<?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, 07 Apr 2026 22:44:24 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@nathanpiatt/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[This account is lost. Final post.]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is with much sadness that I must declare this account inactive. I have lost my password. I've been searching for it for weeks, and the attempts have proven futile. I've learned a lot here, and will]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/lostpassword/@nathanpiatt/this-account-is-lost-final-post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/lostpassword/@nathanpiatt/this-account-is-lost-final-post</guid><category><![CDATA[lostpassword]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nathanpiatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2018 18:26:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[My next steps]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've kinda been all over the board with my tech goals this year. I think it's because I'm extremely new to this type of thing. Whenever I set a welding goal, or even a business goal for my shop, I'm usually]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/arduino/@nathanpiatt/my-next-steps</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/arduino/@nathanpiatt/my-next-steps</guid><category><![CDATA[arduino]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nathanpiatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 08:33:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How I do crypto]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sorry I haven't been posting much this week, we're looking at buying a house soon, so that's been taking much of my efforts. I'm a super low scale investor in crypto. I believe in the blockchain concept]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@nathanpiatt/how-i-do-crypto</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@nathanpiatt/how-i-do-crypto</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nathanpiatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2018 21:33:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVthqpTJZmwvzsLcvMeG4TU4Gjdfy25u5K9jAzu5f2ZveGYiY5xvRpdTGBr3hwfQHnkMmn1hHNH4HPWjuaT63LUBgyrCErHBAsNYsBL6fn5JptDTB7gZWQee87Qo3K8dHpexe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cryptos I'm watching]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just wanted to check in a bit before bed. I logged in to my Eidoo ERC20 wallet today and saw a pleasant surprise. Apparently ETHLend did an airdrop of tokens for Eidoo wallet hodlers. So now I have about]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ethereum/@nathanpiatt/cryptos-i-m-watching</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ethereum/@nathanpiatt/cryptos-i-m-watching</guid><category><![CDATA[ethereum]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nathanpiatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2018 09:19:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lessons from my first week running the robot at work]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been running the robot at work all week. I love it because I'm learning. Here's a few things I've taken from the process as I grow. Robots shouldn't keep you from working hard. The robot makes things]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@nathanpiatt/lessons-from-my-first-week-running-the-robot-at-work</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@nathanpiatt/lessons-from-my-first-week-running-the-robot-at-work</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nathanpiatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2018 06:43:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making progress. Never stop learning.]]></title><description><![CDATA[All this robot business at work has me itching for something new. I'm learning a new skill, and I'm pretty excited about it, but I'm an impatient guy. Not quitting my job, that wouldn't make any sense.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/entrepreneur/@nathanpiatt/making-progress-never-stop-learning</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/entrepreneur/@nathanpiatt/making-progress-never-stop-learning</guid><category><![CDATA[entrepreneur]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nathanpiatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2018 07:39:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm4iYtFdzVNy1kt3F2tvRShXkTnWxjMqKy4pbG1vMCrTFwTfu98TyWQGDEwRHdJxevSw98RbpXY3ipELScJdttantf2w4znEkzkYxqGj8vwotPBDTsNm4HuRRvGzSVV8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roots]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many things led me to libertarianism and anarchism. As a child, being homeschooled by my mother, we learned a lot. We had our basics. Reading, writing, math, and civics. Outside that, we learned what we]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/reading/@nathanpiatt/roots</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/reading/@nathanpiatt/roots</guid><category><![CDATA[reading]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nathanpiatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2018 20:08:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm4iYtFdzVNy1kt3F2tvRShXkTnWxjMq5xBGZy1ndqXbk1cewaTbsFAAgkCHwmSEzxSbn1CnavuPAArrkBTJ4Uz4NWN7jJcDBHfz6RifERxH8D2o1dyHYq4HZph2RqvN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SoKo central bank wants crypto banned... Surprise!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I may be ignorant, but this is the first public call I've seen from a central bank for the abolishment of crypro. Granted, I've only been paying attention for a couple months, so there may be some I've]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@nathanpiatt/soko-central-bank-wants-crypto-banned-surprise</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@nathanpiatt/soko-central-bank-wants-crypto-banned-surprise</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nathanpiatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2018 08:07:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anarchy in a meme]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I found a meme. The meme, like many other memes, got my brain to running. Talking with my friend, I said something that I really believe and want to share. Eventually in a market, old tech is discarded]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@nathanpiatt/anarchy-in-a-meme</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@nathanpiatt/anarchy-in-a-meme</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nathanpiatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2018 05:53:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm4iYtFdzVNy1kt3F2tvRShXkTnWxjMsrBNE7VYhWcfviJfPkiGgyexZzriirGR2EjjaweAbzedB737zTi2YDPxX3AhSoTa1zJfjQS5jyVkQJvwjYWbSvxdE2dqRJ2op?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just a little thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[I need to spend more time on steemit. It's cool here, and it's more valuable to me on a personal level than Facebook because of the learning I can do here. With this realization, I need to be more actually]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@nathanpiatt/just-a-little-thought</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@nathanpiatt/just-a-little-thought</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nathanpiatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2018 01:25:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capitalism, or what? Defining myself.