<?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, 08 Apr 2026 22:43:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@finpunk/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Cryptocurrencies Are Creating Startup Nations]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the coolest aspects of the cryptocurrency revolution is that we're creating the equivalents of startup nations. This is the way I see societies evolving in the near future: Amorphous collections]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/zencash/@finpunk/cryptocurrencies-are-creating-startup-nations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/zencash/@finpunk/cryptocurrencies-are-creating-startup-nations</guid><category><![CDATA[zencash]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[finpunk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2017 18:12:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitcoin is Already Massively Successful]]></title><description><![CDATA[Arguing that Bitcoin will never be successful seems to be the cool thing to do every time the market takes a dive. It’s tempting, especially for those whose minds can’t escape the world of government money,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@finpunk/bitcoin-is-already-massively-successful</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@finpunk/bitcoin-is-already-massively-successful</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[finpunk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2017 16:26:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/GTCx6Xsvc3wWQRsnvZfAv9BgMNueJzkgeBxSgW6vLipkFCXsvFGa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Launching ZenCash, Seasteading in Tahiti, and BIP-001 in Odessa]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been way too long since my last post, so this is going to be a bit of a whirlwind summary of a crazy summer! Three big things that've consumed my summer in a really good way: Launching a zero-knowledge]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@finpunk/launching-zencash-seasteading-in-tahiti-and-bip-001-in-odessa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@finpunk/launching-zencash-seasteading-in-tahiti-and-bip-001-in-odessa</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[finpunk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Sep 2017 23:09:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/GTCx6Xsvc3wWQRsnvZfAv9BgMNueJzkgeBxSgW6ozLUCUs2xWDYS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Productivity, Growth, and Trade: A Little Freedom Goes A Long Way]]></title><description><![CDATA[Economics really isn't all that complicated: We get wealthier by making more with less. OK, maybe you'll need to know a little more to pass a micro comprehensive exam, but never forget that general rule...it]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@finpunk/productivity-growth-and-trade-a-little-freedom-goes-a-long-way</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@finpunk/productivity-growth-and-trade-a-little-freedom-goes-a-long-way</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[finpunk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2017 16:18:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBrk7S2rDPaRZenUwJR8H2x6JotRabUFGPaVEAwAbN6kN2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trade Restrictions Don't Make Sense: Importers And Exporters Are The Same People]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's just way too much rhetoric out of the last election against free trade that needs to stop. Tariffs and other trade restrictions will not make America great ...it will make us poorer.  The]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@finpunk/trade-restrictions-don-t-make-sense-importers-and-exporters-are-the-same-people</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@finpunk/trade-restrictions-don-t-make-sense-importers-and-exporters-are-the-same-people</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[finpunk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:23:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBrk7S2rDPaRZenUwJR8H2x6JotRZvSmLVqczaBakNfWzA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taking Money Off The Table But Keeping It In Crypto]]></title><description><![CDATA[There comes a time in every crypto bull market when you count up your gains, glance at the double digit percentages displayed in green on coinmarketcap, and something in your gut says this is too good]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@finpunk/taking-money-off-the-table-but-keeping-it-in-crypto</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@finpunk/taking-money-off-the-table-but-keeping-it-in-crypto</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[finpunk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2017 16:50:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBrk7S2rDPaRZenUwJR8H2x6JotRZgFmAYLJaMCZtLgKrW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Dark Side Of Enforcing Property Rights In Another Country]]></title><description><![CDATA[Property rights are the cornerstone of a healthy economy and critical to individual freedom. Without property rights there is little reason to invest in productivity, and so it's little surprise that societies]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@finpunk/the-dark-side-of-enforcing-property-rights-in-another-country</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@finpunk/the-dark-side-of-enforcing-property-rights-in-another-country</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[finpunk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2017 16:39:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBrk7S2rDPaRZenUwJR8H2x6JotRZf3er7P2GXKwgAP6Si?