<?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 21:03:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@smallbites/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Chinese Professor Jiang analzyes Islam and Christianity.. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[This video shows a professor explaining how Islam and Christianity compare. He looks at their history and what they believe about God and freedom. Part 1: The Quran and One God The professor starts by]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@smallbites/chinese-professor-jiang-analzyes-islam-and-christianity--dkx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@smallbites/chinese-professor-jiang-analzyes-islam-and-christianity--dkx</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-148441]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallbites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 08:42:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eGNKw7rXppZBUFMTgow6bb9Ui45mwUGLrAr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A digital revolution: Moving from credit cards to bitcoin lightning at point of sale]]></title><description><![CDATA[The way we pay for things in stores is getting a big "reset." Old credit card machines are being replaced by smarter tools. These new tools are faster and help store owners save money. Bitcoin]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126009/@smallbites/a-digital-revolution-moving-from-credit-cards-to-bitcoin-lightning-at-point-of-sale-6pa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126009/@smallbites/a-digital-revolution-moving-from-credit-cards-to-bitcoin-lightning-at-point-of-sale-6pa</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-126009]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallbites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:16:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3q52Dkr5nBe47WB7rQ8pntHAnAG8njg1UD3Un2u7CvYpaTphTSveKCiXGK7aHWuCSLRjg3pAV4AVs?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Major Time Zones & UTC Equivalents:]]></title><description><![CDATA[UTC stands for Coordinated Universal Time. It is the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time. Think of it as the "Earth's baseline." It isn't a time zone itself, but]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@smallbites/major-time-zones-utc-equivalents-57f</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@smallbites/major-time-zones-utc-equivalents-57f</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallbites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 03:40:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptr3ARbrE6S7QGwNQphE4ZH1QGdARn7LYnACGnQ7JvYzMRvRVT5vPpbemUkt4uChjdG3mjxL5uJYUbiy5i7JW7QWXkRgAErDjvdsoYgEoxHh9znHace8yRV4z52CtDKixoh8QxerLqdw71d2pxpgQhh5yjMfV2rXG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Illusion of Innovation: Global Payment System largely unchanged since 1949]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illusion of Innovation: A Payment Timeline The following graphic illustrates the evolution—or rather, the rebranding—of global payment networks over the last 75 years. Timeline: 1949 – Present YearEventThe]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126009/@smallbites/the-illusion-of-innovation-global-payment-system-largely-unchanged-since-1949-4rr</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126009/@smallbites/the-illusion-of-innovation-global-payment-system-largely-unchanged-since-1949-4rr</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-126009]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallbites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:27:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WPqSYbapGnyqFjLyW9WYehTemhxgDC9M8VespZjPxQ2CTGyAWwaa6SDyZXaNydkqbh73rsFy8T2zn1tRAyngEvVC2XhDSZ6Tr8neiJuBHLuTJrbupb89vkp5Bqppb82tGhVx6RdisReXB4S7TxKgNtZNk8vCvcMbXc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Guardians of Elara*, serves as an allegory for the technical processes and philosophical motivations behind Bitcoin mining. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[This short story, The Guardians of the Digital Realm: Bitcoin Miners: Chapter One: The Guardians of Elara, serves as an allegory for the technical processes and philosophical motivations behind Bitcoin]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126009/@smallbites/the-guardians-of-elara-serves-as-an-allegory-for-the-technical-processes-and-philosophical-motivations-behind-bitcoin-mining--axi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126009/@smallbites/the-guardians-of-elara-serves-as-an-allegory-for-the-technical-processes-and-philosophical-motivations-behind-bitcoin-mining--axi</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-126009]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallbites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:16:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35baDbn94LZJgbR43MAivbjXjJwghiMjkUvnbJySSeMAocxk7V1zf1EQ9SZ5un3i8BuWMDHk5i2a6qN9iAMQU2s8FJdwYjY2HiAZd?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overcoming Roadblocks in African Cross-Border Payments with Bitcoin Lightning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Profitable European businesses operating within African nations frequently encounter a critical barrier to growth: the inability to repatriate profits back to Europe efficiently. 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Their home]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180571/@smallbites/book-review-the-guardians-of-the-digital-realm-j5x</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180571/@smallbites/book-review-the-guardians-of-the-digital-realm-j5x</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180571]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallbites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 23:14:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4Pvz7LJVgc1Y8Dr68VKxqQHhW8Qq2D9cvaeHtTK6YJh2osFYQ46ew1VxRrwXX5tSWc6KBn3VCrw8jexYDLP1JvMkD3EPeuhkyUuiqTRFkJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tracking My SURGE Investment: An Updated Yield and ROI AnalysisT]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have rewritten the post to reflect the updated investment quantity and the new APR calculation. 