<?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>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:46:06 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@chainsquad/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[DevOps: Dealing with local secrets, environment variables and GPG]]></title><description><![CDATA[This article shows how we make use of environment variables and GPG to easily switch between credentials for various deployments. In our particular case, we have various Hashicorp clusters (nomad, consul,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/devops/@chainsquad/devops-dealing-with-local-secrets-environment-variables-and-gpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/devops/@chainsquad/devops-dealing-with-local-secrets-environment-variables-and-gpg</guid><category><![CDATA[devops]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chainsquad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2021 07:05:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to launch a DAC]]></title><description><![CDATA[A decentralized autonomous company, as the name implies, should mimic the behavior of a company in most (if not all) regards. This implies that a blockchain that implements a DAC comes with a few components]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@chainsquad/how-to-launch-a-dac</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@chainsquad/how-to-launch-a-dac</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chainsquad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2021 06:58:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I was asked to do a "fair launch"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let's assume for a moment one of my clients approached me and asked for a "fair blockchain launch", how would I do that? What needs to be considered? Where are the technical, legal, social]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/genesis/@chainsquad/if-i-was-asked-to-do-a-fair-launch</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/genesis/@chainsquad/if-i-was-asked-to-do-a-fair-launch</guid><category><![CDATA[genesis]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chainsquad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2020 12:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A simple reason against Turing-complete scripting in Smart Contracting Platforms]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this short but concise article, I would like to give food for thought on smart contracting platforms that come with a Turing-complete scripting language. It all breaks down to one thing: trust. The]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/scriptable/@chainsquad/a-simple-reason-against-turing-complete-scripting-in-smart-contracting-platforms</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/scriptable/@chainsquad/a-simple-reason-against-turing-complete-scripting-in-smart-contracting-platforms</guid><category><![CDATA[scriptable]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chainsquad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2020 11:51:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to use semversioner in your release flow]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recently, we've marked a few of our branches in a project as protected which results in local changes to the branch not being push-able to the remote branch. This also means that when you are using git]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/chainsquad/@chainsquad/how-to-use-semversioner-in-your-release-flow</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/chainsquad/@chainsquad/how-to-use-semversioner-in-your-release-flow</guid><category><![CDATA[chainsquad]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chainsquad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2020 12:08:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Atomic Swaps vs. Sidechain - Don't get fooled]]></title><description><![CDATA[In recent months, we have witnesses some confusion in the crypto currency community about what atomic swaps can offer and why they are not necessarily in-line with common understandings of a sidechain.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/chainsquad/@chainsquad/atomic-swaps-vs-sidechain-don-t-get-fooled</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/chainsquad/@chainsquad/atomic-swaps-vs-sidechain-don-t-get-fooled</guid><category><![CDATA[chainsquad]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chainsquad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 07:26:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to deal with fees on a blockchain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apparently, everyone expects fees on the blockchain in order to prevent spamming or even for sake of some economical aspect of the chain. If it wasn't for the transaction fees, the blockchain could be]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@chainsquad/how-to-deal-with-fees-on-a-blockchain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@chainsquad/how-to-deal-with-fees-on-a-blockchain</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chainsquad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2020 14:24:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What are Smart Contracts and why they have nothing to do with Turing Completeness and Scriptability]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recently, I had a great conversation with Nathan Hourt, a brilliant backend developer that I love working with. We are on the same wave length. So it shouldn't surprise you that we came to similar conclusions]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/chainsquad/@chainsquad/what-are-smart-contracts-and-why-they-have-nothing-to-do-with-turing-completeness-and-scriptability</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/chainsquad/@chainsquad/what-are-smart-contracts-and-why-they-have-nothing-to-do-with-turing-completeness-and-scriptability</guid><category><![CDATA[chainsquad]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chainsquad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2020 07:40:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blockchains and the need for a token]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whenever people start talking about blockchain they often imply crypto currencies. However, a blockchain itself doesn't require any token and still be a blockchain. The mere requirement for being public]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/chainsquad/@chainsquad/blockchains-and-the-need-for-a-token</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/chainsquad/@chainsquad/blockchains-and-the-need-for-a-token</guid><category><![CDATA[chainsquad]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chainsquad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2020 14:51:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ChainSquad Articles - The beginning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today, after a long process of decision making, I came to the conclusion that it would be beneficial to start some sort of "blog" where I can aggregate technical thoughts, discoveries etc. You]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/chainsquad/@chainsquad/chainsquad-articles-the-beginning</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/chainsquad/@chainsquad/chainsquad-articles-the-beginning</guid><category><![CDATA[chainsquad]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chainsquad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2020 14:43:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[BitShares Europe to become OAUTH provider for the BitShares Blockchain (#devs)]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is our pleasure to announce a major upgrade to BitShares Europe - the service platform for the BitShares Blockchain and reference faucet operator. Single Sign on with