<?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>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:10:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@chucklinart/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Former CFTC chair admits Bitcoin market rigging]]></title><description><![CDATA[(I should mention that I have barely any skin in the game, having sold almost all my BTC months ago.) I knew it. You knew it. Now the world knows it: The CME and CBOE cash-settled (read: naked shorting,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@chucklinart/former-cftc-chair-admits-bitcoin-market-rigging</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@chucklinart/former-cftc-chair-admits-bitcoin-market-rigging</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chucklinart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2019 17:26:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why I Sold All My Bitcoin]]></title><description><![CDATA[I believe in cryptocurrency and the blockchain more ardently than the most pious Christian believes Jesus Himself will lead him/her to the Great Pillars of the Heaven of the One True Almighty God. It's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@chucklinart/why-i-sold-all-my-bitcoin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@chucklinart/why-i-sold-all-my-bitcoin</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chucklinart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2018 01:20:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's Still Time (but not much) to Divest of Dollars and Buy Bitcoin]]></title><description><![CDATA[Everyone knows the U.S. stock market is tanking. You may not know why this is happening. It is because of the underlying weakness of the U.S. dollar which is the direct result of the 2008-2009 handout]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@chucklinart/there-s-still-time-but-not-much-to-divest-of-dollars-and-buy-bitcoin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@chucklinart/there-s-still-time-but-not-much-to-divest-of-dollars-and-buy-bitcoin</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chucklinart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2018 02:24:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's the bearish case for Bitcoin, again?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some line you drew on a chart? Nah. We have the future of money. This will replace fiat as surely as email replaced the fax machine. Barely anyone owns it, and somehow it's worth 9k fake inbred-moron-issued]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@chucklinart/what-s-the-bearish-case-for-bitcoin-again</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@chucklinart/what-s-the-bearish-case-for-bitcoin-again</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chucklinart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2018 02:39:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Bitcoin Shorts (shawt bus shawties) Roll, and How to Take Their Money]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm gonna rant for a bit because I'm good at it... but then I'm gonna come to a point that will rock your world (It's kind of like moistening snatch, but that's beside the point. Anyway...) Short-bus Shorty]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@chucklinart/how-bitcoin-shorts-shaw-bus-shawties-roll-and-how-to-take-their-money</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@chucklinart/how-bitcoin-shorts-shaw-bus-shawties-roll-and-how-to-take-their-money</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chucklinart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 03:59:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have seen the future, and it is thus...]]></title><description><![CDATA[In June, 2020, people will be astounded at how dumb it was to sell Bitcoin for $8000 in February, 2018 because by then, it will be worth $300,000 per coin. In 2021, the satoshi will achieve "dollar]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@chucklinart/i-have-seen-the-future-and-it-is-thus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@chucklinart/i-have-seen-the-future-and-it-is-thus</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chucklinart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2018 02:45:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk2bRb9gatmwEsdvNEZvoPWuHYpFaG7dj4i2MXrrh8S23Ept4pn6c5hJMU9rN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Bitcoin Conquers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guys, I don't know what your favorite hot new shitcoin is, but I do know that Bitcoin has seen this before. I'm talking about the recent attack -- the ridiculous FUD, the big shorts -- that has blessed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@chucklinart/why-bitcoin-conquers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@chucklinart/why-bitcoin-conquers</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chucklinart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 01:49:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK2JpEReqU82TnxRHHhxJnbsDh6D3dUvdboZTkfZWNwp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Trade Cryptocurrencies]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a word: Don't. TL;DR - Don't trade. Invest. But if you must trade, keep reading and I will eventually point you in the direction of doing it right. Before doing that, I must open a side channel, a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@chucklinart/how-to-trade-cryptocurrencies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@chucklinart/how-to-trade-cryptocurrencies</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chucklinart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2018 04:42:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4qEixipsxSf1NbXf3traZgrR5Suyr779MfSki8WdD8R6ob5r9G8KG56xBHgUz7XZ9g?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joseph Stiglitz Proves My Point About Economists Being Dipshits!]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this post I told you all (all four of you) that economists were mentally deficient. Now no less than a Nobel Prize winner in Economics has proved me right. Right here. He freaking up and said it straight]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@chucklinart/joseph-stiglitz-proves-my-point-about-economists-being-dipshits</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@chucklinart/joseph-stiglitz-proves-my-point-about-economists-being-dipshits</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chucklinart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2017 04:04:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/LcTxR7u1XKaa3e4T1E5ntrjnKw8gWseJzJ4eviwpU2uCRFaLJff5TDTHY3E8AjE8BGS1HVeFqU74kJ9qdMefrLtwv5sCsW5gN3BL6rJfzh7qWWJ2B5BZBVeoxMYYaHFRYvTV8jAghbKH4kX5t8ND3XshH?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the Hell Is the Blockchain, Anyway?