<?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>Tue, 19 May 2026 00:14:33 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@smooth.witness/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Resigning as a witness]]></title><description><![CDATA[For some time I have found that external demands have made it challenging for me to devote the time and attention necessary to be a conscientious and committed top 20 witness. With the recent sale of Steemit]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/resigning-as-a-witness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/resigning-as-a-witness</guid><category><![CDATA[witness-category]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smooth.witness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2020 17:24:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steem dollar policy update and warning to converters]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am in agreement with the thoughts behind abit's comments With the same goals I will be adopting a similar but slightly different policy, where I do not set the bias automatically, but I will set a high]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/steem-dollar-policy-update-and-warning-to-converters</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/steem-dollar-policy-update-and-warning-to-converters</guid><category><![CDATA[witness-category]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smooth.witness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2017 22:03:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[smooth.witness update]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've updated to 0.18.1 (0.18.2 on some non-witness nodes). Congratulations to @sneak and the rest of the team on getting the release out and working with the community to reach consensus on the feature]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/smooth-witness-update</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/smooth-witness-update</guid><category><![CDATA[witness-category]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smooth.witness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2017 00:23:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Witness update]]></title><description><![CDATA[I will be reducing my vote on SBD interest rate (APR) from 4% to 2.5% as of February 1 and reducing my account creation fee vote from 50 to 30, which is the current median. My price feed discount will]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/32adbe-witness-update</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/32adbe-witness-update</guid><category><![CDATA[witness-category]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smooth.witness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 20:23:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Witness update]]></title><description><![CDATA[Several witnesses have agreed to routinely make any necessary SBD interest rate updates at the beginning of each month and I have joined this agreement. The purpose of this policy is to ensure that everyone]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/6du1j7-witness-update</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/6du1j7-witness-update</guid><category><![CDATA[witness-category]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smooth.witness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2016 09:00:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Witness update]]></title><description><![CDATA[Policy changes In preparation for the upcoming hard fork I have reduced my feed discount from 8% to 3%. Separately, I have reduced by SBD APR to from 8% to 6%. Background The fork will reduce conversion]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/6ahzdm-witness-update</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/6ahzdm-witness-update</guid><category><![CDATA[witness-category]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smooth.witness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2016 20:22:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Witness update]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just a small update. After further discussion with some other witnesses (mostly @clayop, @bacchist and @timcliff) I have been convinced to reduce my feed discount. Previously it was 12%. I will be reducing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/cvhnd-witness-update</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/cvhnd-witness-update</guid><category><![CDATA[witness-category]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smooth.witness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2016 06:44:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Witness update]]></title><description><![CDATA[I will be upgrading my witness to the upcoming 0.16 fork assuming no technical problems are discovered before December 6. I have reduced my witness SBD interest rate (APR) setting from 13 to 9%. I do not]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/6iskvr-witness-update</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/6iskvr-witness-update</guid><category><![CDATA[witness-category]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smooth.witness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2016 13:14:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Witness update]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have reduced my SBD APR to 13% from 15%. I have done this because SBD has been consistently a bit too strong, sometimes trading with a bid above 1.00 USD (and ask significantly above 1.00 USD). In addition]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/witness-update</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/witness-update</guid><category><![CDATA[witness-category]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smooth.witness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:22:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Witness SBD pegging policy update (and more)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have backed off a bit on my witness SBD APR parameter from 20% to 15%. This is the current APR on the network as set by the median of witnesses on the network. I believe 15% is possibly a viable APR]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/witness-sbd-pegging-policy-update-and-more</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/witness-sbd-pegging-policy-update-and-more</guid><category><![CDATA[witness-category]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smooth.witness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2016 18:29:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Witness SBD pegging policy update]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have updated my witness SBD APR parameter from 15% to 20% following the lead of several other witnesses who have done this. I believe this is the correct policy to improve SBD pegging at this time. As]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/6dfkmk-witness-sbd-pegging-policy-update</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/6dfkmk-witness-sbd-pegging-policy-update</guid><category><![CDATA[witness-category]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smooth.witness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2016 15:45:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Witness SBD pegging policy update]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have updated my witness SBD interest rate to 15% from 10%. My feed discount is unchanged at -12% (1-1/1.136). I have done this because SBD is effectively debt to the Steem blockchain, representing a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/witness-sbd-pegging-policy-update</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/witness-sbd-pegging-policy-update</guid><category><![CDATA[witness-category]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smooth.witness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2016 09:20:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Witness price feed update]]></title><description><![CDATA[Following the lead of @abit I have begun adjusting my witness price feed to 12% below observed market price. Although not formally announced, I had previously been using a 10% adjustment. I continue to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/witness-price-feed-update</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/witness-price-feed-update</guid><category><![CDATA[witness-category]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smooth.witness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2016 06:22:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[smooth witness]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m ‘smooth’, well known and active in the cryptocurrency community since 2011, core team member of Monero and lead developer of AEON. I have not been involved with Bitshares or other DPoS so operating]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/smooth-witness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/witness-category/@smooth.witness/smooth-witness</guid><category><![CDATA[witness-category]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smooth.witness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2016 15:12:18 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>