<?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, 16 Apr 2026 13:09:27 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@darksidebusiness/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[What is my opinion on crypto states?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I get this question from time to time and I want to give a really detailed answer. First of all, what can a crypto state do this or next year? Protect its citizens in the real physical world? No. Crypto]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@darksidebusiness/what-is-my-opinion-on-crypto-states</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@darksidebusiness/what-is-my-opinion-on-crypto-states</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darksidebusiness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2018 20:52:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonWToSX8tGXNY8jeXKSedJ2aRhGRj6HDecqrfn83Hs4m8j1yBqFv8bSdiz4RW3yu8baRSguLZGCSQ3BwA23vor497WXndDFsdoH3gfDi8yL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[On crypto countries]]></title><description><![CDATA[A lot of people write to our Expert Center. Many of them ask my opinion on crypto countries and mention specific projects. I can give you an honest answer — I don’t buy it. Any government stands on the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@darksidebusiness/on-crypto-countries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@darksidebusiness/on-crypto-countries</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darksidebusiness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2018 14:02:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q9CMYXgEBn3iVutM5h8y5Vz8bSrDzHha2Fz2ata42xwbVMmUuuEn5EJD8QYZafefZyQPyxD6nGSR8z?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many small ants can lift bitcoin exchange rates]]></title><description><![CDATA[One small ant can't lift a big bug but a lot of small ants can. Why is this metaphor here? Well, if you read this message, you probably are a member of the crypto community. It means that every morning]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@darksidebusiness/many-small-ants-can-lift-bitcoin-exchange-rates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@darksidebusiness/many-small-ants-can-lift-bitcoin-exchange-rates</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darksidebusiness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2018 13:54:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonWToSX8tGXNY8jeXKSedJ2aRhGRj6HDecqrgGteHH5MN5S4Q5Y3bysTXFznDbxUBadogEWAo6srAtynZdVKE3DLbQNYAcwgwWbXfCDGws4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stupid money]]></title><description><![CDATA[One guy wrote a post on the Internet. He invested in an ICO and did not know what to tell his wife because the money he invested were borrowed from a bank and the ICO failed. Nobody wants those tokens]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@darksidebusiness/stupid-money</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@darksidebusiness/stupid-money</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darksidebusiness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2018 13:48:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH81M3gGGY4ek9vkNkDHBGeXYhmbcp7GFuwk2UrHshBevkMiFBmMx95FoQCwbqXmpYtfJNPMmVuUKBKAjLdDTTXoQPyNaaFY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The eternal question]]></title><description><![CDATA[I keep hearing the same question over and over again: what will happen to bitcoin? Will it grow? Will it drop? I mostly get this from people far from the crypto world. At the same time, people familiar]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@darksidebusiness/the-eternal-question</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@darksidebusiness/the-eternal-question</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darksidebusiness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2018 12:58:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonWToSX8tGXNY8jeXKSedJ2aRhGRj6HDecqrgWKZsLZxyj4K1zyGki3gRyRUmDV3K2gGohTGwTg1Bm9EaJgRp4hKSgzWvt7G37xAmRFqomQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are against the creation of a perfect crypto]]></title><description><![CDATA[People are too keen on visualizing some ideal future of the crypto world. This may be embedded into our history – the world was created by mathematicians. This is now the main obstacle on the way of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@darksidebusiness/we-are-against-the-creation-of-a-perfect-crypto</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@darksidebusiness/we-are-against-the-creation-of-a-perfect-crypto</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darksidebusiness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2018 14:47:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeU4FC9BCMmBMLp8yexWu6uG89fSAEzagZ7cLZKbDdUSSoA5ZTUxMcooHLUbPmpkwC8gEzSkGW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hodlers will not change the world]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are two opinions in the crypto world: some people consider cryptocurrencies digital gold, while others believe that cryptocurrencies will be used as means of payment. The first idea is quite convenient.