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a previous post, I waxed poetic of thinges olde. This evening, the lens of my mind zooms in on the present and the future. This perspective affords an advantage: when viewing things from above, whether]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@chucklinart/what-the-hell-is-the-blockchain-anyway</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@chucklinart/what-the-hell-is-the-blockchain-anyway</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chucklinart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2017 02:12:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ong's Hat - The Original LARP]]></title><description><![CDATA[The acronym "LARP" (Live Action Role Playing) has taken on a new meaning in the past year or two. It used to mean geeks who wore costumes and physically acted out the moves in a game usually]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/larp/@chucklinart/ong-s-hat-the-original-larp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/larp/@chucklinart/ong-s-hat-the-original-larp</guid><category><![CDATA[larp]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chucklinart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2017 05:52:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/axopD2eJJx4aTbgP3zRkDZXbH6BDjKUTbvTfJhAzkrHBAAZNN5pcp12xRzzi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I did an oopsie]]></title><description><![CDATA[Due to an unclear error message ("Transaction failed") that indicated the post had not been made, I hit the "Post" button numerous times on my last entry. Apparently, the post had actually]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@chucklinart/i-did-an-oopsie</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@chucklinart/i-did-an-oopsie</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chucklinart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2017 13:24:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meet Bob and CIndy]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my last post I talked about money. TL;DR = money is just a ledger. At the present moment and for about 100 years prior, the ledger becomes longer and bigger when entries are created out of thin air]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@chucklinart/7t5ewq-meet-bob-and-cindy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@chucklinart/7t5ewq-meet-bob-and-cindy</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chucklinart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2017 12:51:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meet Bob and CIndy]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my last post I talked about money. TL;DR = money is just a ledger. At the present moment and for about 100 years prior, the ledger becomes longer and bigger when entries are created out of thin air]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@chucklinart/4bfma5-meet-bob-and-cindy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@chucklinart/4bfma5-meet-bob-and-cindy</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chucklinart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2017 03:34:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meet Bob and CIndy]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my last post I talked about money. TL;DR = money is just a ledger. At the present moment and for about 100 years prior, the ledger becomes longer and bigger when entries are created out of thin air]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@chucklinart/3vjsr9-meet-bob-and-cindy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@chucklinart/3vjsr9-meet-bob-and-cindy</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chucklinart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2017 03:27:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meet Bob and CIndy]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my last post I talked about money. TL;DR = money is just a ledger. At the present moment and for about 100 years prior, the ledger becomes longer and bigger when entries are created out of thin air]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@chucklinart/6l3k8f-meet-bob-and-cindy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@chucklinart/6l3k8f-meet-bob-and-cindy</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chucklinart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2017 03:21:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meet Bob and Cindy]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my last post I talked about money. TL;DR = money is just a ledger. At the present moment and for about 100 years prior, the ledger becomes longer and bigger when entries are created out of thin air]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@chucklinart/3cqr9v-meet-bob-and-cindy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@chucklinart/3cqr9v-meet-bob-and-cindy</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chucklinart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2017 03:14:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meet Bob and Cindy]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my last post I talked about money. TL;DR = money is just a ledger. At the present moment and for about 100 years prior, the ledger becomes longer and bigger when entries are created out of thin air]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@chucklinart/meet-bob-and-cindy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@chucklinart/meet-bob-and-cindy</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chucklinart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2017 02:49:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Money, Banking, and Bitcoin]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Sorry for the olde fashioned-sounding title. At times I fancy myself a [James Earl Jones voice] Philosopher of Great Import in the Grande Scheme of Thinges. Just humor me here.) Money: what is it, who]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/banking/@chucklinart/6zvcrs-on-money-banking-and-bitcoin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/banking/@chucklinart/6zvcrs-on-money-banking-and-bitcoin</guid><category><![CDATA[banking]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chucklinart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2017 01:39:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Money, Banking, and Bitcoin]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Sorry for the olde fashioned-sounding title. At times I fancy myself a [James Earl Jones voice] Philosopher of Great Import in the Grande Scheme of Thinges. Just humor me here.) Money: what is it, who]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/banking/@chucklinart/on-money-banking-and-bitcoin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/banking/@chucklinart/on-money-banking-and-bitcoin</guid><category><![CDATA[banking]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chucklinart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2017 01:34:18 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>