• Urbit is for Communities

  Urbit is for giving communities the tools to shape their own environments; for us all to feel a sense of life and self-directedness in the digital world.

  ~2020.3.23
  ~ravmel-ropdyl

• Precepts: Discussion

  The precepts aren’t arguments. We discuss and justify them here.

  ~2020.3.18
  ~wicdev-wisryt

• Precepts

  Technical maxims that define Urbit's approach to engineering.

  ~2020.3.18
  ~wicdev-wisryt

• Urbit for Normies

  A layperson’s guide to the coming new internet.

  ~2020.2.12
  ~patnes-rigtyn

• Creating Sigils

  The origin and design process informing Urbit's generative user avatar system, Sigils.

  ~2020.2.4
  ~ridlur-figbud

• Designing a Permanent Personal Identity

  A public key infrastructure (PKI) is a system for binding a set of keys to a name. Sometimes a small amount of metadata is included.

  ~2019.11.27
  ~wicdev-wisryt

• Stable Arvo

  This year we set out to get Arvo to a point that we can credibly call ‘stable.'

  ~2019.11.20
  ~poldec-tonteg

• Why Hoon?

  The promise of Urbit lies in its reimagination of the digital world using components that are as constrained and limited as possible.

  ~2019.11.14
  ~rovnys-ricfer

• Simple, Durable, Yours

  We built Urbit from scratch to be a system that’s simple, durable, and yours. Everything that computing today is not — but should be.

  ~2019.10.17

• Urbit and Bitcoin

  A sound money deserves a sound computer.

  ~2019.10.17
  ~pindet-timmut

• Your Last Computer

  Your Urbit is a simpler computer, a quieter computer, a more private computer. We want it to feel predictable, safe, and reliable — things only a complete, sealed system can do. This, we hope, can get us a world where technology keeps us connected, but doesn’t dominate our lives.

  ~2019.10.17

• ~2019.10 Roadmap

  Galen Wolfe-Pauly on the road ahead for the identity/OS/interface/community stack.

  ~2019.10.3
  ~ravmel-ropdyl

• Landscape: A Portrait

  On the latest Urbit user interface, and the interfaces to come.

  ~2019.9.3
  ~haddef-sigwen

• Announcing: Urbit Grants Program

  Announcing Urbit Grants, a way to earn stars through contributing.

  ~2019.8.6
  ~lodleb-ritrul

• Azimuth Security Bounty Program

  Inviting you (and your friends) to help us make Azimuth as secure as possible.

  ~2019.7.22
  ~poldec-tonteg

• Urbit Grants and mid-2019 Gifts

  Announcing an upcoming Urbit grants program and star gifts for Mid-2019.

  ~2019.6.10
  ~ravmel-ropdyl + ~mignyt-mogseb

• ~2019.5 Roadmap

  Where we are and where we're going as of mid-2019.

  ~2019.5.16
  ~ravmel-ropdyl

• Azimuth as Multipass

  What if everyone had a single 'civilizational key'?

  ~2019.5.16
  ~ravmel-ropdyl

• The State of Landscape

  An update on the state of Landscape and the Urbit network.

  ~2019.5.16
  ~ravmel-ropdyl

• The 100-Year Computer

  One way to think about Urbit: as a "100-year computer."

  ~2019.5.14
  ~ravmel-ropdyl

• A Founder's Farewell

  My goal was always to fire myself at the first possible opportunity. I'm super happy to reach it.

  ~2019.1.14
  ~sorreg-namtyv

• Azimuth is On-Chain

  The Urbit address space, now called Azimuth, is on the blockchain. And too many other things to fit into a single post.

  ~2019.1.14
  ~ravmel-ropdyl

• Governance of urbit.org

  On Stewardship of the Urbit project

  ~2019.1.11
  ~patnes-rigtyn

• Urbit and the Blockchain Wars

  A bit about the 'idea maze' of choosing to bootstrap from Ethereum

  ~2017.9.25
  ~sorreg-namtyv

• Bootstrapping Urbit from Ethereum

  We've decided to launch Urbit's constitution as a system of Ethereum contracts.

  ~2017.9.20
  ~sorreg-namtyv + ~ravmel-ropdyl

• Toward a Frozen Operating System

  Is it possible to freeze an entire OS?

  ~2017.5.10
  ~sorreg-namtyv + ~ravmel-ropdyl

• Toward a New %clay

  Urbit's revision-control system, %clay, is itself due for a (medium-sized) revision!

  ~2016.7.14
  ~sorreg-namtyv

• Why Urbit Probably Doesn't Need a Blockchain

  Urbit (probably) doesn't need a blockchain, because the Urbit address-space PKI is a special case of a consensus ledger.

  ~2016.7.14
  ~sorreg-namtyv

• Common Objections to Urbit

  Some common objections to Urbit, discussed.

  ~2016.6.28
  ~sorreg-namtyv

• The DAO as a Lesson in Decentralized Governance

  What's the right lesson for the decentralization community to learn from the collapse of the DAO?

  ~2016.6.24
  ~sorreg-namtyv

• Interim Constitution

  The governing rules for the early days of the Urbit network.

  ~2016.5.16

• Magic

  A thought-experiment to explain the Urbit user experience.

  ~2016.5.16
  ~sorreg-namtyv

• The Urbit Address Space

  An overview of Urbit's cryptographic address space.

  ~2016.5.16
  ~ravmel-ropdyl + ~sorreg-namtyv

• An Urbit Overview

  A high-level overview of Urbit.

  ~2016.5.11
  ~ravmel-ropdyl

• Beliefs and principles guiding the Urbit project.

  We believe.

  ~2016.5.11
  ~sorreg-namtyv + ~ravmel-ropdyl

• What is Urbit For?

  A vision of the Urbit-powered future.

  ~2016.5.11
  ~ravmel-ropdyl