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@darksidebusiness/hodlers-will-not-change-the-world</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@darksidebusiness/hodlers-will-not-change-the-world</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darksidebusiness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2018 12:22:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVoAvXt2X6pMxYAb3q65xMju8wryWxKrsghkLxj3NqNCQHrB5Tbe1nAcW5wggwvVXq4hTuET74eHdKkH6iVbAqHZeZiBPvsrbbE5Tix9HV1KWGHzhmuwPkwymMcHzY1W2Wz1k?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Devil's trill. Chapter 1, part 2.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Continued from part 1 — Nick, what are you applying for? Electronic engineering? Why? You are not made for that stuff. You must apply for media studies, where I am, there you can drink to your heart's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@darksidebusiness/devil-s-trill-chapter-1-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@darksidebusiness/devil-s-trill-chapter-1-part-2</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darksidebusiness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2017 18:07:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Devil's Trill. Chapter 1, Part 1.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Devil is the father of lies; thou shalt not converse with him. -Religious dogma History is written by the victors. -Empirical fact Meeting — You know everything about me, and I know nothing about you,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@darksidebusiness/devil-s-trill-chapter-1-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@darksidebusiness/devil-s-trill-chapter-1-part-1</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darksidebusiness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2017 18:18:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A billionaire on Kilimanjaro. Part 3.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The final part. Click here for part 1, Click here for part 2 On the following day, the untiring billionaire decided to repeat the double distance march, thereby spoiling the moment of rising above the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@darksidebusiness/a-billionaire-on-kilimanjaro-part-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@darksidebusiness/a-billionaire-on-kilimanjaro-part-3</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darksidebusiness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2017 17:02:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A billionaire on Kilimanjaro. Part 2.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Click here for part 1 – "It was Nepal we got into last time. He went straight for a fifteen thousand feet drop-off, and set out right away – wanted it faster. He got a pulmonary edema, we just about]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@darksidebusiness/a-billionaire-on-kilimanjaro-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@darksidebusiness/a-billionaire-on-kilimanjaro-part-2</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darksidebusiness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2017 16:32:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVthqpTJZmwvzsLcvMeG4TU4Gjdfy267n4AJVxhkgR5wpKdPShd98TBDGDDkhHaC3vt4qc1qdw82pLn8DV1TKhKeeXm9ttK5bocX3DVqe1EpmfgKLvmWAsQ9Lm2Tw6QnMidBC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A billionaire on Kilimanjaro]]></title><description><![CDATA[…we made a touchdown at eight thousand feet to begin with. Chugunkov covered his dark hair with a sun hat, put on sunglasses and a dark grey sports suite that was expensive even to look at. His appearance]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@darksidebusiness/a-billionaire-on-kilimanjaro</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@darksidebusiness/a-billionaire-on-kilimanjaro</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darksidebusiness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2017 17:07:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFnNFKLegVvzmsrMAExSDXzsHdqwaiRmFqJXHPXcPwxR1shkrBXRZGdoFwHH6Ehkv9KmBjroVcxGrmMYtaEc5tR2t7YjwGkFRbFsKCBKKLQGUxZZKEM1VBLA6fnLpXQdnE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Targeting]]></title><description><![CDATA[  Whatever a modern man does, he has an Objective. And a  schedule. He was taught that way. He thinks about Efficiency. He runs towards the Objective like Achilles ran after]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@darksidebusiness/targeting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@darksidebusiness/targeting</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darksidebusiness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2017 14:23:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/KWcVEiwEzuiGGuVCdnZEUjjVhBdR7j8v6rP1DmZU9jAby73ckfrd2xua4AiqwP1ip8cm1hR5vSXQbTSUJ4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Client-centeredness as an eccentricity]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I hear business gurus preach about client-centeredness, I reach for my gun — for it is known to everyone and their dog, that the more successful the company is, the