<?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>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:11:33 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@arhag/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Proposal for reactions feature: separating structured user opinion (both positive and negative) from reward-modifying upvotes/downvotes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: Pixabay Motivation and Background I think there is a benefit to separate out some of the concepts that are currently coupled with upvotes and downvotes (aka flags) on Steem platforms. The first]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@arhag/proposal-for-reactions-feature-separating-structured-user-opinion-both-positive-and-negative-from-reward-modifying-upvotes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@arhag/proposal-for-reactions-feature-separating-structured-user-opinion-both-positive-and-negative-from-reward-modifying-upvotes</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arhag]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 21:45:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2YRZBi4FZVHeLuau3m8MumiUXfA7eZTW31v33oUtB9pXeiN9fvJLwZH7hWjW38imY1knc9UcDxaKiB4KgsVr6EGQvLCgdRuSicE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proposal to add recovery account and time-locked savings balance features to BitShares]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think it is time for BitShares to learn from its younger sibling Steem and adopt some crucial security features: time-locked savings and recovery accounts. These are features that I have quickly come]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitshares/@arhag/proposal-to-add-recovery-account-and-time-locked-savings-balance-features-to-bitshares</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitshares/@arhag/proposal-to-add-recovery-account-and-time-locked-savings-balance-features-to-bitshares</guid><category><![CDATA[bitshares]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arhag]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2017 03:58:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Pufd3b1W2k6xMGKRfLfPgscyHQf3NeAT2s3ow6NftmBVcMngmJHTYYQW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Witness arhag update: Aug. 9, 2016 to Aug. 18, 2016]]></title><description><![CDATA[I reviewed code changes for hardfork 13 and assisted the core devs in finding issues and iterating on the design of the new mining algorithm included in v0.13.0. I provided a suggestion for how to fix]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@arhag/witness-arhag-update-aug-9-2016-to-aug-18-2016</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@arhag/witness-arhag-update-aug-9-2016-to-aug-18-2016</guid><category><![CDATA[witness-category]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arhag]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2016 00:55:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How @supercomputing was able to dominate the mining queue and how the bug was fixed.]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Monday, August 8, 2016, a set of accounts that all started with the name supercomputing dominated the mining queue. People were speculating how this was done. Some thought @supercomputing built a GPU]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@arhag/how-supercomputing-was-able-to-dominate-the-mining-queue-and-how-the-bug-was-fixed</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@arhag/how-supercomputing-was-able-to-dominate-the-mining-queue-and-how-the-bug-was-fixed</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arhag]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2016 21:12:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMMe7x1SrSPJVVjaksVpT6ZypUXFEgNcc7Ui4CaHBEP4Xin63EKXAevUHkUPvS8dt4ym91T4xB9CsX24YUkW8fNT7fH2TrVqfU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Witness arhag update: Aug. 1, 2016 to Aug. 8, 2016]]></title><description><![CDATA[I continued work on the will contract / recovery feature that I started the week prior. I finished the design and made a post about it on Friday, Aug. 5, 2016 as an official proposal which you can read]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@arhag/witness-arhag-update-aug-1-2016-to-aug-8-2016</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@arhag/witness-arhag-update-aug-1-2016-to-aug-8-2016</guid><category><![CDATA[witness-category]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arhag]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2016 23:21:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proposal for new Steem feature: Deadman switch / Will / Recovering accounts from lost passwords]]></title><description><![CDATA[This proposal discusses a new set of features and operations for the Steem blockchain which allows a user to either eventually regain control of their account even if they lose their password or to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@arhag/proposal-for-new-steem-feature-deadman-switch-will-recovering-accounts-from-lost-passwords</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@arhag/proposal-for-new-steem-feature-deadman-switch-will-recovering-accounts-from-lost-passwords</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arhag]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2016 01:42:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where does the money come from? A look into the economics of Steem.]]></title><description><![CDATA[It seems this is a fairly popular topic on Steem, and I have seen a few misunderstandings regarding how the economics of Steem really work. So this is my attempt to explain the economics behind Steem,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@arhag/where-does-the-money-come-from-a-look-into-the-economics-of-steem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@arhag/where-does-the-money-come-from-a-look-into-the-economics-of-steem</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arhag]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2016 12:24:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A response to "Steemit to Update Password Policy"]]></title><description><![CDATA[I originally starting writing this post as a comment to the recent blog post by Steemit called "Steemit to Update Password Policy". But it ended up being so long that I thought it was a little]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@arhag/a-response-to-steemit-to-update-password-policy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@arhag/a-response-to-steemit-to-update-password-policy</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arhag]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2016 17:53:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can you remember your Steemit password? If so, you are in danger.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Clickbaity title, I know. But this is an important message, so I have to grab people's attention. I hope you read it fully. Are you familiar with that situation when the (centralized) website you use gets]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@arhag/can-you-remember-your-steemit-password-if-so-you-are-in-danger</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@arhag/can-you-remember-your-steemit-password-if-so-you-are-in-danger</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arhag]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2016 23:35:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZY8xcWVy9QiZB5m5UM3kH?