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I consider myself a capitalist. I do so because I see profit as an important means to an even more important end. The end being moral progress of civilization and an increased quality of life for all.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@nathanpiatt/capitalism-or-what-defining-myself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@nathanpiatt/capitalism-or-what-defining-myself</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nathanpiatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2018 08:42:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm4iYtFdzVNy1kt3F2tvRShXkTnWxjMpWFT2aMAjP4zw49j5GLymLLfX2FLm2YHtyoSFLptHpnLBLPP1KVcC1qwn3f7AEiEpufkTXGC3jfPUr225j8zTgnu7XZ1CJPTL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woah. Steemit is big.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guys, I didn't realize how big this thing is. This whole thing is on the blockchain. Every upvote, every comment, every transaction! That's huge! How many votes, posts, and comments are there per second?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@nathanpiatt/woah-steemit-is-big</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@nathanpiatt/woah-steemit-is-big</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nathanpiatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2018 20:02:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get to know yourself]]></title><description><![CDATA[Something that has helped me a lot on a personal level is getting to know and understand myself. My wife has helped with this more than I ever did by myself, using the knowledge she acquired while getting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@nathanpiatt/get-to-know-yourself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@nathanpiatt/get-to-know-yourself</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nathanpiatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2018 07:27:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQyotRPt1Hd7fPufGf1WCpCvB7qBKbTkHpxxXgfyAXH5zRGbNakbSzzczFAVFJaZP1V5ot7dmYUT4ULbBfX64nU53zUNB8i1RrwX1KSfqh5SkPEkEx52F9bUonUFs42CiPgG3o3XkRCcDk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Direction, found]]></title><description><![CDATA[New years morning I was logged out of Facebook for suspicious activity. They wanted a selfie to confirm my identity. For the next 36 hours, my account and my business page were deactivated while Facebook]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/tech/@nathanpiatt/direction-found</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/tech/@nathanpiatt/direction-found</guid><category><![CDATA[tech]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nathanpiatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2018 20:37:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big crypto rally! Need advice.]]></title><description><![CDATA[How about that surge, y'all? Sure makes me excited to be here. The crypto tokens I watch are Steem, Eidoo, and Ethereum. Those are what I'm invested in, and last night was exciting for all three of them.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@nathanpiatt/big-crypto-rally-need-advice</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@nathanpiatt/big-crypto-rally-need-advice</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nathanpiatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2018 16:43:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning and Fundamentals]]></title><description><![CDATA[The photo above is a screenshot from a conversation I had with someone that was arguing a point that I would have argued a month ago as well: that robots are bad because they take away human jobs. I, like]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@nathanpiatt/learning-and-fundamentals</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@nathanpiatt/learning-and-fundamentals</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nathanpiatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2018 20:31:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVthqpTJZmwvzsLcvMeG4TU4Gjdfy25spJpccUD6DdwxWCeCnzEN4fwazid4viocfpHpT91KrwAM7oArkZ7P3pxT7R8RiKRzzxrzEgbnzv2aBCCuaYQ3u1Pv3cRQxMmFL8w4S?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resolutions]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's 2018 now. That was fast! After Thanksgiving, I start reflecting on the previous year and planning the next. It's a time of transition. 2017 was a strange year. I started the year very strong. I was]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@nathanpiatt/resolutions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@nathanpiatt/resolutions</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nathanpiatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2018 08:08:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crypto Exchanges]]></title><description><![CDATA[What exchanges are folks using besides coinbase/gdax? I'm looking for a new exchange to move to. I've got a Coinbase account, an Abucoins account, and an Eidoo account (which I'm pretty excited about,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@nathanpiatt/crypto-exchanges</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@nathanpiatt/crypto-exchanges</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nathanpiatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2017 07:13:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quick Question]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is there a way I can send all my upvotes to automatically reinvest in steem? Don't feel a need to cash anything out to fiat (government money? YUCK!), so I'd like to keep what's here here. It's not much]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@nathanpiatt/quick-question</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@nathanpiatt/quick-question</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nathanpiatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2017 06:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[XRP? What's up?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ripple seems to be going nuts. shows it with the second highest market cap in crypto. It's popular. Made for central banks. Wait, what? Why would central banks want crypto? It's not... central. What would]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ripple/@nathanpiatt/xrp-what-s-up</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ripple/@nathanpiatt/xrp-what-s-up</guid><category><![CDATA[ripple]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nathanpiatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2017 06:22:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm4iYtFdzVNy1kt3F2tvRShXkTnWxjMsra9P8ah2uw2Kj8JyPhMLtuTrBzfz9vMkxcMQRFVSGagUTUjwJPR5FmYkTsCSvniesHpca5N255PxoPcWKToyGqRP3cbfcvYN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>