fewer]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/business/@darksidebusiness/client-centeredness-as-an-eccentricity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/business/@darksidebusiness/client-centeredness-as-an-eccentricity</guid><category><![CDATA[business]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darksidebusiness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2017 13:51:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57su8sXzVDL75B8chWhS1cyoyWF1K5NrmdnWwhoFKVcjammMi52Pojhbb9HibkRf1YkLPP2uS26JLN6agZZjdnY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[In praise of peeping Toms]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have a friend who earns his living by penetration testing — hacking clients’ systems on clients’ own request and discovering IT security vulnerabilities in the process. He rarely]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/business/@darksidebusiness/in-praise-of-peeping-toms</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/business/@darksidebusiness/in-praise-of-peeping-toms</guid><category><![CDATA[business]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darksidebusiness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:55:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57su8sXzVDL75B8chWhS1cyoyWF1LFhZfejn1UmXCUoLadJszwnQtTEj52fZD9x516ry9Xq9SBmsXiwJd5LxSuW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art from the Dark Side. Original drawings. #1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today we feel ourselves like Santas: just kids and lies all around. But to have beautiful fun on the New Year's Eve we have collected in one post some illustrations which were drawn by our Fake Artist]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@darksidebusiness/art-from-the-dark-side-original-drawings-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@darksidebusiness/art-from-the-dark-side-original-drawings-1</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darksidebusiness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2016 20:55:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGS89gaCu8WJ53RjPiy6ted5HC9SZjXh56mPt2MK1upPfoW8sKcc9ivXmBrUNdxMNhQT8iU4qdoHC2bSSaknFHPCJup1hNBQLasmwiCncKgQAaiC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quotes from The Dark Side of Business: #2]]></title><description><![CDATA[In comments to one of our posts we were asked who draws the illustrations which we use. We answer: on  the Dark  Side we have a fake artist, who makes fake art.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@darksidebusiness/quotes-from-the-dark-side-of-business-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@darksidebusiness/quotes-from-the-dark-side-of-business-2</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darksidebusiness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2016 16:29:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2ufhwNgM3qHKXR4MrsroYEXNv9JpVxRn2XnBVjMgbWejkZe4vd74FBYUFqaNC64gzDYGxcdqz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oriental Vengeance]]></title><description><![CDATA[ To kill, to  squash, to maim, to multiply by zero… the Europeans aren't too inventive about their vengeance plans. They don't have the  creativity, it all keeps]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@darksidebusiness/oriental-vengeance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@darksidebusiness/oriental-vengeance</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darksidebusiness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2016 18:09:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2Qhhdda6Qnbf8RCfUMN5GVRcZeMujSgywNpx8Q4p5LhRZGyC3JBEKc2UaX4jw6TUhhahC6S1kQz8V1oDYizk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quotes from The Dark Side of Business: #1]]></title><description><![CDATA[text, illustration © The Dark Side of Business]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/business/@darksidebusiness/quotes-from-the-dark-side-of-business-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/business/@darksidebusiness/quotes-from-the-dark-side-of-business-1</guid><category><![CDATA[business]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darksidebusiness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2016 15:28:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/KWcVEiwEzuiGGuVCdnZEUjjVhBdR7j8v6rP1RuXFKiSszUktqNoBtM5YCTcw9D2cMwSKJvDm8WFzKxM7QL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tapeworm's guide to business ethics]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I arrived into the capital, I was dumbstruck. It was 2012; people were sitting around in shiny offices, holding committee meetings and wasting millions, choking all the while]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/business/@darksidebusiness/a-tapeworm-s-guide-to-business-ethics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/business/@darksidebusiness/a-tapeworm-s-guide-to-business-ethics</guid><category><![CDATA[business]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darksidebusiness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2016 19:06:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/368La1qZAv72idE55TMi1jKkVP8dPg7jTXvMiEwgwricmCmn6PbVUo3ELTpTnCaN6BQ1GJz2KYnERgxH1NtC8VBN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>