<?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, 03 Apr 2026 18:26:42 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@calamus056/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Bitcoin mining is a zero sum game]]></title><description><![CDATA[Optimal profitability Let's start with the best way to mine, what's called the Nash equilibrium strategy: the absolute cheapest operational costs currently scientifically possible on earth. If you could]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@calamus056/bitcoin-mining-is-a-zero-sum-game-t5mz4p</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@calamus056/bitcoin-mining-is-a-zero-sum-game-t5mz4p</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calamus056]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 23:12:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/mXkfdToSwHxyVySZpuLfU8yQ6r3QxqS7YGenoRHRF6DndyLEEcJkmw6hKLSz2CkCKJotJ87Lx7coiADcBJ1ia89LF2EcqdnbFt31DPAJS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitcoin mining is a zero sum game]]></title><description><![CDATA[Optimal profitability Let's start with the best way to mine, what's called the Nash equilibrium strategy: the absolute cheapest operational costs currently scientifically possible on earth. If you could]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/leofinance/@calamus056/bitcoin-mining-is-a-zero-sum-game</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/leofinance/@calamus056/bitcoin-mining-is-a-zero-sum-game</guid><category><![CDATA[leofinance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calamus056]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 22:56:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/mXkfdToSwHxyVySZpuLfU8yQ6r3QxqS7YGenoRHRF6DndyLEEcJkmw6hKLSz2CkCKJotJ87Lx7coiADcBJ1ia89LF2EcqdnbFt31DPAJS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Returning after 8 years?!?!?!?!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I thought this died years ago lol. What did I miss? Is it still worth anyone's time? Is anyone even reading this?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive/@calamus056/returning-after-8-years</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive/@calamus056/returning-after-8-years</guid><category><![CDATA[hive]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calamus056]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 07:26:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extensive stats comparison pre-HF19 and post-HF19]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let's see what the impact of HF19 was. Let's compare statistics between approximately 1 month of data before HF19 and approximately 1 month since HF19. The "PRE-HF19" data is from between May]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/statistics/@calamus056/extensive-stats-comparison-pre-hf19-and-post-hf19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/statistics/@calamus056/extensive-stats-comparison-pre-hf19-and-post-hf19</guid><category><![CDATA[statistics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calamus056]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2017 15:08:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYSRxGT1vtFeaMnF45L6RX2jCPXCiXHZMtmc1wDtodVcrQzswKGfypjMg5GmFapF9Q4g1CP74nS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-voting user list since HF19 - PART 3 (potential comment abuse)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This time we'll specifically look at potentially abusive self-voting on comments. Again we're looking at data from June 20th - July 18th 2017. All SBD values are excluding curation rewards. Total SBD is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@calamus056/self-voting-user-list-since-hf19-part-3-potential-comment-abuse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@calamus056/self-voting-user-list-since-hf19-part-3-potential-comment-abuse</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calamus056]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2017 14:39:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYrgxTKPTRKyMXtiNmT9DcPwZPZjKFbtMNnYNtnWjoWiAC1jj1yuW38DBGsNLXAeFLVxsAnPXBC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-voting user list since HF19 - PART 2 (comments)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a follow up of Self-voting user list since HF19. This time we'll look at self-voting stats for comments. Again we're looking at data from June 20th - July 18th 2017 and everything under $100 total]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/statistics/@calamus056/self-voting-user-list-since-hf19-part-2-comments</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/statistics/@calamus056/self-voting-user-list-since-hf19-part-2-comments</guid><category><![CDATA[statistics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calamus056]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2017 17:33:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYrgxTKPTRKyMXtiNmT9DcPwZPZjKFbtMNnYNtnWjoWiAC1jj1yuW38DBGsNLXAeFLVxsAnPXBC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My SteemIt policy (responsibilities, guidelines, etiquette, abuse)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have put together an overview with all 3 roles and what i think is reasonable etiquette and are reasonable guidelines. Hopefully this article will also give you a better idea of what the goal is for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@calamus056/my-steemit-policy-responsibilities-guidelines-etiquette-abuse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@calamus056/my-steemit-policy-responsibilities-guidelines-etiquette-abuse</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calamus056]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2017 18:04:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/axopD2eJJx4esjUJoxc8ALaeKVwMyViifAWFU7dgQnFpBPHNrWxhd3GF8miN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've stopped self-voting altogether, who wants to join me?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been successful in self-voting for exactly $0 (on both posts+comments) for almost 2 weeks now. I will keep doing that for the foreseeable future. My vision as content creator As a content creator,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@calamus056/i-ve-stopped-self-voting-altogether-who-wants-to-join-me</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@calamus056/i-ve-stopped-self-voting-altogether-who-wants-to-join-me</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calamus056]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2017 16:17:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYrgxTKPTRKyMXtiNmT9DcPwZPZjKFbtMNnYNtnWjoWiAC1jj1yuW38DBGsNLXAeFLVxsAnPXBC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-voting user list since HF19]]></title><description><![CDATA[Self-voting is a hot topic lately. As a follow up of my last article, here is the list of all self-voters that rewarded themselves with at least $100 SBD total from June 20th - July 18th 2017. All SBD]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/statistics/@calamus056/self-voting-user-list-since-hf19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/statistics/@calamus056/self-voting-user-list-since-hf19</guid><category><![CDATA[statistics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calamus056]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2017 20:10:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYrgxTKPTRKyMXtiNmT9DcPwZPZjKFbtMNnYNtnWjoWiAC1jj1yuW38DBGsNLXAeFLVxsAnPXBC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extensive curation stats overview since HF19 (June 20th 2017)]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been over a month now since the big changes to rewards were introduced in hard fork 19. Let's see what the current relevant statistics regarding curation are on the SteemIt platform. General stats]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@calamus056/extensive-curation-stats-overview-since-hf19-june-20th-2017</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@calamus056/extensive-curation-stats-overview-since-hf19-june-20th-2017</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calamus056]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2017 