Beet Today, when you go to bitshares.eu]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitshares/@chainsquad/bitshares-europe-to-become-oauth-provider-for-the-bitshares-blockchain-devs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitshares/@chainsquad/bitshares-europe-to-become-oauth-provider-for-the-bitshares-blockchain-devs</guid><category><![CDATA[bitshares]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chainsquad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2019 09:00:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8JxyWvtbhvcm5k3roJwHBR4WTALx7XaoRovacfsrL4qzjEKRdCz8tvrSsaftE5V8iHVh6NKNTjzEhfYi6i5PMtjWpTX8LrrrxheTRiLhPw8iExrKxZNywwVMjL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[python-bitshares has a new home @bitshares organization]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear BitShares community, after many years of development, ChainSquad GmbH has decided to move the bitshares python library (which evolved into the defacto-standard for the BitShares Blockchain) to the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitshares/@chainsquad/python-bitshares-has-a-new-home-bitshares-organization</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitshares/@chainsquad/python-bitshares-has-a-new-home-bitshares-organization</guid><category><![CDATA[bitshares]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chainsquad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2018 06:40:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKnANpcwMMPuEwHK8xdcHtEw1kbx8tUJqt8URmKg9esCvYD3bTf7seJ1KmJNnvCMLy5g85dpjfSd11iLrrEw3svtUy3HHk58AeKg41jLoZY96n6isaVLDVRNp2M6LVv4Mew8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[pybitshares] New logo]]></title><description><![CDATA[After 313 commits, and 13 releases so far, it is my pleasure to let everyone know that python-bitshares finally has its own logo. Official Homepage Source Code Repository License: MIT Contributors: 304]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitshares/@chainsquad/pybitshares-new-logo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitshares/@chainsquad/pybitshares-new-logo</guid><category><![CDATA[bitshares]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chainsquad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2018 14:39:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKnANpcwMMPuEwHK8xdcHtEw1kbx8tUJqt8URmKg9esCvYD3bTf7seJ1KmJNnvCMLy5g85dpjfSd11iLrrEw3svtUy3HHk58AeKg41jLoZY96n6isaVLDVRNp2M6LVv4Mew8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[An appology to the STEEM community (re: Streemian auto voting)]]></title><description><![CDATA[As many of your might have noticed, the platform streemian.com didn't receive a lot of upgrades during the last 1.5 years. The reasons for this was mostly due to lack of time and the lack of an actual]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/streemian/@chainsquad/an-appology-to-the-steem-community-re-streemian-auto-voting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/streemian/@chainsquad/an-appology-to-the-steem-community-re-streemian-auto-voting</guid><category><![CDATA[streemian]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chainsquad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2018 08:27:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6gUbcKN7UxenrEpchERw8zeHrKUogiot2bDzLE56tpWfQg48L8eQk3sQA476ymHexzq5Pk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Negotiations] Succession of Streemian.com - Reactivation]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are extremely pleased to let the STEEM community know about ongoing negotiations with a well known and reputable party about the succession of Streemian.com. Until contracting work is finalized, the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/streemian/@chainsquad/negotiations-succession-of-streemian-com-reactivation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/streemian/@chainsquad/negotiations-succession-of-streemian-com-reactivation</guid><category><![CDATA[streemian]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chainsquad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2018 11:28:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6gUbcKN7UxenrEpchERw8zeHrKUogiot2bDzLE56tpWfQg48L8eQk3sQA476ymHexzq5Pk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shutdown of Streemian.com]]></title><description><![CDATA[Due to lack of time and resources, as well as a growing dissatisfactory about the reliability and availability of the services among customers, we are taking down Streemian, indefinitely. Until a successor]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@chainsquad/shutdown-of-streemian-com</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@chainsquad/shutdown-of-streemian-com</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chainsquad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 07:02:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6gUbcKN7UxenrEpchERw8zeHrKUogiot2bDzLE56tpWfQg48L8eQk3sQA476ymHexzq5Pk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Changelog] Uptick 0.1.4]]></title><description><![CDATA[Release 0.1.4 New: [call] add 'changememokey' [fees] New call to list fees [orders] Allow to define an order expiration time explicitly [info] allow to query for a voteid [calls] new borrow and updateratio]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/uptick/@chainsquad/changelog-uptick-0-1-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/uptick/@chainsquad/changelog-uptick-0-1-4</guid><category><![CDATA[uptick]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chainsquad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2017 09:09:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Changelog] python-bitshares 0.1.7]]></title><description><![CDATA[Release 0.1.7 New: [expiration] allow order expiration to be defined from storage [notify] log an error if we receive an object that cannot be identified [market] Allow to compare market string with market]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitshares/@chainsquad/changelog-python-bitshares-0-1-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitshares/@chainsquad/changelog-python-bitshares-0-1-7</guid><category><![CDATA[bitshares]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chainsquad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2017 08:28:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Release 0.1.0] python-peerplays]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's my pleasure to present to you the python-peerplays library! The sources can be found in the PBSA github repository: Documentation is available on: Those that are familiar with piston-lib or pybitshares]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/peerplays/@chainsquad/release-0-1-0-python-peerplays</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/peerplays/@chainsquad/release-0-1-0-python-peerplays</guid><category><![CDATA[peerplays]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chainsquad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2017 12:47:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgu85mFpLjsB5bdcQRiiGHJEPFYM5Ssiu3EcLjkJxuqtBva5ZpUk8EWDeU1Ub1dQLnzo4ULMHH3u5EWzEDX971JHYGr6DBbf9kyVtZkD82D2AMUfUqSkLXpQ8PtLTv5tp9mQFtqa13iXSCBw3Dx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Changelog] Uptick 0.1.3]]></title><description><![CDATA[Release 0.1.3 New: [decorators] separate decorators [orderbook] also show sums [ui] parse transfers and order cancelation in history [calls] newaccount, upgradeaccount + UNLOCK environ [new call] ticker]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/uptick/@chainsquad/changelog-uptick-0-1-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/uptick/@chainsquad/changelog-uptick-0-1-3</guid><category><![CDATA[uptick]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chainsquad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2017 12:20:24 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>