<?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>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:11:34 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@giarcmlas/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[All the Reasons Bitcoin Could Someday Replace Gold as a Financial Hedge ((A response to Forbes’ “All the Reasons Cryptocurrencies Will Never Replace Gold As Your Financial Hedge”)]]></title><description><![CDATA[In late October, Olivier Garret, a Forbes contributor, put out the piece All the Reasons Cryptocurrencies Will Never Replace Gold As Your Financial Hedge.Below I detail the six proposed reasons and my]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@giarcmlas/all-the-reasons-bitcoin-could-someday-replace-gold-as-a-financial-hedge-a-response-to-forbes-all-the-reasons-cryptocurrencies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@giarcmlas/all-the-reasons-bitcoin-could-someday-replace-gold-as-a-financial-hedge-a-response-to-forbes-all-the-reasons-cryptocurrencies</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[giarcmlas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2017 18:18:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Makes a Well-Designed Cryptoeconomic Protocol?]]></title><description><![CDATA[TL; DR Naval Ravikant proposes the following three criteria for a well-designed cryptoeconomic protocol: (1) the resource that the protocol is aggregating and allocating is provided by the network]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@giarcmlas/what-makes-a-well-designed-cryptoeconomic-protocol</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@giarcmlas/what-makes-a-well-designed-cryptoeconomic-protocol</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[giarcmlas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2017 18:01:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cryptoasset Foundational Fundamentals]]></title><description><![CDATA[The most popular book right now in the cryptoasset investing space is Cryptoassets: The Innovative Investor’s Guide to Bitcoin and Beyond, by Chris Burniske and Jack Tatar. It’s a great read for experts]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@giarcmlas/cryptoasset-foundational-fundamentals</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@giarcmlas/cryptoasset-foundational-fundamentals</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[giarcmlas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2017 17:56:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Few Quick Thoughts on the Bitcoin Scaling Debate in the Context of Calling off SegWit2x]]></title><description><![CDATA[I put the below thoughts into an email to some friends earlier this month but wanted to get something more polished onto Medium. Here you go: On November 8, 2017 the planned Bitcoin hardfork known as]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@giarcmlas/a-few-quick-thoughts-on-the-bitcoin-scaling-debate-in-the-context-of-calling-off-segwit2x</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@giarcmlas/a-few-quick-thoughts-on-the-bitcoin-scaling-debate-in-the-context-of-calling-off-segwit2x</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[giarcmlas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2017 16:00:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The SAFT Whitepaper: What Makes a Token “Genuinely Useful”?]]></title><description><![CDATA[TL;DR Protocol Labs, Inc., the creator of the Filecoin network, and their counsel, Cooley LLP, recently released a framework for conducting compliant token sales using a Simple Agreement for Future Tokens]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@giarcmlas/the-saft-whitepaper-what-makes-a-token-genuinely-useful</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@giarcmlas/the-saft-whitepaper-what-makes-a-token-genuinely-useful</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[giarcmlas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2017 13:35:21 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>