Tranquil PDS: A Personal Data Server for the AT Protocol
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Summary
This article introduces a Personal Data Server (PDS) built for the AT Protocol, the federated protocol powering Bluesky, Tangled, and other web applications. It explains that a PDS stores user data (posts, profile, follows, cryptographic keys) permanently, ensuring data portability across AT Protocol apps. The project aims to empower users by giving them control over their own data, preventing vendor lock-in.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledYour account lives on a PDS, a server that stores your posts, profile, follows, cryptographic keys, et cetera.
The beauty is that a PDS is the only place your data lives permanently - so you can navigate any atproto app knowing that your data is yours and not getting locked behind any one app's walls.
We came together to make this PDS to enable and empower our users to better host their data.
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