Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter, has resigned from the board of directors of BlueSky, the decentralized social network he helped create. Dorsey confirmed on Sunday that he is no longer associated with BlueSky and informed users of X that he is no longer part of the social network’s leadership. This announcement came as a surprise as he was listed as a board member just the night before.
Expressing gratitude to Jack for his support in funding and launching the Bluesky project, he mentioned how the social network has flourished as an open-source platform thanks to the decentralized protocol they developed called atproto.
Bluesky, initiated by Dorsey in 2019, began as an internal team within Twitter aiming to build open-source infrastructure for the platform. By 2022, Bluesky evolved into an independent entity with new objectives. Dorsey initially used Bluesky actively, but its user base grew considerably after Musk’s acquisition of Twitter. Dorsey deleted his Bluesky account permanently in September and recently donated $5 million to the cryptocurrency social network Nostr as part of his charity initiative #startsmall.
Dorsey’s involvement in X included providing Nostr’s public key for decentralized operations. Earlier, he unfollowed most X accounts except for a few notable figures like Edward Snowden, Stella Assange, and Julianne Assange. Dorsey tweeted about protecting rights with Freedom Technology and promoted Musk while advocating for alternatives to Twitter. Musk, who took control of Twitter in 2022, praised Dorsey as the ideal solution for the platform’s future despite criticizing his previous actions as reckless.
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After his departure from Twitter, Dorsey has been focusing on his other venture, Bloc, a payments company that encompasses Square, a traditional fintech section, as well as the Bitcoin-focused division that now defines the company. His interests are diversified.
Source: www.theguardian.com