📈 Tracking My SURGE Investment: An Updated Yield and ROI Analysis This analysis updates the total investment]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@smallbites/tracking-my-surge-investment-an-updated-yield-and-roi-analysist-4sf</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@smallbites/tracking-my-surge-investment-an-updated-yield-and-roi-analysist-4sf</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallbites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 01:46:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: Delay, Don't Deny by Gin Stephens]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction: A a guide to a new way of eating called intermittent fasting (IF). It teaches you to change when you eat, not necessarily what you eat. This helps you lose weight and get healthy without]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-166408/@smallbites/book-review-delay-dont-deny-by-gin-stephens-has</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-166408/@smallbites/book-review-delay-dont-deny-by-gin-stephens-has</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-166408]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallbites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:14:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g73GywJLc4qygvKQLxbMqCTkw7us6UPNV7nHjbnj7K3tTMbSyZa2fYLRwx4ZyDQQo6oXYMzkxCzokYJwdeKbSc5N1NEHLKjoJ6aD4DFGcZy8AENDdpHwLc8EMyLCkoaB5tnGckBTisqtDWAoEeBg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health Self-Improvement: Focus on Fasting: Ten Scientific Articles on Fasting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction: Title,Author(s),Focus & Context The Obesity Code,Dr. Jason Fung,Focuses heavily on the role of insulin and how IF addresses insulin resistance to manage weight loss and Type 2 Diabetes.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-166408/@smallbites/health-self-improvement-focus-on-fasting-ten-scientific-articles-on-fasting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-166408/@smallbites/health-self-improvement-focus-on-fasting-ten-scientific-articles-on-fasting</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-166408]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallbites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2025 02:55:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgtGQKeTeQ5JNjSU3Frvf7Drq4NwrGj2HgatVzSzYnU9MpocdbzudUimQaA5NwyQuwwNgKV3eGPWbN5ovKWiiyk8fRo5NZ17q26uaM2GNEUa6pebL9SbY8qNgwadw6yAgerh1Wd7YPDRZvUEoqx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My SURGE Investment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Input data quantity = 28 cost_per_unit = 0.70 weekly_yields = [0.080, 0.079, 0.079, 0.079, 0.079, 0.074] # 6 weeks of data weeks_in_data = len(weekly_yields) weeks_per_year = 52 1. Calculate the Total]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180571/@smallbites/my-surge-investment-jry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180571/@smallbites/my-surge-investment-jry</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180571]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallbites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 03:03:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptr3ARbrE6S7QGwNQphE4ZH1QGdCX3QGi6ru2qrqP5yNGuHys8iYLv64wAhfL8WTXqUjPBpyFAaH8pbA3fZbs5Awx7nqSDwuNRvAT4yZw1nkTTftfviarG7YobrCbpcaRFzSrm3FhTivp3fRsZaSYayrxiZNCYUsY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitcoin Runes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bitcoin blockchain is evolving beyond its original purpose as a peer-to-peer cash system. This is being driven by the introduction of new protocols for issuing different kinds of tokens on the Bitcoin]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126009/@smallbites/bitcoin-runes-gim</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126009/@smallbites/bitcoin-runes-gim</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-126009]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallbites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 22:14:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WPqSYbapGnyqFjLyW9WYehTemhxnx4qmUkVxYKCBT1apJHQQSVCLgXvVgKwjRhhtHjiZRenwpEBojXWbQurDa8crjuSLJbJmaTKrg1VgZDnwom47BJnnFkk7wpmzHcV1z8rzs6DuDe5rSfaS3mguwgVsyA7KfKQEez?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Surge Investment]]></title><description><![CDATA[SURGE My decidion to invest I decided to invest in SURGE today, better late then never I hope :) I rarely buy anything other then Hive, on certain Hive-Engine tokens I think have a future, so it was a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@smallbites/my-surge-investment-f8o</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@smallbites/my-surge-investment-f8o</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallbites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 20:27:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4Pvz7LJVgc1Y8Dr68VKxqQHhW8HKjEhhX5FRtr7xcieeSW5jBvnU3Y9FL2BMD9ojXChmQDKfHvz8Fp8nd7TvQnc8J8ST9618cweLB684qt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never Sell Your Bitcoin: borrow against it]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do what the rich do with their assets, borrow against them, never sell. Preface I read an old article by shortsegments called "Buy, Borrow, Die" and I realized this is what the rich do with all]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180571/@smallbites/never-sell-your-bitcoin-borrow-against-it-cwb</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180571/@smallbites/never-sell-your-bitcoin-borrow-against-it-cwb</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180571]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallbites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 19:54:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptr3ARbrE6S7QGwNQphE4ZH1QGdAZptkAyzYdM7QkZ9gwDJHmvHiMxqpt5UxNuV377iHSKMWPuP97MHuJXCFnBTQwh44WoaZvLTQqDdcMic5grQxxV3oEFTaheJZ5t2JTxemTP8UJf1A9HQfG7HnRR9Dqb2THWYmC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Web 3 : Social Media]]></title><description><![CDATA[Social Media on Web 2.0 involves compromises where you get huge exposure but no property rights for what your building, and if you get deplatformed, as in kicked off the platform you lose not only all]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180571/@smallbites/web-3-social-media-bab</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180571/@smallbites/web-3-social-media-bab</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180571]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smallbites]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2025 20:26:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonZ32MeESG7FjGD4N6EvzmNPVhturbfdygRPuBiXNqCT6rsRJaneSxzm6vBqn28bSTQkNcqJEpdWb1biK6TPZ6JpY8nW1vRMSSLfJga9Nej?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitcoin Curious]]></title><description><![CDATA[BitSocial bitcoin Curious I remember when this community was called BitSocial, a play on words Bitcoin and Social, I think the goal was a community for people to read and write about Bitcoin. 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