<?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 14:26:39 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@tombstone/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[NEM becomes top 5 cryptocurrency]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've always thought NEM (symbol: XEM) had a lot of potential and today it became a top 5 cryptocurrency on CoinMarketCap.com thanks, at least in part, to news that came out today (see below). This could]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@tombstone/nem-becomes-top-5-cryptocurrency</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@tombstone/nem-becomes-top-5-cryptocurrency</guid><category><![CDATA[crypto-news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombstone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2016 13:15:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitcoin is the new safe-haven asset: Analyst (cnbc.com)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bitcoin is becoming as safe a haven as gold, one investment analyst told CNBC. Luke Graham | @LukeWGraham The price of the cryptocurrency has been rapidly rising in recent weeks. It traded above $730 per]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/financial/@tombstone/bitcoin-is-the-new-safe-haven-asset-analyst-cnbc-com</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/financial/@tombstone/bitcoin-is-the-new-safe-haven-asset-analyst-cnbc-com</guid><category><![CDATA[financial]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombstone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2016 11:45:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is The Fed Buying Stocks Outright To Prop Up The Markets? (investing.com)]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Someone” is getting desperate. Throughout the last week, anytime stocks have begun to correct or drop, “someone” has bought S&P 500 futures to prop the market up. Anyone who’s been involved with the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/financial/@tombstone/is-the-fed-buying-stocks-outright-to-prop-up-the-markets-investing-com</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/financial/@tombstone/is-the-fed-buying-stocks-outright-to-prop-up-the-markets-investing-com</guid><category><![CDATA[financial]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombstone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2016 15:29:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZXqgn4rijpvZJtfYNHkKQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Health Organization: Canceling The Rio Olympics Won't Stop Zika]]></title><description><![CDATA[The World Health Organization has rejected a call to move or postpone the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro over concerns about the Zika virus outbreak.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/health/@tombstone/world-health-organization-canceling-the-rio-olympics-wont-stop-zika</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/health/@tombstone/world-health-organization-canceling-the-rio-olympics-wont-stop-zika</guid><category><![CDATA[health]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombstone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2016 01:26:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eBWtHTCPEEaCJmi1437eWL5FBYWfnSGd8EA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[At 96, Henry Heimlich Finally Got The Chance To Use His Own Maneuver]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@tombstone/inventor-of-heimlich-maneuver-saves-choking-victim-with-his-own-technique-washingtonpost</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@tombstone/inventor-of-heimlich-maneuver-saves-choking-victim-with-his-own-technique-washingtonpost</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombstone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2016 00:10:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eCM3X4zXVFhYSYD8nkVxKHY4m6JrphNdTVx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why does gin and tonic taste so good?]]></title><description><![CDATA[WRITTEN BY Akshat Rathi for qz.com May 27, 2016 Matthew Hartings hates gin. “Something about that flavor doesn’t sit right with me,” writes Hartings, a professor of chemistry at American University. He]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/food/@tombstone/why-does-gin-and-tonic-taste-so-good</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/food/@tombstone/why-does-gin-and-tonic-taste-so-good</guid><category><![CDATA[food]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombstone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2016 23:47:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiG9REtQTA2vQHXNbQceSEp35Xe9wT5zTtSYj2nvweUKXUexo1nJUrohpjEYiSr2N79uyM7PKrCrRdoxojGxFivdxzZFXHgmQjAeFuYLyn5AFVUJj?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The next logical step for Apple Pay: a loyalty program (from qz.com)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Soon, it may pay to use Apple Pay. Close financial partners and job postings on Apple’s career page hint that the company is interested in more closely integrating Apple Pay into loyalty programs that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/technology/@tombstone/the-next-logical-step-for-apple-pay-a-loyalty-program-from-qz</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/technology/@tombstone/the-next-logical-step-for-apple-pay-a-loyalty-program-from-qz</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombstone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2016 05:49:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[24 hours with Lisk — Statistics]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first day is over and we want to use this opportunity to showcase some network statistics of the last 24 hours (approximately). We are very happy that the network is enduring the big number of transactions]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/lisk/@tombstone/24-hours-with-liskstatistics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/lisk/@tombstone/24-hours-with-liskstatistics</guid><category><![CDATA[lisk]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombstone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2016 02:23:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMdvSSM19eBf5mzVXgDWL1u5R2QBPcehfT78PuS7H5MEu1YPe73mUjujLQWHJnfygHpB5zmctoxqLHxMA74Zxa2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lisk launch post-mortem: What went right, what went wrong]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday, at exactly 8pm UTC, we published Lisk v0.3.0 and announced the launch of Lisk. What a launch that was! In this post-mortem we bring light to the problems we faced, explain why our web login]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@tombstone/lisk-launch-post-mortem-what-went-right-what-went-wrong</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@tombstone/lisk-launch-post-mortem-what-went-right-what-went-wrong</guid><category><![CDATA[crypto-news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombstone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2016 02:17:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lisk Genesis Block Distribution and Mainnet Launch Countdown]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have just finalised the Lisk genesis block which contains all information concerning LSK distribution. It consists of 8069 single Lisk accounts with the following distribution: 83,605,344.7663202 