• cybervseas@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    https://bsky.social/about/blog/10-24-2024-series-a

    This does not change the fact that the Bluesky app and the AT Protocol do not use blockchains or cryptocurrency, and we will not hyperfinancialize the social experience (through tokens, crypto trading, NFTs, etc.). To ensure we and our users benefit fully from this expertise, partner Kinjal Shah will join our board.

    So we’ll see how long before the VC enshittification begins.

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      23 hours ago

      That is unfortunately a direct crypto connection, which is a bit too much for me. It’s nice that someone’s trying to replace Twitter though.

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      24 hours ago

      So they took funding from a crypto capital fund, but with the expectation that blockchain would never be added to the product. Seems fairly okay to me.