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Jack Dorsey-Backed Vine Revival Divine Launches to the Public

Built on open protocols, the app aims to return control of short video to creators.

Overview

  • Divine, which launched Wednesday, is downloadable on the App Store and Google Play with access expanding by waitlist and invite codes.
  • The platform offers roughly 500,000 restored Vine clips drawn from Archive Team and Internet Archive backups.
  • Early Twitter alum Evan Henshaw-Plath rebuilt the archive by decoding 40–50 GB binary files and recovering views, likes, and comments.
  • The service runs on the decentralized Nostr protocol and is testing links to Bluesky’s AT Protocol with potential ActivityPub support.
  • Funding comes from Jack Dorsey’s nonprofit and Other Stuff, the company operates as a public benefit corporation with no revenue yet, and several original Vine creators have returned.