<?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>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:10:42 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@onthewayout/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Eight years on Hive]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two days ago my account became eight years old. Not much to say except that, at the time, it never crossed my mind that I would still be here. Not many oldtimers left, but stop by and say hello if you]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive/@onthewayout/eight-years-on-hive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive/@onthewayout/eight-years-on-hive</guid><category><![CDATA[hive]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[onthewayout]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jul 2024 01:13:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCCAPuYdQTVxYJ6vCBtcyJgCrQXXoc26DQUW57Dyfx325kUNJ9DQyG41yEpaiRce64W4W5mZrrsHrxFunZttMDAyiAtXNELBtGuqXpSZh1eDT4eunfpdt3x?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finally!! I reached 1700]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @onthewayout/finally-i-reached-1700 by @onthewayout.Hey! I am back posting about my chess journey]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@onthewayout/finally-i-reached-1700-hive-157286</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@onthewayout/finally-i-reached-1700-hive-157286</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[onthewayout]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 05:48:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finally!! I reached 1700]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been a while since I published an update on my road to 2000 playing blitz on Chess.com. Not that I have not been trying but, it has been frustrating at times. I mean, I was able to reach 2000 playing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/chess/@onthewayout/finally-i-reached-1700</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/chess/@onthewayout/finally-i-reached-1700</guid><category><![CDATA[chess]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[onthewayout]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 05:43:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e79HfnYTQPsrq4exMM9Z1Ww95WPTSPp84qL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winning on time for a change.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This game is from day 3 of my challenge to reach 2000 playing blitz on chess.com. It features a lot of missed tactics and a lucky finish.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@onthewayout/winning-on-time-for-a-change</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@onthewayout/winning-on-time-for-a-change</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[onthewayout]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2024 07:24:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eAhDhYmkcXNqferHdTKtQwgp9HjxMjs5o7L?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to lose in blitz]]></title><description><![CDATA[TLDR I suck at blitz chess. What was the biggest mistake in this position?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@onthewayout/how-to-lose-in-blitz</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@onthewayout/how-to-lose-in-blitz</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[onthewayout]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:25:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45duSqDJrvzQ261QRLiXWC7dNM2CR6xr8WDXL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climbing the rating ladder Day 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the first video of a series where I try to reach a 2000 Elo playing blitz on Chess.com. I have a long way to go since I am starting just above 1600. So wish me luck.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@onthewayout/climbing-the-rating-ladder-day-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@onthewayout/climbing-the-rating-ladder-day-1</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[onthewayout]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 03:33:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eKxBGzmnGQZaVyXXD2ARBysKbrSmGvMn16W?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hivechess S17 Round 6 Part 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is part two of the analysis of the games I played during last week's tournament. You can find part one in this post. Thanks for watching the video!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@onthewayout/hivechess-s17-round-6-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@onthewayout/hivechess-s17-round-6-part-2</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[onthewayout]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 17:02:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e7VyEGwLBRU7Xr5Ye4Xp2T6iZrZcbfein86?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hivechess S17 Round 6 Part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is my first attempt at analyzing the games I played in the Hivechess league during season 17 round 6. TLDR: I played like crap.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@onthewayout/hivechess-s17-round-6-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@onthewayout/hivechess-s17-round-6-part-1</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[onthewayout]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2024 05:25:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dxEJHbqWdu6A81hRbxQu4SLVxWkPdcYgKzE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What if conversions are used to increase the DHF?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am just brainstorming here. Currently, the conversions from HBD to Hive and vice versa only yield a direct benefit to the market actors who engage in such operations. Of course, there is an indirect]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@onthewayout/what-if-conversions-are-used-to-increase-the-dhf</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@onthewayout/what-if-conversions-are-used-to-increase-the-dhf</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[onthewayout]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2023 17:15:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCCAPuYdQTVxYJ6vCBtcyKJsPfV7NRLD3utdRk4vwX5cVwsT6ZCAppuRLuNSB4rhbXrVVGptNb6FuX6eVAmxdguWZJq7dzVrNrkBRjQSPsgGbKaeuBBYv8e?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[One year later...reflections on hive inflation and other related topics]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @onthewayout/one-year-laterreflections-on-hive-inflation-and-other-related-topics by @onthewayout.Some reflections on the first year of hive]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@onthewayout/one-year-laterreflections-on-hive-inflation-and-other-related-topics-hive-167922</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@onthewayout/one-year-laterreflections-on-hive-inflation-and-other-related-topics-hive-167922</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[onthewayout]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2021 23:55:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[One year later...reflections on hive inflation and other related topics]]></title><description><![CDATA[So one year has passed and this network has grown in so many ways. As an economist I am naturally drawn to topics that are related to my field of study. One such topic is the rate at which hive (the token)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive/@onthewayout/one-year-laterreflections-on-hive-inflation-and-other-related-topics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive/@onthewayout/one-year-laterreflections-on-hive-inflation-and-other-related-topics</guid><category><![CDATA[hive]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[onthewayout]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2021 23:34:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCCAPuYdQTVxYJ6vCBtcyJg2DMsTvQD5mrmqhieKb2EUZM9CeBBNsigkuAfHhZJoTkwaTUzNtP2zkSZqY4SB6H1DchtdDCADZuiVF4emC1f3AL44XHeSLiz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am ready for Hivefest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ok so I finished setting up my account for Hivefest5. For all the peeps this is my avatar: He is much more handsome than the real me 😉. Hope I can see you guys in the vr world soon.