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Economic Growth Is Not a Ponzi Scheme]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's all too much popular misconception that economic growth is "unsustainable" akin to a Ponzi scheme. This may be true for some types of growth, but certainly not from the natural type induced by]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@finpunk/economic-growth-is-not-a-ponzi-scheme</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@finpunk/economic-growth-is-not-a-ponzi-scheme</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[finpunk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2017 19:02:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBrk7S2rDPaRZenUwJR8H2x6JotRZbFiZ2k6wuCW5BBvLv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitcoin Is The Ultimate Currency Hedge For Volatile Economies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bitcoin is proving to be the ultimate currency hedge for those stuck in volatile economies. 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Despite once being one of the richest countries in Central America, Nicaragua]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@finpunk/how-bitcoin-can-help-countries-like-nicaragua</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@finpunk/how-bitcoin-can-help-countries-like-nicaragua</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[finpunk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2016 21:20:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBrk7S2rDPaRZenUwJR8H2x6JotRV1pSfKUqb7Qag5wL54?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[@finpunk Goes To Nicaragua (Part 4): Laguna de Apoyo, Flor de Caña, and Christmas Fun]]></title><description><![CDATA[The last part of my trip to Nicaragua was simply amazing, and included a relaxing day on Laguna de Apoyo, a personal tour of Flor de Caña's distillery, steaks perfectly barbecued in a metal barrel, and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@finpunk/finpunk-goes-to-nicaragua-part-4-laguna-de-apoyo-flor-de-cana-and-christmas-fun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@finpunk/finpunk-goes-to-nicaragua-part-4-laguna-de-apoyo-flor-de-cana-and-christmas-fun</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[finpunk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2016 16:47:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBrk7S2rDPaRZenUwJR8H2x6JotRZLMCYr5XSdxoZSnw1x?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[@finpunk Goes To Nicaragua (Part 3): Estamos Pobre?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Learning another language is difficult! We take for granted the everyday slang, conjugations, and colloquialisms we use all the time, but when you're trying to speak a different language it's easy to confuse]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@finpunk/finpunk-goes-to-nicaragua-part-3-estamos-pobre</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@finpunk/finpunk-goes-to-nicaragua-part-3-estamos-pobre</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[finpunk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2016 23:16:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBrk7S2rDPaRZenUwJR8H2x6JotRZG4gWW4mpdkX8nNM1Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[@finpunk Goes To Nicaragua (Part 2): Groceries, Donkeys, and Card Counting]]></title><description><![CDATA[The last four days in Nicaragua have been a ton of fun and a wonderful learning experience. There are few better ways to learn about the world than to get out into it!  @finpunk Goes to Nicaragua]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@finpunk/finpunk-goes-to-nicaragua-part-2-groceries-donkeys-and-card-counting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@finpunk/finpunk-goes-to-nicaragua-part-2-groceries-donkeys-and-card-counting</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[finpunk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2016 00:03:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBrk7S2rDPaRZenUwJR8H2x6JotRZB18mtV4jPLtqfcYqL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a Squirrel Bridge to Nowhere Can Teach Us About Public Finance]]></title><description><![CDATA[The mayor of The Hague insists that a £120,000 "squirrel bridge" built in 2012 to help the cute little critters safely cross a busy motorway was not a waste of money, despite only five squirrels documented]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@finpunk/what-a-squirrel-bridge-to-nowhere-can-teach-us-about-public-finance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@finpunk/what-a-squirrel-bridge-to-nowhere-can-teach-us-about-public-finance</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[finpunk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2016 18:04:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBrk7S2rDPaRZenUwJR8H2x6JotRZ17bTDsLmwSLT539Q2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[@finpunk Goes To Nicaragua (Part 1)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yours truly is en route to Nicaragua as I write this. 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In particular, he helped]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@finpunk/economics-is-horrendously-misguided-and-obsessed-with-completely-unimportant-things</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@finpunk/economics-is-horrendously-misguided-and-obsessed-with-completely-unimportant-things</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[finpunk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2016 16:31:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBrk7S2rDPaRZenUwJR8H2x6JotRYzWqshdjMzdq6n6G7x?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ethereum Classic Gets More Interesting: More Developers and a New Monetary Policy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ethereum Classic (ETC) was one of the first major revolts of a successful cryptocurrency community, the point of contention being the hard fork bailout of The DAO. 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