19:29:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYSRxGT1vtFeaMnF45L6RX2jCPXCiXHZMtmc1wDtodVcrQzswKGfypjMg5GmFapF9Q4g1CP74nS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[1000 follower giveaway results]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sorry for the late results everyone. I completely forgot about it and have been really busy with other things lately. So here are the results: @almvide - $2.50 @marshall117 - $1.50 @steemit-enquirer -]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@calamus056/1000-follower-giveaway-results</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@calamus056/1000-follower-giveaway-results</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calamus056]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2017 15:43:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYMfVXJiBo2cSMsSskrtqo4bEmdMnPDbuoftHaEpD5UHpWT4TW8XerAGmFuzFYrWhQmnZBTF2y4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My ideal future for SteemIt]]></title><description><![CDATA[SteemIt has amazing potential, but currently there are still some flaws in the protocol. Below are my personal ideals regarding the future of the SteemIt protocol: 1. Authors are rewarded appropriately]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@calamus056/my-ideal-future-for-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@calamus056/my-ideal-future-for-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calamus056]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 18:49:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYT73v5MYCoM7LYbmLdtEvWS2DDSb1et24afTZHSCCjdAgwSUZSk5W9QB94sLjcPMhu8ETWAbe6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[One-liners #2 - stupidity]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this series we cover certain topics in comical, controversial and/or (thought) provocative one liners. This time the theme is "stupidity". Gambling If something means 99.99999% certain dead,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@calamus056/one-liners-2-stupidity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@calamus056/one-liners-2-stupidity</guid><category><![CDATA[funny]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calamus056]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 17:14:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYNJbuRLC5tfhbKoKFRk7ufveXwXq68J9UzhUEJmT67W2Z8ffmvwptqvTmBVEt9b2ogJBWN7pnz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curation problems (incentive, rewards and self-voting)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most of you will probably agree that there are problems with how rewards are currently distributed. Content quality doesn't seem all that important and it's apparent that the top 10% authors get the majority]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@calamus056/curation-problems-incentive-rewards-and-self-voting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@calamus056/curation-problems-incentive-rewards-and-self-voting</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calamus056]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2017 17:09:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXa3bRnuGQE1gHfj2dpYH7JrLBDxrMaRDQsezY5kikzdk5cazZy7av454ksfz2ZkzAfv5P31V3ux?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[1000 follower giveaway!]]></title><description><![CDATA[My first major SteemIt goal is a fact people! The next goal is 60 reputation! As a thank you for reaching 1000 followers there will be a giveaway: Details 100% of the SBD reward of this post will be the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@calamus056/1000-follower-giveaway</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@calamus056/1000-follower-giveaway</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calamus056]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2017 11:03:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYMfVXJiBo2cSMsSskrtqo4bEmdMnPDbuoftHaEpD5UHpWT4TW8XerAGmFuzFYrWhQmnZBTF2y4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Etiquette guide to help SteemIt succeed]]></title><description><![CDATA[This article will cover some simple guidelines to follow if you want to improve this platform drastically. Many users might not realize how detrimental certain behavior is to SteemIt. After reading this]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@calamus056/etiquette-guide-to-help-steemit-succeed</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@calamus056/etiquette-guide-to-help-steemit-succeed</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calamus056]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2017 10:16:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZACvwav6mz61pREvCRh39gqXpYBKuhK7DXpepy5TtRUC1k7daBEfyHCRuQg68pPEvM9ePAWy7L?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[One-liners #1 - world problems]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this series we cover certain topics in comical, controversial and/or (thought) provocative one liners. This time the theme is "world problems". Racism Your victim is basically you, with different]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@calamus056/one-liners-world-problems</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@calamus056/one-liners-world-problems</guid><category><![CDATA[funny]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calamus056]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2017 13:07:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYNJbuRLC5tfhbKoKFRk7ufveXwXq68J9UzhUEJmT67W2Z8ffmvwptqvTmBVEt9b2ogJBWN7pnz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monthly recap #1 - 358th best author of June 2017]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've published 19 quality articles last month! Below are all the article links for convenience. We'll also go over my achievements. I'm getting close to 1000 followers and 60 reputation. Let's see if those]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@calamus056/monthly-recap-1-358th-best-author-of-june-2017</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@calamus056/monthly-recap-1-358th-best-author-of-june-2017</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calamus056]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2017 19:57:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYS6pZaJ2TTXTTTWZ6UWrT5CaoU6YU7yGVj5x94KgWv6oEXkhn6nEdjEEQgj6RAuKcG3iiQXKJ6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to improve your curation quality]]></title><description><![CDATA[On SteemIt, curators are at least as important as content creators, if not more important. As curator you have the power and responsibility to distribute rewards. Curators as a collective have the power]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@calamus056/how-to-improve-your-curation-quality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@calamus056/how-to-improve-your-curation-quality</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calamus056]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2017 05:24:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVwJ1Udt4Nt7qtS1nnnBvxoTemSmqs25o9tBU1C3SS7LAa29rhJUShDHBnwmAMMHs9D6QWF89YJ2n4dYwZYBReNEJgMQGPq3QpJ8kh4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth about truthers]]></title><description><![CDATA[The internet is overloaded with alternative media and conspiracy theories, but who can you trust? What's true and what's nonsense? After reading this article you should have a better idea about who and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@calamus056/the-truth-about-truthers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@calamus056/the-truth-about-truthers</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calamus056]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2017 00:11:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZoqe31CG9i7QT64fz5vGU1zWBd1cwbr8ZUygifj9qHis7Xc7ZZXEAWkrmKw3Z896WxWaNrnyGi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>