<?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>Mon, 18 May 2026 18:45:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@shanghaipreneur/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Airdrops Are Driving Cosmos Ecosystem Adoption]]></title><description><![CDATA[The beginning of the epic bull run that pulled crypto out of its epically long "Crypto Winter" was, arguably, the debut of Polkadot on August 18, 2020. 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My edge is not in competing against much more well-funded]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@shanghaipreneur/bitcoin-is-old-news-the-way-to-wealth-is-through-up-and-coming-layer-1s</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@shanghaipreneur/bitcoin-is-old-news-the-way-to-wealth-is-through-up-and-coming-layer-1s</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shanghaipreneur]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:31:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8XPrHkfZdMtiM68fywBJwYt7EuhvpHWzC8XKFEhz3yirH8U5CUQeykDuXJCUZtrjQUJRrHapZayBLonn8C4Png1p8s2d7icnVVL2koV9adFHojQWQozdHLKy18?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A New Year in the Exponential Age]]></title><description><![CDATA[As we enter a New Year, it’s a good time to pause and reflect on the decisions we’ve made. Not so that we can rue the day we could’ve done this or we could’ve done that. 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Starting a legitimate full-time business will do]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@shanghaipreneur/what-a-long-strange-trip-it-s-been</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@shanghaipreneur/what-a-long-strange-trip-it-s-been</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shanghaipreneur]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:55:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgZzjpvftaKU5GD3MLpveQbc7pQ1juQZ5npQ4pvjxqdwe5Zc48kPn4oduEBGmfYdQPbYbJHwiog?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farewell Wanchain, Hello Fomocraft!]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been a crazy year for all of us all over the world. But for me, especially, it's been one helluva ride. And in contrast to a lot of people, I guess, a lot of this year has been pretty damn good. 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