<?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>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:35:26 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@samupaha/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The next step for DPOS: Decentralized block producers]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the most common criticisms against delegated proof of stake systems is the perceived lack of decentralization. 21 block producers (per round) might seem very low number, even though it's still very]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/eos/@samupaha/the-next-step-for-dpos-decentralized-block-producers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/eos/@samupaha/the-next-step-for-dpos-decentralized-block-producers</guid><category><![CDATA[eos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[samupaha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2017 16:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open-source intelligence proves how the Russian government is lying about MH17]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three years ago Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was shot down in Ukraine, killing 298 passengers and crew members. Thanks to open source investigations, we can be quite sure who did it. Open-source intelligence]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mh17/@samupaha/open-source-intelligence-proves-how-the-russian-government-is-lying-about-mh17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mh17/@samupaha/open-source-intelligence-proves-how-the-russian-government-is-lying-about-mh17</guid><category><![CDATA[mh17]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[samupaha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2017 14:24:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Utilitarian voluntarism vs. natural rights libertarianism]]></title><description><![CDATA[I haven't been following debates about philosophical differences of libertarian perspectives for years. Instead I've been trying to focus on stuff that is more practical and will benefit real people in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/utilitarian-voluntarism/@samupaha/utilitarian-voluntarism-vs-natural-rights-libertarianism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/utilitarian-voluntarism/@samupaha/utilitarian-voluntarism-vs-natural-rights-libertarianism</guid><category><![CDATA[utilitarian-voluntarism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[samupaha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2017 15:12:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Critical look at the state of Steemit marketing]]></title><description><![CDATA[First of all I have to say that while I'm being very critical of the way how marketing of Steemit is done, I'm also thankful that at least something has been done: Steem Park. Congratulations and good]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit-marketing/@samupaha/critical-look-at-the-state-of-steemit-marketing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit-marketing/@samupaha/critical-look-at-the-state-of-steemit-marketing</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit-marketing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[samupaha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2017 17:38:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next step in the history of Steem: to the million!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before we get to the moon, we'll reach million transactions in a day in the Steem blockchain. That's the next huge step. It might not be far away, one peak in the usage of the blockchain and we are there.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/tothemillion/@samupaha/next-step-in-the-history-of-steem-to-the-million</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/tothemillion/@samupaha/next-step-in-the-history-of-steem-to-the-million</guid><category><![CDATA[tothemillion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[samupaha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2017 12:57:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get ready for Steem hitting million transactions per day!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Checking out @arcange's latest statistics, I noticed that the Steem blockchain is now processing over 700.000 transactions per day. That's already more than any other blockchain. But what is more important]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem-marketing/@samupaha/get-ready-for-steem-hitting-million-transactions-per-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem-marketing/@samupaha/get-ready-for-steem-hitting-million-transactions-per-day</guid><category><![CDATA[steem-marketing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[samupaha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2017 02:18:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHVQPjDcGkFxELgGtwNAntRtiqDuEyyAHtW29kaHJjkeYrS5o5NbsFUotdeVXjgLgADWCqXr8USPqQcYQLKGjc5fqsQQw5RQt69Qos5vjhNJk2j8fUCWV5wGXkbzkknJr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steemit is suffering from negative network effect]]></title><description><![CDATA[You might be familiar with the term network effect. Usually it refers to positive outcome when a service becomes more and more beneficial to everybody when new users join in. But there can be also negative]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@samupaha/steemit-is-suffering-from-negative-network-effect</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@samupaha/steemit-is-suffering-from-negative-network-effect</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[samupaha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jun 2017 11:55:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thoughts and alternative proposal on HF20]]></title><description><![CDATA[We just got done with hardfork 19 and the next one is already in planning. While it's great to see developers being active, I have to say I'm not fully satisfied with the proposed changes. It's not yet]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hf20/@samupaha/thoughts-and-alternative-proposal-on-hf20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hf20/@samupaha/thoughts-and-alternative-proposal-on-hf20</guid><category><![CDATA[hf20]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[samupaha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 13:14:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[steem-marketing] What's the state of Steem marketing?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some of you might remember that a few months back Steemit Inc hired a VP of marketing. This was a long-waited event because the marketing of Steem/Steemit had been pretty much neglected. We were promised]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem-marketing/@samupaha/steem-marketing-what-s-the-state-of-steem-marketing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem-marketing/@samupaha/steem-marketing-what-s-the-state-of-steem-marketing</guid><category><![CDATA[steem-marketing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[samupaha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2017 07:10:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man behind bogus lawsuit against Techdirt is running for Senate – how's that possible?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Usually I'm not surprised by politicians being horrible human beings and criminals. But this time I got a small WTF?!