Sam Hart
@hxrts.bsky.social
P2P, cybernetics, and political philosophy mainly
I made a little choreographic programming DSL in rust that let's you write session typed protocols in a concise, safe way: hxrts.com/rumpsteak-au...
Using it for a personal project and it works quite well.
Using it for a personal project and it works quite well.
November 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I made a little choreographic programming DSL in rust that let's you write session typed protocols in a concise, safe way: hxrts.com/rumpsteak-au...
Using it for a personal project and it works quite well.
Using it for a personal project and it works quite well.
“Floriography (language of flowers) is a means of cryptological communication through the use or arrangement of flowers.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languag...
April 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“Floriography (language of flowers) is a means of cryptological communication through the use or arrangement of flowers.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languag...
I might be addicted to vibe coding
March 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I might be addicted to vibe coding
the left needs to learn how to “just do things”
February 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
the left needs to learn how to “just do things”
I love this so much www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUEX...
Bicycle painting and playing music in the rain
YouTube video by Let's Paint TV
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January 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I love this so much www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUEX...
this is interesting. my experience with ecosystem funds is they tend to suffer an adverse selection problem (quality projects typically want financing from bluechip tech funds which don’t want an ecosystem limitation) BUT this could extend the overton window for atproto becoming broadly investable.
I'm excited to announce @skyseed.fund, the world's first incubator & fund exclusively focused on Bluesky and @atproto.com.
We're just getting started but have $1 Million in committed capital, and will be doing developer grants as well as pre-seed/seed funding.
www.prweb.com/releases/ope...
We're just getting started but have $1 Million in committed capital, and will be doing developer grants as well as pre-seed/seed funding.
www.prweb.com/releases/ope...
Open Source Veteran Launches Skyseed - First Ecosystem Fund and Incubator for the Bluesky AT Protocol
/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Open Source veteran entrepreneur Peter Wang today launches Skyseed Fund, the world's first venture fund and incubator focused exclusively...
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December 13, 2024 at 3:32 AM
this is interesting. my experience with ecosystem funds is they tend to suffer an adverse selection problem (quality projects typically want financing from bluechip tech funds which don’t want an ecosystem limitation) BUT this could extend the overton window for atproto becoming broadly investable.
I’d like to see a plot over time of atproto appview market share.
December 12, 2024 at 2:54 AM
I’d like to see a plot over time of atproto appview market share.
what’s the psychology behind wanting the world burn while helping your mom fix her computer?
December 11, 2024 at 11:25 PM
what’s the psychology behind wanting the world burn while helping your mom fix her computer?
Reposted by Sam Hart
Announcing KUDZU CHRISTMAS CUP on Forma!
from DEC 10, 1pm NYC (6pm UK, 10am LA)
Mint strains of this clingy virus & gift them to your friends to form teams
The most generous teams split a growing pool of TIA fees+gas on MIDNIGHT Dec 30
🎁GENEROSITY IS FINALLY REWARDED🦠
from DEC 10, 1pm NYC (6pm UK, 10am LA)
Mint strains of this clingy virus & gift them to your friends to form teams
The most generous teams split a growing pool of TIA fees+gas on MIDNIGHT Dec 30
🎁GENEROSITY IS FINALLY REWARDED🦠
December 10, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Announcing KUDZU CHRISTMAS CUP on Forma!
