Twitter hires former crypto leader to head decentralised social media project
The Hindu
The benefits of the project include durable hosting, governance, and monetisation, according to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.
Twitter has hired Jay Graber, the creator of U.S.-based events platform Happening, to head its decentralised social media initiative BlueSky. (Subscribe to our Today's Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click to subscribe for free.) BlueSky, an open-source social media project, was announced in December 2019 with an aim to decentralise social networking using emerging technologies such as blockchain. The project aims to bridge social media platforms and make content flow across networks.
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