-feeling when I realized that Shiva Ayyadurai (aka V.A. Shiva) is running for the Senate]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/shiva-ayyadurai/@samupaha/the-man-behind-bogus-lawsuit-against-techdirt-is-running-for-senate-how-s-that-possible</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/shiva-ayyadurai/@samupaha/the-man-behind-bogus-lawsuit-against-techdirt-is-running-for-senate-how-s-that-possible</guid><category><![CDATA[shiva-ayyadurai]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[samupaha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2017 08:41:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eB5qYdCgpRXU48wkJtTeor1ZsyA31m1FQVc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[steem-marketing] Steem is the fastest and cheapest way to transfer value]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the most underappreciated and undermarketed features of the Steem blockchain is the ability to make quick transfers. The blockchain has three second interval for blocks which way more better than]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem-marketing/@samupaha/steem-marketing-steem-is-the-fastest-and-cheapest-way-to-transfer-value</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem-marketing/@samupaha/steem-marketing-steem-is-the-fastest-and-cheapest-way-to-transfer-value</guid><category><![CDATA[steem-marketing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[samupaha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2017 11:47:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Steemit doesn't let new users in?!]]></title><description><![CDATA[It seems that interest in Steemit has been steadily going up lately. That means there will be people who would like to create an account. But unfortunately that's not very easy right now which is seriously]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@samupaha/why-steemit-doesn-t-let-new-users-in</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@samupaha/why-steemit-doesn-t-let-new-users-in</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[samupaha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2017 02:17:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[steem-marketing] Let's display some metrics to show how great Steem is]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recently I stumbled upon the Flippening Watch. It's a website that tracks how close Ethereum is taking over the number one cryptocurrency place from Bitcoin. We should have something similar to show to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem-marketing/@samupaha/steem-marketing-let-s-display-some-metrics-to-show-how-great-steem-is</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem-marketing/@samupaha/steem-marketing-let-s-display-some-metrics-to-show-how-great-steem-is</guid><category><![CDATA[steem-marketing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[samupaha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2017 14:43:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGdPYNnrgoLnY43QLGmbQiaTJ7k5zSuiJi3FWYhAQ89nK4V7xZqKpvMh7kX8xHyE64yDx5h89Di1FaskP6v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[From reactive politics to proactive politics (in blockchain governance)]]></title><description><![CDATA[One thing that I like in Bitshares governance model is the committee. It's elected set of users who have power to change blockchain parameters. Although I have to admit it's working very poorly in practice]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain-governance/@samupaha/from-reactive-politics-to-proactive-politics-in-blockchain-governance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain-governance/@samupaha/from-reactive-politics-to-proactive-politics-in-blockchain-governance</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain-governance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[samupaha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jun 2017 05:09:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What if the price of bitcoin will hit $250,000?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I just happened to see an article in Cointelegraph which told about a prediction that bitcoin could go up to $250,000 by 2020. For some weird reason nobody seems to be doing any back of the napkin]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@samupaha/what-if-the-price-of-bitcoin-will-hit-usd250-000</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@samupaha/what-if-the-price-of-bitcoin-will-hit-usd250-000</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[samupaha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2017 04:15:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[With scammers it's better to be safe than sorry]]></title><description><![CDATA[While the case of Mogul game is pretty much closed now because Matt Trainer ragequit Steem, there seems to be still a few users who didn't like the witch hunt (for example, @thejohalfiles and @onceuponatime).]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/scam/@samupaha/with-scammers-it-s-better-to-be-safe-than-sorry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/scam/@samupaha/with-scammers-it-s-better-to-be-safe-than-sorry</guid><category><![CDATA[scam]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[samupaha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2017 09:57:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[WARNING, potential scam: "Mogul - Build Your Invisible Empire"]]></title><description><![CDATA[My scam detector went wild when I happened so see this announcement: Steemit-Based Reality Game Announced: $10 million prize pool 10 million dollar prize pool? Ok... Where is that money coming from? No]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/scam/@samupaha/warning-potential-scam-mogul-build-your-invisible-empire</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/scam/@samupaha/warning-potential-scam-mogul-build-your-invisible-empire</guid><category><![CDATA[scam]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[samupaha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jun 2017 21:58:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast recommendation for blockchain entrepreneurs: Masters of Scale]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new podcast Masters of Scale is hosted by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. Only five episodes have been published so far so you can easily catch up everything. "Masters of Scale is an original]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/podcast/@samupaha/podcast-recommendation-for-blockchain-entrepreneurs-masters-of-scale</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/podcast/@samupaha/podcast-recommendation-for-blockchain-entrepreneurs-masters-of-scale</guid><category><![CDATA[podcast]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[samupaha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jun 2017 09:30:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[When can we have real language support in Steem?]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a point I've been trying to raise several times: to have a good user experience with lots of different languages, users need to be able to define language of their posts and filter posts based]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@samupaha/when-can-we-have-real-language-support-in-steem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@samupaha/when-can-we-have-real-language-support-in-steem</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[samupaha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2017 15:22:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's so great about decentralization, anyway?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been many times a little bit critical about decentralization fanatics who want to decentralize everything as soon as possible. Here are some quick thoughts about decentralization in the case of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain-governance/@samupaha/what-s-so-great-about-decentralization-anyway</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain-governance/@samupaha/what-s-so-great-about-decentralization-anyway</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain-governance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[samupaha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2017 16:46:39 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>