<?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, 20 Apr 2026 16:49:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/blockchains-contest/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Second Runner Up In @v4vapid's BLOCK-CHAINS Conspiracy Writing Contest! Is the Blockchain an Imprisonment or an Empowerment? More to Come!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello, Steemians! I am so excited to have gotten 2nd Runner Up for Overall Best in @v4vapid's BLOCK-CHAINS conspiracy writing contest #4! My story that I entered is called Coded. Here is a small glimpse]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@zoeyartanddesign/second-runner-up-in-v4vapid-s-block-chains-conspiracy-writing-contest-is-the-blockchain-an-imprisonment-or-an-empowerment-more</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@zoeyartanddesign/second-runner-up-in-v4vapid-s-block-chains-conspiracy-writing-contest-is-the-blockchain-an-imprisonment-or-an-empowerment-more</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zoeyartanddesign]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2018 01:52:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787gZsbi4t8KHufnfmV86t39EA1rJRV3ETCwKfWvTx8PzCbTshCrx9z5jjRbZm32kGhxKPvevWaUDzTZx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[BLOCK-CHAINS | A Conspiracy Writing Contest Winners Announced [150+ STEEM]]]></title><description><![CDATA[BLOCK-CHAINS This installment has easily generated the most entries of all the previous Conspiracy Writing Contests with no less than 65 entries! Let’s just say I had a busy weekend… I'd like to begin]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@v4vapid/block-chains-or-a-conspiracy-writing-contest-winners-announced-150-steem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@v4vapid/block-chains-or-a-conspiracy-writing-contest-winners-announced-150-steem</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchains-contest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[v4vapid]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2018 16:15:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm3ux4tENPUbDBc6yMDo9BYmcrzhC8wg2PZMTk5rzzn9wAxVBJPAPi1CpXPHEuHzTvKbWdehaejwnMS9NKCPuYmyqryHUkwkmv3Hhhkom2QJTN99o9hZoP6UQLC2Axce?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Entry For Blockchains-Contest] Journey to the Keeper]]></title><description><![CDATA[My entry for BLOCK-CHAINS | A Conspiracy Writing Contest IV by @v4vapid. Sorry for the last minute submission, and hope you enjoy. Journey to the Keeper Pffferrrrrrpoppopdingding...Ewrrr]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@hashrebel/entry-for-blockchains-contest-journey-to-the-keeper</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@hashrebel/entry-for-blockchains-contest-journey-to-the-keeper</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchains-contest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hashrebel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2018 04:57:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA["Bilderbux" by Duncan Cary Palmer]]></title><description><![CDATA["It's personal freedom, not hundred dollar bills that lights the soul's cigar." - Tom Robbins - Here is my contest entry for @v4vapid's Conspiracy Writing Contest IV. This is a work of speculative]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@creatr/bilderbux-by-duncan-cary-palmer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@creatr/bilderbux-by-duncan-cary-palmer</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchains-contest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[creatr]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2018 03:16:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2BCfkBRHmbhypyMBb7ibHPCBWezcNgCexQhB67jXG3pgqBSgTmypCX?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blockchain Is A Modern Silk Road (Conspiracy)]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Silk Road, I ain't refering to some Darknet trades or a black market but to the ancient silk path which connected all the continents like Europe, Africa & Asia. Or you can also compare it with the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@stupid/blockchain-is-a-modern-silk-road-conspiracy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@stupid/blockchain-is-a-modern-silk-road-conspiracy</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchains-contest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stupid]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2018 03:09:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXB6DfixgRs18hVdqwooFTPVzUC54j2BtdmZYYb3yYqrJ1e39qBxYW54VwX6BCM88jgbLjZ16sGyuhXM2QnkGinGFP3JQW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[BLOCK-CHAINS: Hacking the Akasha]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Has anyone ever told you about the giant blockchain in the sky?” It wasn’t a question he usually asked new employees, but Anna Morgen wasn't just anyone. She was his first personal assistant. And this]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@ellievallie/block-chains-hacking-the-akasha</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@ellievallie/block-chains-hacking-the-akasha</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchains-contest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ellievallie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2018 02:02:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwrcYQDP6jiTzNeVYJ7EnNE1BmAQffnLac4jsGP1kAnkMM8fXuEYVgD7cPQwR57egC64k9eqvrVTUGrowSNCqFutnBLNge?