<?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, 20 May 2026 06:20:21 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@jakev/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Cryptodex: A Journey Into the Blockchain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two people meet at a party. They strike up a conversation about investing, the nature of money, and the current state of the economy. One of them mentions a new technology called “Bitcoin.” Perhaps the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@jakev/cryptodex-a-journey-into-the-blockchain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@jakev/cryptodex-a-journey-into-the-blockchain</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2016 17:09:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cactus - Short Story of the Day - Day 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[by O. Henry The most notable thing about Time is that it is so purely relative. A large amount of reminiscence is, by common consent, conceded to the drowning man; and it is not past belief that one may]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/crypto/@jakev/the-cactus-short-story-of-the-day-day-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/crypto/@jakev/the-cactus-short-story-of-the-day-day-2</guid><category><![CDATA[crypto]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2016 12:49:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding a Diamond on a Muddy Road - Day 2 - Zen Koan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gudo was the emperor's teacher of his time. Nevertheless, he used to travel alone as a wandering mendicant. Once when he was on his way to Edo, the cultural and political center of the shogunate, he approached]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/buddhism/@jakev/finding-a-diamond-on-a-muddy-road-day-2-zen-koan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/buddhism/@jakev/finding-a-diamond-on-a-muddy-road-day-2-zen-koan</guid><category><![CDATA[buddhism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2016 12:42:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Official Steemit Intro - A Story of Relief and Community]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi there! First off, thank you for giving me your attention for this moment in time. I can't express how much that actually means. Your attention is a valuable asset and you should treasure every moment]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@jakev/my-official-steemit-intro-a-story-of-relief-and-community</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@jakev/my-official-steemit-intro-a-story-of-relief-and-community</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2016 19:29:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zen Koan - 1 - A Cup of Tea]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen. Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor's cup full, and then kept on pouring.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/meditation/@jakev/zen-koan-1-a-cup-of-tea</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/meditation/@jakev/zen-koan-1-a-cup-of-tea</guid><category><![CDATA[meditation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2016 14:59:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Short Story of the Day - Day 1 - "The Story of An Hour"]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Story of An Hour by Kate Chopin Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death. It was her]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/crypto/@jakev/short-story-of-the-day-day-1-the-story-of-an-hour</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/crypto/@jakev/short-story-of-the-day-day-1-the-story-of-an-hour</guid><category><![CDATA[crypto]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2016 06:18:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zen Koan Day 1 - What is a Koan?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have decided to make it a mission of mine to share a Zen Koan every day on the Steemit platform. So what is a Koan? A kōan (公案?) (/ˈkoʊ.ɑːn/; Chinese: 公案; pinyin: gōng'àn; Korean: 공안 (kong'an); Vietnamese:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/zen/@jakev/zen-koan-day-1-what-is-a-koan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/zen/@jakev/zen-koan-day-1-what-is-a-koan</guid><category><![CDATA[zen]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2016 05:46:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Synereo Update]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi everyone I am a community Amplifier for the Synereo project and I just wanted to shed a little light on what is going on over here. Essentially Synereo is creating it's own programming language, which]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@jakev/synereo-update</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@jakev/synereo-update</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2016 05:33:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e5Y2c3j1xDcz3cktBTpGKqPamnZGbMAryyY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Craziness on Steemit]]></title><description><![CDATA[I feel like the growth of Steemit has gone almost out of control. Basically I have one simple question: Is it going to replace Medium and why?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@jakev/craziness-on-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@jakev/craziness-on-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2016 21:24:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to get a Morden Test Wallet on Ethereum and write a simple contract (from Griff)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This Ethereum is an incredible platform. It enables anyone and everyone the power to play with programmable money like never before. Thus far the project has been relatively inaccessible to users that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ethereum/@jakev/how-to-get-a-morden-test-wallet-on-ethereum-and-write-a-simple-contract-from-griff</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ethereum/@jakev/how-to-get-a-morden-test-wallet-on-ethereum-and-write-a-simple-contract-from-griff</guid><category><![CDATA[ethereum]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2016 04:49:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Internet— Noosphere — Manomayakosha]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just came across this: The amount of STUFF is almost incomprehensible. The image it evokes is an endless stream of consciousness constantly expressing itself in an infinite number of ways. Two things in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/yoga/@jakev/internet-noosphere-manomayakosha</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/yoga/@jakev/internet-noosphere-manomayakosha</guid><category><![CDATA[yoga]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2016 08:11:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coinbase + Paypal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Did anyone see this? What do you think?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/coinbase/@jakev/coinbase-paypal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/coinbase/@jakev/coinbase-paypal</guid><category><![CDATA[coinbase]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2016 15:47:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitcoin Friendly Banks]]></title><description><![CDATA[I want to make a crypto friendly bank list. Add your experience please!! Hi interwebs peeps I'm trying to collect a list of major banks and figure out which ones are the most Bitcoin friendly. I have]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@jakev/bitcoin-friendly-banks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@jakev/bitcoin-friendly-banks</guid><category><![CDATA[crypto-news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2016 05:42:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ICOO Crowdsale]]></title><description><![CDATA[New token that backs crowdsales doing a crowdsale. GET IN NOW. I found a new crowdsale opportunity from the peeps over at Openledger. It's called ICOO and it's a really awesome concept. Basically all you]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/icoo/@jakev/icoo-crowdsale</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/icoo/@jakev/icoo-crowdsale</guid><category><![CDATA[icoo]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2016 05:35:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where do I buy STEEM]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not many places I find it odd that OpenLedger doesn't support STEEM yet. It seems like the markets are there, but there isn't any buying and selling on there. I've found some on Bittrex, but there must]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@jakev/where-do-i-buy-steem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@jakev/where-do-i-buy-steem</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2016 12:28:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[DAO 100 Million]]></title><description><![CDATA[So the DAO has officially crossed the 100 million usd mark. What are they possibly going to do with all that money? There are almost a BILLION DAO tokens. What does that even mean for wanted to start up]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@jakev/dao-100-million</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@jakev/dao-100-million</guid><category><![CDATA[crypto-news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2016 20:54:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opened a business checking account today]]></title><description><![CDATA[Asked me about bitcoin usage on the account form! I went to the bank today to open a business checking account for my new LLC. I thought it would be a quick process, but it took forever. By the end I was]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@jakev/opened-a-business-checking-account-today</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@jakev/opened-a-business-checking-account-today</guid><category><![CDATA[crypto-news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2016 04:13:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too Many Options on These Platforms]]></title><description><![CDATA[A discussion regarding whether or not having too any options to get involved with a currency hurts the currency itself My thought on this emerged when I saw the Open DAO token on OL. What happens when]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/technology/@jakev/too-many-options-on-these-platforms</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/technology/@jakev/too-many-options-on-these-platforms</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2016 20:16:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[DAO Tokens on OpenLedger]]></title><description><![CDATA[What are your thoughts on the DAO tokens being available on OpenLedger? You can now buy and trade DAO tokens on OpenLedger prior to the official release of the DAO token using OPEN.DAO (DAO will be]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@jakev/dao-tokens-on-openledger</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@jakev/dao-tokens-on-openledger</guid><category><![CDATA[crypto-news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2016 18:30:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Price Embed Into Website]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm trying to figure out how to do a price embed of STEEM onto my website. Does anyone know how to make that happen? Is there an API or embed code on any site that would allow me to get STEEM or other]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitshares/@jakev/price-embed-into-website</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitshares/@jakev/price-embed-into-website</guid><category><![CDATA[bitshares]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2016 06:45:12 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>