<?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, 24 Apr 2026 17:17:36 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@sk8rgirl/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[All the money in the world...? Cryptocurrencies are just a drop in the bucket!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bitcoin is a proverbial drop in the bucket. Ever wonder how much money there is in the world? The answer is complicated, which you might expect, but not because of the difficulty of tallying up all the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/crypto/@sk8rgirl/all-the-money-in-the-world-cryptocurrencies-are-just-a-drop-in-the-bucket</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/crypto/@sk8rgirl/all-the-money-in-the-world-cryptocurrencies-are-just-a-drop-in-the-bucket</guid><category><![CDATA[crypto]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sk8rgirl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2017 13:15:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm4iYtFdzVNy1kt3F2tvRShXkTnWxjMqKK8CaS3Qt2AYpDPFon3JeYyKQWNk3vsnZho9T6kufRMXYvQgtYBqLxd8unGjBkMCS3SYK84sZBdkkj9zz1k28aB92byiQ6sx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Coming of External Intelligence]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are creating an intelligence that is external to humans and housed in the virtual economy. 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