<?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>Tue, 19 May 2026 14:57:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@anyx/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[It's Time to Decentralize]]></title><description><![CDATA[A lot has happened in the last few weeks. I personally just got off a 24 hour plane ride, dropping into a quarantined city. It is a stressful time for many of us. These last few weeks on Steem have been]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive/@anyx/it-s-time-to-decentralize</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive/@anyx/it-s-time-to-decentralize</guid><category><![CDATA[hive]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[anyx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2020 20:50:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnDeh9pFhmAjtXdcA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Day in the Life of a Steem API]]></title><description><![CDATA[While many people simply use Steemit.com to use Steem, this isn't the full story. You might not know it, but every single time you interact with the Steem blockchain, you need to go through an API node]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@anyx/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-steem-api</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@anyx/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-steem-api</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[anyx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2019 19:40:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQybj4WUXScWv5QPLninWRxfbcWNsx7SenD7Fs6iLD3quUF5XintQjwKrreyevqEm1xb47qBzmUraVHu2CqEja3XkAM8Y9TofM2yu95hWfsVwmmwUKPkH97ihHc5x7wuG3vv5WXJWY2gR4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Vote Incentivization Monopolizes Delegated Proof of Stake]]></title><description><![CDATA[In an article I wrote almost a year ago called How Vote Incentivization Degrades Delegated Proof of Stake, I explored a very crucial aspect of DPoS: how voter kickbacks (explicitly or implicitly) degrades]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dpos/@anyx/how-vote-incentivization-monopolizes-delegated-proof-of-stake</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dpos/@anyx/how-vote-incentivization-monopolizes-delegated-proof-of-stake</guid><category><![CDATA[dpos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[anyx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2019 20:55:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn7vfhNqrSy5CGCbY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proposal: Funding for anyx.io API Infrastructure Recurrent Costs]]></title><description><![CDATA[TL;DR: This proposal seeks to help reimburse the recurrent costs of the public, free-to-use anyx.io Steem API infrastructure. If you use sites or services such as Busy.org, Splinterlands (SteemMonsters),]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sps/@anyx/proposal-funding-for-anyx-io-infrastructure-recurrent-costs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sps/@anyx/proposal-funding-for-anyx-io-infrastructure-recurrent-costs</guid><category><![CDATA[sps]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[anyx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2019 21:21:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCXUWJECrZbvn1NMPj1oFGUo3gYfF3NNPRD9Vy6cHJUnc6RYmqEQDCiGPPbKKKfwAVXyxuvHTXRiYhJvSgw2WTcQ185t83vcz8FgLmqNc2iWx5qqebKxhHpx1a4RUa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Notice of upcoming changes to anyx.io API]]></title><description><![CDATA[TL;DR: The anyx.io API will become hivemind only post-hardfork 21. Developers using Tags or Follow API plugins will need to update their code; if you don't use these, no changes are needed. 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Trying to do]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@anyx/designing-a-restful-steem-api</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@anyx/designing-a-restful-steem-api</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[anyx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2019 02:00:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFVtpM8rCsJzDgecVMtkz4jpzBsszXjhqan9mGp8D2vzKxAFjsWBMyD9vLAW8zJDBdiDHByrPVrkj7xvaPdxoB5hAnAhVXqzFLfF5NLNL8k5tsoUFctXQHYfcCZALbbpQ6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Updates to anyx.io Infrastructure (Including Hivemind Support)]]></title><description><![CDATA[A few months ago, I announced anyx.io, a high performance Full-Node API. 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While I’m a quiet person more often than not, as @lukestokes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/witness/@anyx/updated-witness-application</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/witness/@anyx/updated-witness-application</guid><category><![CDATA[witness]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[anyx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2019 02:08:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnBv1tZhQzArKBGYv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Announcing https://anyx.io A Public High Performance Full API]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my previous posts (part 1 here, and part 2 here) I talked about what makes a dApp a dApp, and about the decentralization of the Steem ecosystems. When I realized how fundamentally critical it is to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@anyx/announcing-https-anyx-io-a-public-high-performance-full-api</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@anyx/announcing-https-anyx-io-a-public-high-performance-full-api</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[anyx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2018 22:33:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnM6AQ4ruzsBG84Mk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steemcleaners Community Engagement Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction Steemcleaners know that communities are a crucial part of the Steem ecosystem. We are readjusting our sights to make sure that we serve communities. In this readjustment, we aim for mutual]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/utopian-io/@anyx/steemcleaners-empowering-communities</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/utopian-io/@anyx/steemcleaners-empowering-communities</guid><category><![CDATA[utopian-io]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[anyx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2018 01:33:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnCcyhVyhpAins646?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fully Decentralizing dApps]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the previous post here (please do read this first!), I talked about two key issues that affect dApps: the bootstrapping problem, and the issue of outsourced verification. 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Like with the big push]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@anyx/what-makes-a-dapp-a-dapp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@anyx/what-makes-a-dapp-a-dapp</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[anyx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 00:26:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnFt2SFF1x18dPgQe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyx, Cheetah, and Steemcleaners: Witness Update -- May 2018]]></title><description><![CDATA[A view over Blackcomb mountain, skiing in Whistler BC. Photo by me. Well, it’s been a while since I’ve last written a proper witness update, hasn’t it? 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As a reminder to all users, please be careful when clicking links and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemcleaners/@anyx/introducing-guard-a-proactive-measure-to-limit-phishing-on-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemcleaners/@anyx/introducing-guard-a-proactive-measure-to-limit-phishing-on-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[steemcleaners]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[anyx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2018 21:13:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3q52DkcPcphmLg14bNRAxbNzWgN7PDDXL4uf3w2xygtmriQxYyTvYPeUJLmkvFLAzsjPGYvwptoCA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyx, Cheetah, and Steemcleaners: witness update -- Running into limits!]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's not just programs that crash! Photo by me, a few weeks ago in Vancouver. At least the bus is sorry? Cheetah Fun fact: Did you know Cheetah is approaching $300/day in operational costs? 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