<?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 18:05:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/steem-ecosystem/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Know your investment : Steem Economy;  two Smart Contracts and three currencies.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Steem, SteemPower, SBD, Steemit and SmartContracts Picture To begin there is Steemit the decentralized application hosted on the Steem blockchain Chain, Steem the cryptocurrency like Bitcoin, SteemPower]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@shortsegments/know-your-investment-steem-economy-two-smart-contracts-and-three-currencies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@shortsegments/know-your-investment-steem-economy-two-smart-contracts-and-three-currencies</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shortsegments]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 01:30:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHpp2nHMoXCPg4Rkvf5NNMJsCS8gsvUuJ36D5urmLfk46qiDuQFvWnPGy7jSy8FTq8BJWe4V8cPH967Mic8RXPsQrzmJUduBpezzXRXVecGLL32VMtmQhM8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life of an Early Adopter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thinking at the potential of Steem, and even that we are only a little over two years into the project, on a highly vanguardist domain of the blockchains, we can consider ourselves early adopters of Steem.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/early-adopter/@gadrian/life-of-an-early-adopter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/early-adopter/@gadrian/life-of-an-early-adopter</guid><category><![CDATA[early-adopter]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gadrian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2018 14:45:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVxiq1Y1uwJm7GMvLTqEXhMB4s4Vsivzx75qBBG5n2zbatpdeCWRuuqYvvSULHW3crbUuTEmLkTwg8VTH7etJTG3rrTiyFiyi1cGDZqejUWi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[When You Say Steem, What Are the First Things That Come to Your Mind?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let's do this simple exercise, and attempt to answer a simple question: When You Say Steem, What Are the First Things That Come to Your Mind? If you are not familiar with Steem, the answer can be... nothing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@gadrian/when-you-say-steem-what-are-the-first-things-that-come-to-your-mind</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@gadrian/when-you-say-steem-what-are-the-first-things-that-come-to-your-mind</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gadrian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:08:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnKp24J82FpkRs5XU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're harming Steem by continuing to mix Steem with Steemit in our posts and comments]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let's start with the basics. Steem is the public blockchain which makes everything we talk below possible. Steem is also the ecosystem, containing everything, from the blockchain, the decentralized]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@gadrian/we-re-harming-steem-by-continuing-to-mix-steem-with-steemit-in-our-posts-and-comments</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@gadrian/we-re-harming-steem-by-continuing-to-mix-steem-with-steemit-in-our-posts-and-comments</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gadrian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2018 13:12:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmhfM72MT1U5grSXhL7gXXoZTgy4c5q4tdkfVDWV9ESNDjEre8wdDXgffvUkbz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazing Ecosystem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three sure things Steem competition doesn't have at the beginning are: a working product with a track record the user base, which is more than that, a community, with sub-communities a thriving ecosystem,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@gadrian/amazing-ecosystem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@gadrian/amazing-ecosystem</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gadrian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2018 12:15:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmpk1GaFX9T3AVZcbxFWYHDSnJUzWyggzkgSHukLbDUthVz2gSpEptkZ14oQrE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Do Blogging and Social Media Have to Do With... (II)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the second post of the series. You can see the first one here. When I chose the name for the series, I meant it as a way to describe the possible use cases of Steem beyond blogging and social media,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@gadrian/whatdobloggingandsocialmediahavetodowithii-wmpjn6fr0v</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@gadrian/whatdobloggingandsocialmediahavetodowithii-wmpjn6fr0v</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gadrian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2018 09:47:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmkc2KX2Aey32bzjQBuRtpd7VfptbCtd6RdP3gxy9ffmbWsR5Mg3JVFNQEtYRL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minnows Dream to Be Whales But They Should Want to Be Dolphins First]]></title><description><![CDATA[All minnows dream to be whales. Ok, I know it's not good to generalize so let's just say most minnows dream to be whales, instead. Funny thing is, while there's a great thing to dream big, it generally]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@gadrian/minnows-dream-to-be-whales-but-they-should-want-to-be-dolphins-first</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@gadrian/minnows-dream-to-be-whales-but-they-should-want-to-be-dolphins-first</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gadrian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2018 11:13:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmh29QFGxqHaGNSCKK4WxH23BoM2ioLmhgkTkht8C4vUAiQFoRpLGBYHMYr18W?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Landscape of the Ecosystem Is Adapting Ahead of SMTs Release]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the beginning of Steem (and Steemit), things were pretty straight-forward. You wrote something, if people appreciated it, they upvoted and you (and them, as curators), received rewards from the rewards]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@gadrian/landscape-of-the-ecosystem-is-adapting-ahead-of-smts-release</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@gadrian/landscape-of-the-ecosystem-is-adapting-ahead-of-smts-release</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gadrian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2018 11:45:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmonhP7QgkhAG4tUSQmj2W7tZSNeQC45ziQcasFEkaN5erhDiKHUTGmxXoND9D?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steem Ecosystem Means Both Soul and Science]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I woke up this morning I had a surprise when I saw Steem and SBD prices have surged. I first saw why on @dragosroua's post and then went to the source and read the technical post too, which included]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@gadrian/steem-ecosystem-means-both-soul-and-science</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@gadrian/steem-ecosystem-means-both-soul-and-science</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gadrian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2018 11:15:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXBD5Md5tUD9YKkzGo1eoR2RP1hYxRaFr2DaJ57Hd87JHxgzzrUTEKPZ9xb72XuZh9UMv3h3uJX3PDZw38VBU68UKUvypx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>