LSK]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@tombstone/lisk-genesis-block-distribution-and-mainnet-launch-countdown</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@tombstone/lisk-genesis-block-distribution-and-mainnet-launch-countdown</guid><category><![CDATA[crypto-news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombstone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2016 02:38:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to access your Lisk account]]></title><description><![CDATA[On May 24 Lisk will launch and many of our ICO participants want to actively trade their LSK. To make the experience as easy as possible, we prepared this guide to help you access your LSK and send them]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@tombstone/how-to-access-your-lisk-account</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@tombstone/how-to-access-your-lisk-account</guid><category><![CDATA[crypto-news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombstone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2016 02:26:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lisk to Move Developers from Blockchain to Sidechain (cointelegraph.com)]]></title><description><![CDATA[| Author Olusegun Ogundeji | 2016-05-22 10:30 AM | Lisk plans to launch a modular cryptocurrency which it says would satisfy the growing interest to use the blockchain as a decentralized database for different]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@tombstone/lisk-to-move-developers-from-blockchain-to-sidechain-cointelegraph</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@tombstone/lisk-to-move-developers-from-blockchain-to-sidechain-cointelegraph</guid><category><![CDATA[crypto-news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombstone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2016 02:04:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lisk Community Meeting Summary — May 21st]]></title><description><![CDATA[Outlined is a summary of our first community meeting. Agenda In the beginning we will tell you where we stand at the moment. That means we will talk a bit about: Testing Network stability Current team]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@tombstone/lisk-community-meeting-summarymay-21st</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@tombstone/lisk-community-meeting-summarymay-21st</guid><category><![CDATA[crypto-news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombstone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2016 01:20:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lisk is working together with Transform.PR for a successful launch!]]></title><description><![CDATA[In order to have a successful launch we hired one of the best crypto-currency focused PR companies in the world. Transform.PR already worked together with industry giants like Ethereum, Factom, MaidSafe,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@tombstone/lisk-is-working-together-with-transform</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@tombstone/lisk-is-working-together-with-transform</guid><category><![CDATA[crypto-news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombstone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2016 01:10:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former US Mint Director Brings Bitcoin to Retirement Investing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bitcoin users can invest their Bitcoin in a fully compliant IRA retirement account through a new service announced today by BitcoinIRA.com. The Bitcoin IRA enables investors to hold Bitcoin directly as]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@tombstone/former-us-mint-director-brings-bitcoin-to-retirement-investing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@tombstone/former-us-mint-director-brings-bitcoin-to-retirement-investing</guid><category><![CDATA[crypto-news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombstone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2016 07:52:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italian Woman, 116, Has Become Last Known Living Person Born in 1800s]]></title><description><![CDATA[VERBANIA, Italy (AP) — Surrounded by relatives and friends, Italy's Emma Morano greeted with a smile the news that she, at 116, is now the oldest person in the world. Not only that, but Morano is believed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@tombstone/italian-woman-116-has-become-last-known-living-person-born-in-1800s</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@tombstone/italian-woman-116-has-become-last-known-living-person-born-in-1800s</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombstone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2016 06:30:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Mobius: Here's why Trump won't actually start a trade war]]></title><description><![CDATA[Emerging markets fund manager Mark Mobius doesn’t think there will be a trade war if Donald Trump is elected president. Trump’s positions on trade—including raising tariffs on Chinese imported goods—have]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@tombstone/mark-mobius-heres-why-trump-wont-actually-start-a-trade-war</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@tombstone/mark-mobius-heres-why-trump-wont-actually-start-a-trade-war</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombstone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2016 06:13:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not having a simple text search can discourage posting of content]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was recently downvoted for accidentally posting content that had already been posted. Since then, I have come across a few interesting news items that I wanted to post but refrained for fear that the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit-issues/@tombstone/not-having-a-simple-text-search-can-discourage-posting-of-content</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit-issues/@tombstone/not-having-a-simple-text-search-can-discourage-posting-of-content</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit-issues]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombstone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2016 05:32:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Direct, external links are too risky, please disable them]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes clicking on the title of a post on the main page takes you directly to an external website. I find this to be risky. I try to avoid clicking on these but don't always see the little "external]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit-issues/@tombstone/direct-external-links-are-too-risky-please-disable-them</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit-issues/@tombstone/direct-external-links-are-too-risky-please-disable-them</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit-issues]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombstone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2016 05:11:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to discourage frivolous downvoting (proposal)]]></title><description><![CDATA[When downvoting, a user should be required to reply with a reason. This way if the downvote is unwarranted, the community can downvote the downvoter's reply...or at least reply themselves with reasons]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@tombstone/how-to-discourage-frivolous-downvoting-proposal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@tombstone/how-to-discourage-frivolous-downvoting-proposal</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombstone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2016 02:20:18 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>