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hivefest/@onthewayout/i-am-ready-for-hivefest</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hivefest/@onthewayout/i-am-ready-for-hivefest</guid><category><![CDATA[hivefest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[onthewayout]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2020 16:16:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqm3JqesroMzq9P7BqLPddV4UMh6u2T8M8jpRwtfqTH5SRVwMwERrote84ZDwwAgBh3rYKGjGsFdM4fsGwfzM3sMvP2xLy2mSTBzqb5sEroUSUegU1JtMn8E?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What do you do with the HBD that you earn by posting on Hive?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What do you do with the HBD that you earn by posting on Hive? As everybody is aware (or should be) Hive Backed Dollars (HBD) are an important component of the economy of Hive. In theory HBD should act]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-120019/@onthewayout/what-do-you-do-with-the-hbd-that-you-earn-by-posting-on-hive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-120019/@onthewayout/what-do-you-do-with-the-hbd-that-you-earn-by-posting-on-hive</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-120019]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[onthewayout]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2020 16:58:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today is my hive birthday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Four years have passed since my account was created. Not much to say only that I am still here. Hopefully I will be around for another anniversary in 52 weeks. In the meantime my account has grown to 15k]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive/@onthewayout/today-is-my-hive-birthday</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive/@onthewayout/today-is-my-hive-birthday</guid><category><![CDATA[hive]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[onthewayout]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2020 23:16:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVxiq1Y1uwG9EdbRJnvfPPyF5TaGfdVPSyT4h2r7uowroH4po2eyxtjkkNHx8QrCbzukWXCkk8gFKg1s9htDN1YgpeZhGvc8ZKNMK7f48BeN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[When is splinterlands moving to Hive?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seriously, are there any plans to migrate to a more reliable blockchain? You know...one where the NFTs and/or operations are actually censorship resistent. I know I haven't played in months but I am not]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-13323/@onthewayout/when-is-splinterlands-moving-to-hive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-13323/@onthewayout/when-is-splinterlands-moving-to-hive</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-13323]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[onthewayout]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2020 00:10:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/DVAkPJXe6RxYjhmfF37Wz3k3LvyUyD5WFGZi448Y84MLXrShL7WpBokDXWf6QAuQZrZTN8ZEGT4DED?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forty Four month long journey comes to an end]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is my last steem post. This account was created on July 10th 2016...three years and eight months later it's time to move to greener pastures. Welcome HIVE]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive/@onthewayout/forty-four-month-long-journey-comes-to-an-end</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive/@onthewayout/forty-four-month-long-journey-comes-to-an-end</guid><category><![CDATA[hive]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[onthewayout]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2020 23:35:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How reducing the number of witness votes per account can improve decentralisation]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @spectrumecons/how-reducing-the-number-of-witness-votes-per-account-can-improve-decentralisation by @onthewayout.We need to start having discussions about the best way to make DPOS]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-111111/@onthewayout/how-reducing-the-number-of-witness-votes-per-account-can-improve-decentralisation-hive-111111</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-111111/@onthewayout/how-reducing-the-number-of-witness-votes-per-account-can-improve-decentralisation-hive-111111</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-111111]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[onthewayout]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 17:45:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[People you are wasting your witness votes]]></title><description><![CDATA[The only reason that we haven't regained control of the chain is because we are not voting on the correct witness list. Remember that you have 30 votes!!! Use 20 votes on the following list: Once you make]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@onthewayout/people-you-are-wasting-your-witness-votes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@onthewayout/people-you-are-wasting-your-witness-votes</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[onthewayout]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2020 06:20:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrU6KTuuW27axCzEyjZonWtNibTWSX2VjAC8vxecq51Ep3XnuzpXSyVeP5ub2rJ9HxwuVXv5PT5DSmKEK5t4X3v58Kg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no way forward without a hardfork?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In light of the decision by the top steem witnesses to implement HF 0.22.2 which esentially temporarily prevents the steemit account's from voting on witnesses, powering down and moving funds in anyway]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-111111/@onthewayout/there-is-no-way-forward-without-a-hardfork</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-111111/@onthewayout/there-is-no-way-forward-without-a-hardfork</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-111111]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[onthewayout]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 02:51:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgts1RstLQAz33SY2Cys4v6BaTWp5pR3qoxbGkSr1qFxpFet6oAfJF343cSVZreMa28j6YeQCTLf3Qf7e3syQuBYwwYvdMmkAkSU4HLQMda1bAiz9MgCEP7vHNMfXbenyCfHQRHy1kDN4W1EZsk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Tron's acquisition of Steemit means and what does it say about DPOS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ok so a lot has been said about the the matter on hand so I am going to just say what is going on in my mind. The core issue is that nothing has changed...before this happened one person had about 35%]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@onthewayout/what-tron-s-acquisition-of-steemit-means-and-what-does-it-say-about-dpos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@onthewayout/what-tron-s-acquisition-of-steemit-means-and-what-does-it-say-about-dpos</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[onthewayout]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2020 20:40:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNihJzmPaYV4kTz4GCveAWxV8mUAgE6jg7PzdvQBoGn97TMw5Brrk5mVrtzYRWAgd1oBS5oDZRNhpbRqALrAHC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>