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Repeatedly pressing F5 with the mouse cursor over the upvote button]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/memes/@arhag/repeatedly-pressing-f5-with-the-mouse-cursor-over-the-upvote-button</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/memes/@arhag/repeatedly-pressing-f5-with-the-mouse-cursor-over-the-upvote-button</guid><category><![CDATA[memes]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arhag]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2016 19:45:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BRWJ2XuBRXQxQtwjkpK59RMNMgNesVgkgHCtrmVwpk3YaoLA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Retroactive alternative to v0.8.4]]></title><description><![CDATA[Steemit has released version v0.8.4. That release is identical to v0.8.3 (which does not have retroactive changes to curation rewards) except that it has some politically-neutral bug fixes. I think it]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@arhag/retroactive-alternative-to-v0-8-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@arhag/retroactive-alternative-to-v0-8-4</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arhag]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2016 04:49:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Analysis of curation reward difference between v0.8.2 and v0.8.3]]></title><description><![CDATA[I ran some simulations of the July 4th payouts using the v0.8.2 steemd and v0.8.3 steemd. As a reminder, v0.8.2 uses @theoretical's new rule for calculating curation rewards retroactively going back to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@arhag/analysis-of-curation-reward-difference-between-v0-8-2-and-v0-8-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@arhag/analysis-of-curation-reward-difference-between-v0-8-2-and-v0-8-3</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arhag]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2016 00:55:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BRWJ2XuBRXQxQtwjkpK59RMNMgNesCUKMB6fz9piYPRQTmpJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My thoughts on the debate currently occurring in the Ethereum community over The DAO hack]]></title><description><![CDATA[I felt like sharing my opinions on the hardfork or no-hardfork debate happening in the Ethereum community now as a result of the hack on The DAO. I think the particular choice to make should depend on]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ethereum/@arhag/my-thoughts-on-the-debate-currently-occurring-in-the-ethereum-community-over-the-dao-hack</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ethereum/@arhag/my-thoughts-on-the-debate-currently-occurring-in-the-ethereum-community-over-the-dao-hack</guid><category><![CDATA[ethereum]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arhag]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2016 12:41:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Payout snapshot for June 9, 2016]]></title><description><![CDATA[It has been a week since the last snapshot, so it is time for a new one. This is a snapshot as of block 2199289 (2016-06-09T23:08:03 UTC) estimating the July 4th rewards. It assumes the weekly median price]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@arhag/payout-snapshot-for-june-9-2016</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@arhag/payout-snapshot-for-june-9-2016</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arhag]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 02:10:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Post payout snapshot for June 2, 2016]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have computed a snapshot estimating the July 4th content reward payouts for all top-level posts. This is just the Steem Dollar (SMD) portion of the content rewards for top-level posts only. An equivalent]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@arhag/post-payout-snapshot-for-june-2-2016</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@arhag/post-payout-snapshot-for-june-2-2016</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arhag]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2016 22:22:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A more comprehensive look at current payout distribution]]></title><description><![CDATA[@dan posted a teaser of the top 8 on the reward leaderboard, but what about the rest? After playing around with some scripts, I have more or less recreated the list that @dan posted except I have the full]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@arhag/a-more-comprehensive-look-at-current-payout-distribution</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@arhag/a-more-comprehensive-look-at-current-payout-distribution</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arhag]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2016 06:18:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Windows binaries for steem v0.5.0]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now with faster mining! I recently made a change that fixed the hash rate slowdown bug for the MinGW cross-compiled Windows build of steemd. (Note: this does not fix the slowdown for MSVC compiled versions.)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@arhag/windows-binaries-for-steem-v0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@arhag/windows-binaries-for-steem-v0</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arhag]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2016 22:29:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderation standard]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a proposal for a new standard that allows front-end clients to adjust how comments are displayed in the UI (e.g. allowing auto-hiding) based on the moderation of accounts optionally selected by]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem-standards/@arhag/moderation-standard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem-standards/@arhag/moderation-standard</guid><category><![CDATA[steem-standards]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arhag]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2016 07:29:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compiling Steem for Windows (on Linux host)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a step-by-step guide on how to cross-compile Steem for Windows on a Linux host. Guide to build Steem for a 64-bit Windows target on an Ubuntu Linux host I have spent a lot of time making changes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@arhag/compiling-steem-for-windows-on-linux-host</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@arhag/compiling-steem-for-windows-on-linux-host</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arhag]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2016 17:06:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Testing tags]]></title><description><![CDATA[One problem I immediately see is that the tag gets cut off at a hyphen, which means I cannot use the tag #steemit-issues Another issue is that sometimes I want to use the hashtag without referring to a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/test/@arhag/testing-tags</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/test/@arhag/testing-tags</guid><category><![CDATA[test]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arhag]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2016 23:54:24 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>