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# Building ActivityPub into Known
- URL: https://werd.io/building-activitypub-into-known/
- Published: 2021-12-11T00:09:54.000Z
- Updated: 2021-12-11T00:09:54.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:24

ActivityPub is the protocol standard of [the Fediverse](https://fediverse.party/): a set of interoperable, open source social networking platforms that notably includes [Mastodon](https://werd.io/entry/edit/mastodon.social/) and [Write.as](https://write.as/). It’s the closest we have to a vibrant, distributed social networking ecosystem.

[Known](https://withknown.com) has supported [Indieweb](https://indieweb.org) standards since the beginning, but Fediverse has been notably missing. I think that’s a big omission, but also not something I’ve had bandwidth to fix. I’d love to have more time and space to work on Known, but try as I might, I just don’t.

Today [I added a substantial Gitcoin bounty to this work](https://github.com/idno/known/issues/2615), which will be funded by [the Known OpenCollective](https://opencollective.com/known). My hope is that a developer can help us add this functionality. Today the bounty is funded in USD, but I’d be happy to exchange that for a proof of stake crypto bounty on request.