS: 🇮🇳 BK Curry Project for dosas 🌶️ Silky Kitchen for hunan food 🍜 Xi'an Famous Foods for shaanxi food and then returning to @recurse.com to eat! Details on each spot below ⬇️

Joe Basser
@joebasser.com

did:object

Joe Basser@joebasser.com

Been thinking about what digital ownership could look like on atproto: NOT NFTs/speculation, but real transferable digital objects. An album, artwork, book, etc. with its own DID, provenance, rights, lending, gifting & resale. Access is a service; ownership is an object. PDS to PDS transfer.

Joe Basser
@joebasser.com

👀

bryan newbold@bnewbold.net

hosted atproto handles should work as a customizable personal homepage by default (eg, PDS acts like blento). huge "show don't tell" for atmosphere/web integration. (I think folks are aware of the juice and working towards this, but I wish it had shipped ages ago)

Joe Basser
@joebasser.com

Been thinking about what digital ownership could look like on atproto: NOT NFTs/speculation, but real transferable digital objects. An album, artwork, book, etc. with its own DID, provenance, rights, lending, gifting & resale. Access is a service; ownership is an object. PDS to PDS transfer.

Joe Basser
@joebasser.com

I’d like a billi bps please 🙏

AT Protocol Developers@atproto.com

Today we’re launching Bluesky Protocol Services, a new brand and website for the infrastructure Bluesky operates. And Jetstream v2, the best way for developers to use atproto at scale, now with network replay. atproto.com/blog/introdu...

atproto.comIntroducing Bluesky Protocol ServicesA new home for the infrastructure Bluesky runs on the open network — including Jetstream v2 with network replay, a new Jetstream SDK, and a lex-based TypeScript SDK
Joe Basser
@joebasser.com

👇👇👇

Jim Ray@jimray.bsky.team

One of my long held convictions is most people don't care about concepts like "openness" or "decentralization" or "interoperability" (people are busy!) but they do care about what those enable. It's the job of the much smaller number of people who do care to build the experience people will love.

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Gov
@gov.glados.computer

also atmosphere.tickets is so cool!!

atmosphere.ticketsAtmosphere TicketsAtmosphere Tickets is federated ticketing for the Atmosphere. For organisers: beautiful passes, safe inventory, fast check-in. For apps: a shared ticketing engine — holds, payment-linked issuance, del...
Gov@gov.glados.computer

Couldn't handle the fomo

atmo.rsvpatproto.nyc community day 2026Join the atproto NYC community at Recurse Center for a full day of learning, building, and exploring what comes after the centralized web. Whether you’re an experienced developer, a creator exploring the Atmosphere, or simply curious about AT Protocol, you’re welcome. The day will include talks, hands-on workshops, participant-led unconference sessions, open hacking space, lightning talks, and an evening show-and-tell. Tickets are $25 and include a light breakfast, coffee, snacks, drinks, and pizza for dinner. A $50 sponsor ticket also helps someone else attend. If cost is a barrier, please DM @atproto.nyc - we don’t want finances to prevent anyone from joining. Read the full Community Day announcement at the link provided! Schedule: - open to close: atproto hack space - 10am: doors open - 11am-11:30am: kickoff talks - 1pm: lunch train with @julietshen.bsky.social - 2pm-5pm: unconference - consider what you want to talk about beforehand, but mid-day additions are encouraged! - 2pm-5pm: workshops - 5pm-6pm: lightning talks - 6pm: closing talks - 7pm: show and tell - if you'd like, you can share what you've been working on at the community day with everyone else! - 7pm: pizza - 9pm: everyone out

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Atmosphere Community
@atmosphere.community

A great write up by @joebasser.com on value flows and sharing the value of our commons network & interop. blog.joebasser.com/3msgtu45ir22...

blog.joebasser.comLet's Talk Money - InterlinkedMoney money money... must be funny.... in a rich man's world (Zuck, Elon & Larry). How we get to 1B Users in the Atmosphere.
Joe Basser@joebasser.com

Who wants to make money in the Atmosphere? 🙋‍♂️

blog.joebasser.comLet's Talk MoneyHow we get to 1B Users in the Atmosphere