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Start the conversation, faster. Germ DM is end-to-end encrypted with Messaging Layer Security and is never connected to your phone number. Our integration with ATProto (Bluesky) is now in beta!

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Germ Network @germnetwork.com · Jul 30

"While the user experience is simple enough, the technology behind it is not."

@techcrunch.com covers Germ DM x ATProto with a deep dive on our beta, co-founders, and plans.

techcrunch.com/2025/07/30/g...

Germ brings end-to-end encrypted messages to Bluesky | TechCrunch

Germ's new app lets users send end-to-end encrypted messages on Bluesky. TechCrunch speaks with the Germ founders to hear why they came up with the idea.

techcrunch.com

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Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 16h

Private conversations are the heart of our digital connections. How do you do DMs?

🙅‍♀️ I never DM
😶‍🌫️ I’ll respond… maybe
👋 I send the first DM
📲 DM me! I tell you how to contact me in my bio

Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 19h

We meet in public, but we have real conversations in private.

Germ DM x ATProto makes it faster, easier, and more secure to jump into a private conversation—just click the magic link in bio. 🪄🔗

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Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 2d

Eager to catch up with the team?

Discord Tuesday is here. Catch up with us at 1pm PST in our server.

Join the Germ Network Discord Server!

Check out the Germ Network community on Discord - hang out with 315 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

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Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 2d

Want to check in with Team Germ?

We're always in our Discord on Tuesdays at 1pm PST. Join us there today!

discord.gg/NgTYtCxm

Join the Germ Network Discord Server!

Check out the Germ Network community on Discord - hang out with 316 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

discord.gg

Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 2d

whoops! let's repost that - thank you! discord.gg/NgTYtCxm

Join the Germ Network Discord Server!

Check out the Germ Network community on Discord - hang out with 316 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

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Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 2d

Germ lets you find friends in private--or public, on #atproto. We recently made even more friends at the Cypherpunk Retreat for privacy builders in Berlin.

Thanks @protocollabs.bsky.social for highlighting us in your roundup of the event!

Threads From the 2025 Cypherpunk Retreat

Key takeaways from the Cypherpunk Retreat, where 100 leading builders advanced privacy-tech coordination.

www.protocol.ai

Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 2d

Phone numbers are out. In? Germ’s protocol.

Letting you control who can contact you, with just a link. ☎️ ⏭️ 🦠

Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 3d

Good morning germs 🌞🌻😎

What's on your to-do list this week?

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Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 6d

Our values open our User Guide. Check the guide out here, before it grows to include our ATProto integration. Anything else we should explain? 🌻🦋

Using Germ DM — Germ Network

Our guide explains how Germ’s technology works and how to understand and use our features to protect your experience.

www.germnetwork.com

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Tessa Brown @tessa.germnetwork.com · 6d

🌱🌳 Germ's values guide everything we ship and say. That's why they open our User Guide.

Check out our definitions of Agency, Accessibility, Utility, and Alignment ⬇️👀

Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 6d

🌺 Let's spell it out: here's what we care about, and our goals for what we build 📲

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Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 6d

Which resonates the most for you? 🌱

Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 6d

🪲 Alignment

Our business supports healthy community life by design. When our users are healthy, our company is healthy.

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Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 6d

🐜 Utility

Germ makes it easier to be social. Our tools make it fast, simple, and trustworthy to make friends, set boundaries, and stay in touch.

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Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 6d

🐝 Accessibility

Germ is for everyone. We continually work to make Germ more usable by more people.

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Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 6d

🐛 Agency

You have the power to take actions. You decide what actions Germ takes on your behalf.

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Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 6d

🌺 Let's spell it out: here's what we care about, and our goals for what we build 📲

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Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 6d

Germ’s tech reflects our values. Our simple, secure messenger makes it easier to talk to friends while keeping you in control. 🌷 Easy, right?

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Marc @mjvc.bsky.social · 7d

Lots of things are brewing in the ATmoshere, the ATproto compatible ecosystem in which Bluesky lives.
Photo (@flashes.blue ) and video apps (@skylight.social), blogging (@whtwnd.com) app. Private messaging (@germnetwork.com).

Now a music sharing and discovery app called @teal.fm is in the works!

Transparant blue butterfly on a white background

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Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 8d

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dan @danabra.mov · 8d

at the moment, the protocol is focused on public aggregated data. for a chat product, you can use the identity layer for login, but you’d want something separate (ideally e2ee) for actual communication. see @germnetwork.com for experiments in that area

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Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 9d

With telephone numbers, anyone who has your number can contact you--it's up to you to screen them out.

With Germ DM, you decide who can contact you, with links you control. 🔗😇

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Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 10d

Was it this? Github repo also linked in there

www.germnetwork.com/blog/autonom...

Autonomous Communicator (AC) Protocol — Germ Network

“Hi, I’m Mark, here’s how you can send a message to me.” Our Autonomous Communicator (AC) Protocol empowers people to autonomously define identities which they can exchange with others to form relatio...

www.germnetwork.com

Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 10d

Germ’s tech has two pieces: our internet-native communication protocol, and our apps.

No phone number or phone plan needed. 😮‍💨🤭

Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 10d

Telephony? We don’t know her. 🚫☎️🥵

Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 14d

🦋 On our integration with ATProto, cryptographically binding Germ identities to ATProto DIDs, aka your handle: www.germnetwork.com/blog/integra...

Integrating Germ with AT Protocol — Germ Network

End-to-end encrypted Germ DM is now a Bluesky messenger. In this technical post, we introduce the architecture of Germ’s integration with AT Protocol. From the beginning, Germ has been building for…

www.germnetwork.com

Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 14d

🎭 On our protocol's core innovation, separating transport from addressing: www.germnetwork.com/blog/autonom...

Autonomous Communicator (AC) Protocol — Germ Network

www.germnetwork.com

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