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[BLOCK-CHAINS | The Entrance of Big Brother (A Conspiratorial Play)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Japan, late December, 2008. A lone figure walks in briskly, hands in long coat, into a telephone booth, shuts the door, brings out a large device, connect the device to the telephone, picks up the receiver]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@iamthegray/the-entrance-of-big-brother</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@iamthegray/the-entrance-of-big-brother</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchains-contest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iamthegray]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2018 01:54:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787ga7QmZ6bhk44wWJwnqTFfGmevaBmt1562JrgxCdj9xp3pKvbaasZ64oZiFRQPpCPUdVaR97eTgzksp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Path to Nowhere]]></title><description><![CDATA[Everything in the universe moves in cycles. Day and night dance round and around each other every 24 hours. The endless circle of the seasons mark time on the great wheel year after year, always marching]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@mindszai/the-path-to-nowhere</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@mindszai/the-path-to-nowhere</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchains-contest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mindszai]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 22:14:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJR3iqPxDrevHK3vDeQGnHc8Wj8C8negTXukwwaVfXHNnCWeZTLFUpeSN4RzUx3SyWEgE9pf6GJurxkkfWkMKiys1fQTZDefiNGAhqXfszcju4abW8ofZsEE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Block Number 13-Entry for Conspiracy writing contest]]></title><description><![CDATA[I really don’t like doing chores. Isn’t there a faster way to send notes and talk to people across the Willage? As I was drifting to the realm of magic, I saw a hole. I have often been accused of being]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@diebitch/block-number-13-entry-for-conspiracy-writing-contest</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@diebitch/block-number-13-entry-for-conspiracy-writing-contest</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchains-contest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[diebitch]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 21:36:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCe5m5LPV1ggb7yqKCb84gDxNsRwgpnGPNDezDCvA3GG6uWadUwJBUhDVMT78WKJYSTS44ygLSJbvf7Z9z9g4DEHEfjEsDWXWSfsCbjochpZThn1Tn6bbZY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mental Invasion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Survive “To survive this war we are to become the very things we swore we’d never be!” Yemi stood with her fists clenched, rage and frustration at what her people were being forced to do tearing at her]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@vanessahampton/mental-invasion-ef2e7854e6e8b</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@vanessahampton/mental-invasion-ef2e7854e6e8b</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchains-contest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vanessahampton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 20:43:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/LcTxR6G5jk9wyiL5eLPH6tEqbCShc8q9oAWb4byiGesKW2BABtyEDcUgZranxAmQGU5WfjKhYyq1Q3FmxbcK9NZP6K3org67u3RXouN3cMo1crgc7UqU3qM72R6aejKiKM4C4zb1jhGHo5UUb8AiP1iqD?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crypto-Dystopian Free Write]]></title><description><![CDATA[V4Vapid's holding a writing competition, to learn more visit: And now without further ado, my very own dystopian crypto freewrite: Murphy can hear a small critter scurrying about in the wall but pays it]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@queuevius/crypto-dystopian-free-write</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@queuevius/crypto-dystopian-free-write</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchains-contest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[queuevius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 20:43:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blockchained: The End of Financial Freedom]]></title><description><![CDATA[The meme behind cryptocurrency is that it is the people’s money, that somehow it will upset the Rothschild’s cart of golden apples. But just as the invention of television promised to bring culture to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@citizenzero/blockchained-the-end-of-financial-freedom</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@citizenzero/blockchained-the-end-of-financial-freedom</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchains-contest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[citizenzero]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 17:55:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787gZr1Xzhje5r4U75hkg4C1zrdsYJaWNb7P4GptfhmbjAQN9FFMf1Q5wkoWHPJWKLcME2oNm5APh2KFC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The End (The Beginning) - Full Track]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the completed version of "The End," my cover track written for @v4vapid's conspiracy writing contest Whilst I mostly enjoyed doing this, I think it has become abundantly clear that I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dsound/@son-of-satire/20180309t162549699z-the-end-the-beginning-full-track</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dsound/@son-of-satire/20180309t162549699z-the-end-the-beginning-full-track</guid><category><![CDATA[dsound]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[son-of-satire]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 