The #ATProto approach to decentralisation seems to be to split up the operation of a social media site and let the public run components of it.
The normal approach is for the network to be made of nodes, each of which has all three necessary components: accounts (PDS), propagation (relay), and interface (app view). Which makes much more sense if your goal is to allow people to be independent.
The normal approach is for the network to be made of nodes, each of which has all three necessary components: accounts (PDS), propagation (relay), and interface (app view). Which makes much more sense if your goal is to allow people to be independent.
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@Hyolobrika I think the point of splitting off the PDS is that the accounts are cryptographicly validated repositories, which means you can move your account to a different PDS.
That should solve the <oops, my server shut down> problem that fedi has.
Unclear what the other bits do.
But everything still depends on the relay, which can also shut down.
