ActivityPub Viewer

A small tool to view real-world ActivityPub objects as JSON! Enter a URL or username from Mastodon or a similar service below, and we'll send a request with the right Accept header to the server to view the underlying object.

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{ "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams", "type": "OrderedCollectionPage", "orderedItems": [ { "type": "Create", "actor": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074", "object": { "type": "Note", "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074/entities/urn:activity:1009742893427085312", "attributedTo": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074", "content": "Dr. Nicolas Kokkalis<br /><br />Head of Technology<br /><br />Stanford PhD and instructor of Stanford’s first decentralized applications class; combining distributed systems and human computer interaction to bring cryptocurrency to everyday people.<br /><br />I have been a technologist all my life, which led me to do a Ph.D. at Stanford University and to continue to become a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Computer Science department there. As part of my postdoc, I introduced and taught CS359B, the Decentralized Applications on Blockchain class, in Stanford’s Computer Science department. That’s where I encountered firsthand the difficulty of getting the technological advances of blockchain into the hands of everyday people. I believe today technology can empower people more than ever. <br />As a young undergraduate, I designed and built a novel computer motherboard from scratch in the lab. In my early PhD work, I created a framework for writing “smart contracts” on fault tolerant distributed systems, before blockchain and Ethereum came to exist, and published it as my MS thesis. I also created an online games platform, Gameyola, where millions of people entertained themselves for a collective of over 2,000 man years; for my later PhD work, I tried to restore those man years by writing a crowd-powered email assistant that saved people time when processing their emails and tasks. Also, I was the founding CTO at StartX, a non-profit startup accelerator for Stanford students that has helped over 2000 entrepreneurs. <br />I am a strong and long term believer of the technical, financial and social potential of cryptocurrencies, but frustrated by their current limitations. I am committed to bringing the power of blockchain to more people by improving the current experience and building value for everyone. I’m doing this by employing a user-centric design philosophy that turns the development process of new blockchains upside down: Launch in Beta; invite members to the network; iterate the protocol together with the members; decentralize the resulting design. <br />The result is currently available as the Pi Network, a new cryptocurrency and peer-to-peer network, which is currently operational in 150+ countries and 32 languages. Pi Network is 100% my professional commitment, while my loving wife and son take up 100% of my personal commitment.", "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "cc": [ "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074/followers" ], "tag": [], "url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1009742893427085312", "published": "2019-08-18T08:37:45+00:00", "source": { "content": "Dr. Nicolas Kokkalis\n\nHead of Technology\n\nStanford PhD and instructor of Stanford’s first decentralized applications class; combining distributed systems and human computer interaction to bring cryptocurrency to everyday people.\n\nI have been a technologist all my life, which led me to do a Ph.D. at Stanford University and to continue to become a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Computer Science department there. As part of my postdoc, I introduced and taught CS359B, the Decentralized Applications on Blockchain class, in Stanford’s Computer Science department. That’s where I encountered firsthand the difficulty of getting the technological advances of blockchain into the hands of everyday people. I believe today technology can empower people more than ever. \nAs a young undergraduate, I designed and built a novel computer motherboard from scratch in the lab. In my early PhD work, I created a framework for writing “smart contracts” on fault tolerant distributed systems, before blockchain and Ethereum came to exist, and published it as my MS thesis. I also created an online games platform, Gameyola, where millions of people entertained themselves for a collective of over 2,000 man years; for my later PhD work, I tried to restore those man years by writing a crowd-powered email assistant that saved people time when processing their emails and tasks. Also, I was the founding CTO at StartX, a non-profit startup accelerator for Stanford students that has helped over 2000 entrepreneurs. \nI am a strong and long term believer of the technical, financial and social potential of cryptocurrencies, but frustrated by their current limitations. I am committed to bringing the power of blockchain to more people by improving the current experience and building value for everyone. I’m doing this by employing a user-centric design philosophy that turns the development process of new blockchains upside down: Launch in Beta; invite members to the network; iterate the protocol together with the members; decentralize the resulting design. \nThe result is currently available as the Pi Network, a new cryptocurrency and peer-to-peer network, which is currently operational in 150+ countries and 32 languages. Pi Network is 100% my professional commitment, while my loving wife and son take up 100% of my personal commitment.", "mediaType": "text/plain" } }, "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074/entities/urn:activity:1009742893427085312/activity" }, { "type": "Create", "actor": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074", "object": { "type": "Note", "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074/entities/urn:activity:1009742402706640896", "attributedTo": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074", "content": "The Pi Economic Model<br /><br />Pi, on the other hand, seeks to strike a balance between creating a sense of scarcity for Pi, while still ensuring that a large amount does not accumulate into a very small number of hands. We want to make sure our users earn more Pi as they make contributions to the network. Pi’s goal is to build an economic model that is sophisticated enough to achieve and balance these priorities while remaining intuitive enough for people to use. <br /><br />Pi’s economic model design requirements:<br /><br />Simple: Build an intuitive and transparent model<br />Fair distribution: Give a critical mass of the world’s population access to Pi<br />Scarcity: Create a sense of scarcity to sustain Pi’s price over time<br />Meritocratic earning: Reward contributions to build and sustain the network<br />Pi - Token Supply <br />Token Emission Policy<br />Total Max Supply = M + R + D<br />M = total mining rewards<br />R = total referral rewards<br />D = total developer rewards<br /><br />M = ∫ f(P) dx where f is a logarithmically declining function<br />P = Population number (e.g., 1st person to join, 2nd person to join, etc.)