from DEC 10, 1pm NYC (6pm UK, 10am LA)
Mint strains of this clingy virus & gift them to your friends to form teams
The most generous teams split a growing pool of TIA fees+gas on MIDNIGHT Dec 30
🎁GENEROSITY IS FINALLY REWARDED🦠
from DEC 10, 1pm NYC (6pm UK, 10am LA)
Mint strains of this clingy virus & gift them to your friends to form teams
The most generous teams split a growing pool of TIA fees+gas on MIDNIGHT Dec 30
🎁GENEROSITY IS FINALLY REWARDED🦠
suggestion for decentralized moderation of legitimate accounts:
- add the ability to tag an account as fraudulent on profile pages
- if a sufficient number of the people you follow have tagged that account as fraudulent, hide them from your feed
lots of ways to improve this, but good first pass
- add the ability to tag an account as fraudulent on profile pages
- if a sufficient number of the people you follow have tagged that account as fraudulent, hide them from your feed
lots of ways to improve this, but good first pass
December 9, 2024 at 2:31 PM
suggestion for decentralized moderation of legitimate accounts:
- add the ability to tag an account as fraudulent on profile pages
- if a sufficient number of the people you follow have tagged that account as fraudulent, hide them from your feed
lots of ways to improve this, but good first pass
- add the ability to tag an account as fraudulent on profile pages
- if a sufficient number of the people you follow have tagged that account as fraudulent, hide them from your feed
lots of ways to improve this, but good first pass
is there a feed that’s just the bluesky staff? when there’s a product update I often want to quickly skim the dev team’s comments rather than bluesky marketing channels
December 7, 2024 at 2:36 PM
is there a feed that’s just the bluesky staff? when there’s a product update I often want to quickly skim the dev team’s comments rather than bluesky marketing channels
Reposted by Sam Hart
Building software for a multi-chain world is complex. It involves navigating diverse VMs, consensus mechanisms, fee models, bridges, signature schemes, and token standards.At the Columbia Cryptoecon Workshop @hxrts.bsky.social shared how TimewaveLabs is tackling it with a fresh software paradigm.🔑🕰️🌊
December 6, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Building software for a multi-chain world is complex. It involves navigating diverse VMs, consensus mechanisms, fee models, bridges, signature schemes, and token standards.At the Columbia Cryptoecon Workshop @hxrts.bsky.social shared how TimewaveLabs is tackling it with a fresh software paradigm.🔑🕰️🌊
I’m interested in hiring someone to do a NixOS training session for my team. Rust engineers, but no prior Nix experience. Anyone y’all would recommend?
December 4, 2024 at 1:13 PM
I’m interested in hiring someone to do a NixOS training session for my team. Rust engineers, but no prior Nix experience. Anyone y’all would recommend?
starting to realize there’s a correspondence between Arrow’s theorem and FLP impossibility. both identify trade-offs between consistent rules applied within a system vs progress toward a resolution.
December 2, 2024 at 6:31 AM
starting to realize there’s a correspondence between Arrow’s theorem and FLP impossibility. both identify trade-offs between consistent rules applied within a system vs progress toward a resolution.
private p2p networking is a fascinating problem space that’s barely been touched. only a handful of papers, but they combine ideas from mixnets and decentralized peer discovery.
November 30, 2024 at 2:10 PM
private p2p networking is a fascinating problem space that’s barely been touched. only a handful of papers, but they combine ideas from mixnets and decentralized peer discovery.
why do crypto haters feel the need to spout their distain? like, even if it were all a scam why make your whole personality about this?
it obviously comes off as ignorant to anyone working in the industry, but also quite petty.
it obviously comes off as ignorant to anyone working in the industry, but also quite petty.
November 30, 2024 at 12:52 PM
why do crypto haters feel the need to spout their distain? like, even if it were all a scam why make your whole personality about this?
it obviously comes off as ignorant to anyone working in the industry, but also quite petty.
it obviously comes off as ignorant to anyone working in the industry, but also quite petty.
