<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 00:29:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@alexbulkin/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Scalability of value in decentralized networks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Decentralized networks existed before blockchain, BitTorrent being one example. But the key innovation of blockchain is its ability to hold economic value, as pioneered by the Bitcoin network. Since the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@alexbulkin/scalability-of-value-in-decentralized-networks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@alexbulkin/scalability-of-value-in-decentralized-networks</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexbulkin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2016 14:17:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMdvSSM19eBf5mzVXgDWL1u5R2QBPcehfT78PuS7H5NRpH2No7YTsHHmG2kX14sTuX29iNBJiKZTeNo6LYD1yrE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Consensus Series, Part I: The Basics of Collectivity]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is Part I of a series of articles on mechanics of consensus. Constructing reliable large-scale consensus is both the most important task we as humans face today and also the hardest one. If we don’t]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@alexbulkin/the-consensus-series-part-i-the-basics-of-collectivity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@alexbulkin/the-consensus-series-part-i-the-basics-of-collectivity</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexbulkin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2016 00:29:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMdvSSM19eBf5mzVXgDWL1u5R2QBPcehfT78PuS7H6ehDTgU13UfEkZHKA51twMRqwqV5UfaBMRd8U3uq1nKnii?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steem community, your up-votes will help support this Native American Elder]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have known this Native woman from the Paiute tribe in Nevada for many years. She is one of the few remaining elders of her tribe who still carry forward the Native traditions of her land.  Recently]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@alexbulkin/steem-community-your-up-votes-will-help-support-this-native-american-elder</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@alexbulkin/steem-community-your-up-votes-will-help-support-this-native-american-elder</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexbulkin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2016 11:44:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQxxdGvnSgboh4tnLU1mV2S4M6zzUTeTSDEKeSTm1rRYNY7Sm8jqA2sjhmZg9wELTiR6gZCLspdLzd3ayipLngkgwVevrSp1RBKSnLiL4JQPmMyu1VcHczuGsTuAg21nRRGTpo1weMmLzJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams of white]]></title><description><![CDATA[If I am you she said Which one is playing dead I'm looking through the sky at you I said The world is but an egg I prayed A snow egg a burning from inside a cage The savage breaks his promise to the sage]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@alexbulkin/dreams-of-white</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@alexbulkin/dreams-of-white</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexbulkin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2016 21:58:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poison Ivy Doesn't Mean It]]></title><description><![CDATA[Poison Ivy doesn't mean it Unlike Nettles, whose sting is perfectly intentional Poison Ivy has no idea why everyone is avoiding it Nettles, meaty and nutritious, lurches at the next offender: "Get]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@alexbulkin/poison-ivy-doesn-t-mean-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@alexbulkin/poison-ivy-doesn-t-mean-it</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexbulkin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2016 14:15:03 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>