Bluesky backs a project that would let Mastodon apps, like Ivory, work with its network | TechCrunch
Social networks Bluesky and Mastodon may soon be accessible from within a single app ' at least, that's what Bluesky hopes. The new decentralized social network, originally incubated inside Jack Dorsey-run Twitter, is backing a project that would connect ' or 'bridge' ' Mastodon requests into Bluesky requests so that consumer apps, like Ivory, would be compatible with Bluesky, too. The project, dubbed Sky Bridge, was among the recipients of a small distribution of $4,800 in grant funding from Bluesky, distributed across projects. Sky Bridge was the second-largest recipient in this current cohort, with $800 of the total. Bluesky had announced last month that it would use some portion of its funds to fuel efforts in the developer ecosystem via the AT Protocol Grant program. From a financial standpoint, the program is fairly insignificant, as it's only doling out $10,000 in grants, with $4,800 already distributed. That's not enough to found a new company in this space, but it...
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