<?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>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:11:08 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@firemonkey/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Bat derived material for traditional chinese medicine may have caused the coronavirus pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers have proposed horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) as the most likely source for SARS-CoV-2 as it shares 96% of its genetic material with a known coronavirus harboured in these bats.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/coronavirus/@firemonkey/bat-derived-material-for-traditional-chinese-medicine-may-have-caused-the-coronavirus-pandemic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/coronavirus/@firemonkey/bat-derived-material-for-traditional-chinese-medicine-may-have-caused-the-coronavirus-pandemic</guid><category><![CDATA[coronavirus]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[firemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2020 10:42:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climategate, a critical manifesto on proposed CO2 reductions]]></title><description><![CDATA[At www.climategate.nl you can read a manifesto that is very critical about the climate agreement as agreed by Dutch politics. I broadly agree with this climate manifesto. I do think however that global]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/climate/@firemonkey/climategate-a-critical-manifesto-on-proposed-co2-reductions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/climate/@firemonkey/climategate-a-critical-manifesto-on-proposed-co2-reductions</guid><category><![CDATA[climate]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[firemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2019 00:11:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is Metaverse doing so well?]]></title><description><![CDATA[About 10 months ago I discovered the cryptocurrency Metaverse(ETP). I published a post on Steemit and I bought a few ETP on Bitfinex. Like most cryptocurrencies this appeared to be a bad investment. In]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrencies/@firemonkey/why-is-metaverse-doing-so-well</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrencies/@firemonkey/why-is-metaverse-doing-so-well</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrencies]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[firemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2018 11:55:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonWToSX8tGXNY8jeXKSedJ2aRhGRj6HDecqrgWfCQDcpFstHLzmagXNYwR9uVCT2UJbQHvTgGwgSX5kBp2egPqQko4LQ64og371outXq9PC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven reasons why I think that David Kleiman was Satoshi Nakamoto]]></title><description><![CDATA[Who was Satoshi Nakamoto? On you can read the following introduction: “While we may not know who he was, we know what he did. He was the inventor of the Bitcoin protocol, publishing a paper via the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/seven-reasons-why-i-think-that-david-kleiman-was-satoshi-nakamoto</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/seven-reasons-why-i-think-that-david-kleiman-was-satoshi-nakamoto</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[firemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2018 09:38:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mastodons of the financial world appear to be bitcoin illiterates]]></title><description><![CDATA[Governments, banks and other financial institutions have long ignored the bitcoin. Because in 2017 the bitcoin gained 1500% in value they are suddenly realising that bitcoin may become a serious threat]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/the-mastodons-of-the-financial-world-appear-to-be-bitcoin-illiterates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/the-mastodons-of-the-financial-world-appear-to-be-bitcoin-illiterates</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[firemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2018 13:40:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to determine the correct bitcoin transaction fee]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the current volume of unconfirmed transactions and the increasing transaction fees it is sometimes difficult to determine the required transaction fee. If you use the default value of your wallet]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/how-to-determine-the-correct-bitcoin-transaction-fee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/how-to-determine-the-correct-bitcoin-transaction-fee</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[firemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2018 16:05:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZz1gv95zMCJijWuZCcMAtqana2GUB9zPeYMKmogGnDfEEYFcSqkCVJwP3HkNrnxwunqRbz8yxi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[All Visa bitcoin debitcards from XAPO, BitPay, Bitwala, Cryptopay, Wirex, and TenX have been deactivated today]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today my XAPO bitcoin debitcard has been deactivated without any prior warning. XAPO was using the services of Gibraltar based company WaveCrest. This morning I received below email from WaveCrest: Dear]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/all-visa-bitcoin-debitcards-from-xapo-bitpay-bitwala-cryptopay-wirex-and-tenx-have-been-deactivated-today</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/all-visa-bitcoin-debitcards-from-xapo-bitpay-bitwala-cryptopay-wirex-and-tenx-have-been-deactivated-today</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[firemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 19:40:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warning: New Segwit2x fork is possible scam]]></title><description><![CDATA[In order to solve the bitcoin scaling problems on May 23 2017 the so called New York Agreement was published: . A large group of stakeholders decided to accept Segwit in August and to double the block]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/warning-new-segwit2x-fork-is-possible-scam</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/warning-new-segwit2x-fork-is-possible-scam</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[firemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2017 12:58:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why bitcoin is not a bubble]]></title><description><![CDATA[I see that some people now compare the growth in value of the bitcoin with the dot.com bubble on the stock markets and the tulip mania of a little longer ago. These are comparisons that, in my view, do]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/why-bitcoin-is-not-a-bubble</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/why-bitcoin-is-not-a-bubble</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[firemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2017 10:17:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dramatic drop of the BTC hashrate]]></title><description><![CDATA[The total hashrate for BTC has dropped with more than 50%. Mining BCH has become more profitable. I see that major miners have reduced their mining effort and some like BTC.TOP have stopped completely]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/dramatic-drop-of-the-btc-hashrate</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/dramatic-drop-of-the-btc-hashrate</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[firemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2017 15:39:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is currently happening with Metaverse?