<br /><br />R = r * M<br />r = referral rate (50% total or 25% for both referrer and referee)<br /><br />D = t * (M + R)<br />t = developer reward rate (25%)<br /><br /><br />M - Mining Supply (Based on fixed mining supply minted per person)<br />In contrast to Bitcoin which created a fixed supply of coins for the entire global population, Pi creates a fixed supply of Pi for each person that joins the network up to the first 100 Million participants. In other words, for each person that joins the Pi Network, a fixed amount of Pi is pre-minted. This supply is then released over the lifetime of that member based on their level of engagement and contribution to network security. The supply is released using an exponentially decreasing function similar to Bitcoin’s over the member’s lifetime.<br />R - Referral Supply (Based on fixed referral reward minted per person and shared b/w referrer and referee)<br />In order for a currency to have value, it must be widely distributed. To incentivize this goal, the protocol also generates a fixed amount of Pi that serves as a referral bonus for both the referrer and the referee (or both parent and offspring :) This shared pool can be mined by both parties over their lifetime - when both parties are actively mining. Both referrer and referee are able to draw upon this pool in order to avoid exploitative models where referrers are able to “prey” on their referees. The referral bonus serves as a network-level incentive to grow the Pi Network while also incentivizing engagement among members in actively securing the network.<br />D - Developer Reward Supply (Additional Pi minted to support ongoing development)<br />Pi will fund its ongoing development with a “Developer Reward” that is minted alongside each coin that is minted for mining and referrals. Traditionally, cryptocurrency protocols have minted a fixed amount of supply that is immediately placed into treasury. Because Pi’s total supply is dependent on the number of members in the network, Pi progressively mints its developer reward as the network scales. The progressive minting of Pi’s developer reward is meant to align the incentives of Pi’s contributors with the overall health of the network. <br />f is a logarithmically decreasing function - early members earn more<br />While Pi seeks to avoid extreme concentrations of wealth, the network also seeks to reward earlier members and their contributions with a relatively larger share of Pi. When networks such as Pi are in their early days, they tend to provide a lower utility to participants. For example, imagine having the very first telephone in the world. It would be a great technological innovation but not extremely useful. However, as more people acquire telephones, each telephone holder gets more utility out of the network. In order to reward people that come to the network early, Pi’s individual mining reward and referral rewards decrease as a function of the number of people in the network. In other words, there is a certain amount of Pi that is reserved for each “slot” in the Pi Network.<br />", "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "cc": [ "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074/followers" ], "tag": [], "url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1009742402706640896", "published": "2019-08-18T08:35:48+00:00", "source": { "content": "The Pi Economic Model\n\nPi, on the other hand, seeks to strike a balance between creating a sense of scarcity for Pi, while still ensuring that a large amount does not accumulate into a very small number of hands. We want to make sure our users earn more Pi as they make contributions to the network. Pi’s goal is to build an economic model that is sophisticated enough to achieve and balance these priorities while remaining intuitive enough for people to use. \n\nPi’s economic model design requirements:\n\nSimple: Build an intuitive and transparent model\nFair distribution: Give a critical mass of the world’s population access to Pi\nScarcity: Create a sense of scarcity to sustain Pi’s price over time\nMeritocratic earning: Reward contributions to build and sustain the network\nPi - Token Supply \nToken Emission Policy\nTotal Max Supply = M + R + D\nM = total mining rewards\nR = total referral rewards\nD = total developer rewards\n\nM = ∫ f(P) dx where f is a logarithmically declining function\nP = Population number (e.g., 1st person to join, 2nd person to join, etc.)\n\nR = r * M\nr = referral rate (50% total or 25% for both referrer and referee)\n\nD = t * (M + R)\nt = developer reward rate (25%)\n\n\nM - Mining Supply (Based on fixed mining supply minted per person)\nIn contrast to Bitcoin which created a fixed supply of coins for the entire global population, Pi creates a fixed supply of Pi for each person that joins the network up to the first 100 Million participants. In other words, for each person that joins the Pi Network, a fixed amount of Pi is pre-minted. This supply is then released over the lifetime of that member based on their level of engagement and contribution to network security. The supply is released using an exponentially decreasing function similar to Bitcoin’s over the member’s lifetime.