Bluesky to launch payments in the coming months

Bluesky plans to introduce payments in the coming months as a first step toward monetization without relying on advertising. CEO Toni Schneider and COO Rose Wang outlined the plan at TechCrunch Disrupt, aiming to make selling and fundraising on the network easier.

• Payments are the first step in Bluesky's ad-free monetization strategy
• Schneider became CEO in March after Jay Graber stepped down
• Bluesky is a Public Benefit Corporation betting on open infrastructure
• Payments are meant to work across the entire decentralized network