Reposted by Sam Hart
Ok, a rundown of how we get p2p ATProtocol going:
1. Run *standard* ATProto services, locally
2. Use p2p to holepunch TCP connections
3. Add a thin layer for peering management
Bundle all that up in an app, and we have a recipe for adding resilience & scaling to Bluesky. 🧵 teim:
1. Run *standard* ATProto services, locally
2. Use p2p to holepunch TCP connections
3. Add a thin layer for peering management
Bundle all that up in an app, and we have a recipe for adding resilience & scaling to Bluesky. 🧵 teim:
November 29, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Ok, a rundown of how we get p2p ATProtocol going:
1. Run *standard* ATProto services, locally
2. Use p2p to holepunch TCP connections
3. Add a thin layer for peering management
Bundle all that up in an app, and we have a recipe for adding resilience & scaling to Bluesky. 🧵 teim:
1. Run *standard* ATProto services, locally
2. Use p2p to holepunch TCP connections
3. Add a thin layer for peering management
Bundle all that up in an app, and we have a recipe for adding resilience & scaling to Bluesky. 🧵 teim:
dumb question: for starter packs if you "follow all" you're not subscribing to the whole pack as it changes over time, correct? I assume it's just a shortcut for following all listed accounts at that moment in time.
November 28, 2024 at 8:40 PM
dumb question: for starter packs if you "follow all" you're not subscribing to the whole pack as it changes over time, correct? I assume it's just a shortcut for following all listed accounts at that moment in time.
unfortunately this misunderstands the trade-off taken by protocolizing atproto. all data must be published to ensure the possibility of credible exit.
you can encrypt published data, however it’s beyond the state of the art to make a reencryption system that can support large fluctuating groups.
you can encrypt published data, however it’s beyond the state of the art to make a reencryption system that can support large fluctuating groups.
(3) I would love to see granular privacy settings on Bluesky. e.g., mutuals-only, followers-only (this would be my pick), or logged-in-accounts-only. This could in theory serve as a post-by-post form of consent, because non-public posts would be... not public.
November 28, 2024 at 4:09 PM
unfortunately this misunderstands the trade-off taken by protocolizing atproto. all data must be published to ensure the possibility of credible exit.
you can encrypt published data, however it’s beyond the state of the art to make a reencryption system that can support large fluctuating groups.
you can encrypt published data, however it’s beyond the state of the art to make a reencryption system that can support large fluctuating groups.
tbh, more concerned about the user base becoming self-defeating than bluesky turning evil
November 28, 2024 at 6:59 AM
tbh, more concerned about the user base becoming self-defeating than bluesky turning evil
Those calling for a TOS change to prevent scraping have completely lost the plot on what this platform is trying to achieve: protocol-enforced open access.
November 28, 2024 at 5:49 AM
Those calling for a TOS change to prevent scraping have completely lost the plot on what this platform is trying to achieve: protocol-enforced open access.
it’s typically more productive to game out adversarial scenarios, stating worst-case behavior the network should maintain. imo this is the one to start with:
a government puts pressure on bluesky pbc to censor content, users in that jurisdiction should be able to read/write to the network somehow
a government puts pressure on bluesky pbc to censor content, users in that jurisdiction should be able to read/write to the network somehow
per usual, the term “decentralization” is fundamentally unhelpful for aligning on specific technical requirements
November 26, 2024 at 11:32 AM
it’s typically more productive to game out adversarial scenarios, stating worst-case behavior the network should maintain. imo this is the one to start with:
a government puts pressure on bluesky pbc to censor content, users in that jurisdiction should be able to read/write to the network somehow
a government puts pressure on bluesky pbc to censor content, users in that jurisdiction should be able to read/write to the network somehow
Reposted by Sam Hart
How Decentralized Is Bluesky Really? dustycloud.org/blog/how-dec...
A technical deep-dive, since people have been asking me for my thoughts. I'll expand a bit on some of the key points here in a thread. 🧵
A technical deep-dive, since people have been asking me for my thoughts. I'll expand a bit on some of the key points here in a thread. 🧵
How decentralized is Bluesky really? -- Dustycloud Brainstorms
dustycloud.org
November 22, 2024 at 4:06 PM
How Decentralized Is Bluesky Really? dustycloud.org/blog/how-dec...
A technical deep-dive, since people have been asking me for my thoughts. I'll expand a bit on some of the key points here in a thread. 🧵
A technical deep-dive, since people have been asking me for my thoughts. I'll expand a bit on some of the key points here in a thread. 🧵