16:25:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCMCp3gtxb38Rj5RdZeoR1qjSLGSAjJcwqpXXYdGTt2TH4J8Z2AqWR6ezugM2wt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The CrpytoLadder Matrix]]></title><description><![CDATA[(A mysterious message is discovered and translated from binary code. Theories suggest that this traveled through time to warn us of future events. Transcription below.) The Matrix is real and has divided]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@crystl/the-crpytoladder-matrix</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@crystl/the-crpytoladder-matrix</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchains-contest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[crystl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 12:06:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYD7jh66vBTqX9Df7EDbiuCsLaFfMm9NieNddMXfEJyYzE4btDrpvkStxNTzseXLminJ7QNoksg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satoshi Nakamoto's True Identity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Blockchain Tech Conspiracy Contest: (this is for fun) Satoshi is an anagram of hostias, latin for communion bread. Nakamoto, an otherwise unassuming Japanese surname, is inspired by Tominga Nakamoto, a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@dirge/satoshi-nakamoto-s-true-identity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@dirge/satoshi-nakamoto-s-true-identity</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchains-contest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dirge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 10:51:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsTDm32MaHuoLG669YsWvWwzny9ywAiqLU495rngngw5JHwFgfoWJ22fpPmWqSNncwvwYUjuZfWQKbsPQGg6i2TqUtXx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[🌎  🅾🅽🅴   💻  My Entry for the Block-Chains Writing Contest #4]]></title><description><![CDATA[So much time had passed since the ending of the last epoch. There wasn't a human alive who could remember the events that had taken place. Those things that had taken place in those last days of such a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@erinn/my-entry-for-the-block-chains-writing-contest-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@erinn/my-entry-for-the-block-chains-writing-contest-4</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchains-contest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[erinn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 06:15:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVZ5NRzV2o8MyJEzowAL6rjbt8w3dTHq8TDuSwUkTmRf48VupGaNHHWviJ8KowWqM9yTegkhsndMp1AtYwmsYA8m83uwEufSmLjJocqmBugQHMowQ4m?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bounty - Entry for @v4vapid's writing contest 'Block-Chains']]></title><description><![CDATA[Eamon strained on the rope, pulling the cache high into the tree, above the reach of grizzlies. He needed that meat. Without it, he'd starve in the coming frigid months. He lashed the rope to a broken]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@valued-customer/bounty-entry-for-v4vapid-s-writing-contest-block-chains</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@valued-customer/bounty-entry-for-v4vapid-s-writing-contest-block-chains</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchains-contest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[valued-customer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 05:46:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2MWEjZLdSUnb6nHxMiY5Yppmz19HhBguoTwJrMUB4nqDrANKFnbPiKzDbL2v2bkt2Q1VuTyMti2WJp2HL4tdaXan?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Henry Gant . . . this episode:  Blockchain conspiracy theory]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was the look in her eyes . . . stress. Something was very wrong . . . wrong enough that she sought me at the cafe, and was now sitting at my table. My head rolled to one side, as it usually does when]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@henry-gant/henry-gant-enters-another-writing-contest-this-episode-blockchain-conspiracy-theory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@henry-gant/henry-gant-enters-another-writing-contest-this-episode-blockchain-conspiracy-theory</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchains-contest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[henry-gant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 05:04:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dwqVZar5iW2YCcZ6BiWHBYd6trUtYmMGBRx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frank Bacon Sucks (But Not For the Reason You Think) | Quite FRANKLY On THE VERGE | CF4TCF [BLOCK]]]></title><description><![CDATA[I disagree with most of this, unfortunately. I hold that FRANK BACON is best defined through negentropy. 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To know more, just click here I thought at first to write this post only for the sake of the contest, but then I realised steemit is not all about the money,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@camillius/dystopia-the-future-of-cryptocurrency</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchains-contest/@camillius/dystopia-the-future-of-cryptocurrency</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchains-contest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[camillius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2018 21:59:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHVQPjDcGkFxELgGtwNAntRtiqDuEyxtoU63ZUtDbYKfLVW1MvzFVcbb64djT5KkmEnbfDvMMLYsjoJU1eqZT3aUERPyP1Y1cPgG4MdyuSKy2ew8VzoKptK3jvzt8zVC2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>