\nR - Referral Supply (Based on fixed referral reward minted per person and shared b/w referrer and referee)\nIn order for a currency to have value, it must be widely distributed. To incentivize this goal, the protocol also generates a fixed amount of Pi that serves as a referral bonus for both the referrer and the referee (or both parent and offspring :) This shared pool can be mined by both parties over their lifetime - when both parties are actively mining. Both referrer and referee are able to draw upon this pool in order to avoid exploitative models where referrers are able to “prey” on their referees. The referral bonus serves as a network-level incentive to grow the Pi Network while also incentivizing engagement among members in actively securing the network.\nD - Developer Reward Supply (Additional Pi minted to support ongoing development)\nPi will fund its ongoing development with a “Developer Reward” that is minted alongside each coin that is minted for mining and referrals. Traditionally, cryptocurrency protocols have minted a fixed amount of supply that is immediately placed into treasury. Because Pi’s total supply is dependent on the number of members in the network, Pi progressively mints its developer reward as the network scales. The progressive minting of Pi’s developer reward is meant to align the incentives of Pi’s contributors with the overall health of the network. \nf is a logarithmically decreasing function - early members earn more\nWhile Pi seeks to avoid extreme concentrations of wealth, the network also seeks to reward earlier members and their contributions with a relatively larger share of Pi. When networks such as Pi are in their early days, they tend to provide a lower utility to participants. For example, imagine having the very first telephone in the world. It would be a great technological innovation but not extremely useful. However, as more people acquire telephones, each telephone holder gets more utility out of the network. In order to reward people that come to the network early, Pi’s individual mining reward and referral rewards decrease as a function of the number of people in the network. In other words, there is a certain amount of Pi that is reserved for each “slot” in the Pi Network.\n", "mediaType": "text/plain" } }, "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074/entities/urn:activity:1009742402706640896/activity" }, { "type": "Create", "actor": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074", "object": { "type": "Note", "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074/entities/urn:activity:1009740531973877760", "attributedTo": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074", "content": "The First Digital Currency You Can Mine On Your Phone<br />(Invitation Code: pinetworkcoin)<br />minepi.com<br /><a class=\"u-url mention\" href=\"https://www.minds.com/pinetwork\" target=\"_blank\">@pinetwork</a><br /><a href=\"https://youtu.be/MsOaC61cR3U\" target=\"_blank\">https://youtu.be/MsOaC61cR3U</a><br />", "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "cc": [ "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074/followers" ], "tag": [], "url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1009740531973877760", "published": "2019-08-18T08:28:22+00:00", "source": { "content": "The First Digital Currency You Can Mine On Your Phone\n(Invitation Code: pinetworkcoin)\nminepi.com\n@pinetwork\nhttps://youtu.be/MsOaC61cR3U\n", "mediaType": "text/plain" } }, "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074/entities/urn:activity:1009740531973877760/activity" }, { "type": "Create", "actor": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074", "object": { "type": "Note", "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074/entities/urn:activity:1003585116999077888", "attributedTo": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074", "content": "<a href=\"https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1003585116999077888\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1003585116999077888</a>", "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "cc": [ "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074/followers" ], "tag": [], "url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1003585116999077888", "published": "2019-08-01T08:48:57+00:00", "source": { "content": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1003585116999077888", "mediaType": "text/plain" } }, "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074/entities/urn:activity:1003585116999077888/activity" }, { "type": "Create", "actor": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074", "object": { "type": "Note", "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074/entities/urn:activity:1003585066659102720", "attributedTo": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074", "content": "<a href=\"https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1003585066659102720\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1003585066659102720</a>", "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "cc": [ "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074/followers" ], "tag": [], "url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1003585066659102720", "published": "2019-08-01T08:48:45+00:00", "source": { "content": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1003585066659102720", "mediaType": "text/plain" } }, "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074/entities/urn:activity:1003585066659102720/activity" }, { "type": "Create", "actor": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074", "object": { "type": "Note", "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074/entities/urn:activity:1003584953849102336", "attributedTo": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074", "content": "<a href=\"https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1003584953849102336\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1003584953849102336</a>", "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "cc": [ "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074/followers" ], "tag": [], "url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1003584953849102336", "published": "2019-08-01T08:48:18+00:00", "source": { "content": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1003584953849102336", "mediaType": "text/plain" } }, "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074/entities/urn:activity:1003584953849102336/activity" } ], "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074/outbox", "partOf": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1003582305928749074/outboxoutbox" }