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Metaverse (ETP) is a cryptocurrency that is created by ViewFin. ViewFin (www.viewfin.com) is one of the leading blockchain companies in China. I didn't know about Metaverse until yesterday. Yesterday the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@firemonkey/what-is-currently-happening-with-metaverse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@firemonkey/what-is-currently-happening-with-metaverse</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[firemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2017 21:12:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dvDWRcj26iUA5thfYpkaVSsM1QxiBXZtKhQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The impact of the September 4 official Chinese ICO statement on bitcoin]]></title><description><![CDATA[On September 4, 2017 the People's Bank of China together with six other Chinese departments released a public statement on regulation policies for ICO projects. The initial conclusion was that China had]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/the-impact-of-the-september-4-official-chinese-ico-statement-on-bitcoin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/the-impact-of-the-september-4-official-chinese-ico-statement-on-bitcoin</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[firemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2017 13:04:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[China is closing down all cryptocurrency exchanges]]></title><description><![CDATA[The last couple of days there have been rumours that China was going to close down all cryptocurrency exchanges. The rumours where called unconfirmed and some considered it to be market manipulation. From]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/china-is-closing-down-all-cryptocurrency-exchanges</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/china-is-closing-down-all-cryptocurrency-exchanges</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[firemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2017 13:35:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wrong information on Blockchain.info]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday I noticed some strange behaviour in the Blockchain.info charts with information on the bitcoin transactions waiting to be comfirmed: The drop around 11:30 cannot be explained because there were]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/wromg-information-on-blockchain-info</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/wromg-information-on-blockchain-info</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[firemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2017 21:12:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2dvNBZrZGAQFe4FQzZT3NePCh8GSe7dMnyUdFoExovpj47B5p43Q2ezRbKA1KqiRmCxXWce1w2QkgmUgdC8bQe6z?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitcoin still has a problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my previous post ( I signaled a problem with bitcoin. Some major miners had switched from mining BTC to mining BCC leaving the BTC blockchain with insufficient hashing power to process all transactions.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/bitcoin-still-has-a-problem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/bitcoin-still-has-a-problem</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[firemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2017 23:17:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitcoin has a problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Miners rapidly shift from BTC blockchain to BCC/BCH blockchain. Currently every minute about two new blocks are added to the BitcoinCash blockchain. The anonymous miner is still mining but in the past]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/bitcoin-has-a-problem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/bitcoin-has-a-problem</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[firemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:38:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitcoin Cash market manipulation]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is currently happening with Bitcoin Cash? To me it is clear that the Bitcoin Cash market is being manipulated by a big player. Until now the mining of Bitcoin Cash has been done by a big miner who]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/bitcoin-cash-market-manipulation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/bitcoin-cash-market-manipulation</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[firemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2017 10:37:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antpool seems to do some mining with a max blocksize of 10kB]]></title><description><![CDATA[The number of transactions waiting to be processed currently is more than 50000. I see that Antpool has created several 9kB blocks in the past few days. Why is Antpool mining blocks with only a few]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/antpool-seems-to-do-some-mining-with-a-max-blocksize-of-10kb</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@firemonkey/antpool-seems-to-do-some-mining-with-a-max-blocksize-of-10kb</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[firemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2017 10:45:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[IOTA, a very interesting new cryptocurrency]]></title><description><![CDATA[IOTA is currently the rising star among the cryptocurrencies. I have been looking into the interesting technology behind IOTA. Although I am not an expert on cryptology it seems to me that the tangle could]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@firemonkey/iota-a-very-interesting-new-cryptocurrency</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@firemonkey/iota-a-very-interesting-new-cryptocurrency</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[firemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 Aug 2017 00:05:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inefficiencies in the Bitcoincash market]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bitcoincash is currently traded for well above USD 300 on the Kraken exchange. On other exchanges the exchange rate is around USD 250. Why do people buy BCC/BCH at such a high price at the Kraken exchange?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@firemonkey/inefficiencies-in-the-bitcoincash-market</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@firemonkey/inefficiencies-in-the-bitcoincash-market</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[firemonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2017 11:49:06 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>