<?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>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:29:18 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@fredrick/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The HODLer Middle Finger Manifesto]]></title><description><![CDATA[We're not making a bet on Bitcoin being 10% higher a week from now. We're making a bet on blockchain and decentralization changing the world. We're making a bet we'll move away from energy-wasting proof]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@fredrick/the-hodler-middle-finger-manifesto</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@fredrick/the-hodler-middle-finger-manifesto</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fredrick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2018 04:53:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP5xqHVTtgzxr9jRnPYTxeDK7ZMexdNc2fyN6SzCaXGFEr4qHvRPcHjvpiWd6jvgQDCEC82ZnobuqsBaip8z2Nk8DaDbVvHyMnVxsq8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faceless dolls]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday, we toured an Amish farm outside Berlin, Ohio. A 16-year-old in an ankle-length dress showed us the schoolhouse. It was the sort of place Abe Lincoln might have studied in. "We appreciate]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@fredrick/faceless-dolls</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@fredrick/faceless-dolls</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fredrick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2017 01:48:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVe6mFyEjsn1Jg5E256bfvRdchbesmGxRienaeSvHGs6MdExzDCyhBTavTzZFFVKnTjBZBBLrivVkAtW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Tezos' Tezzies (XTZ) price could hit $37]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm bullish on XTZ -- even after Tezos set a record for the biggest ICO in history. Here's what we know: The Tezos Foundation raised roughly $232 million between July 1 and July 14, 2017. When the genesis]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@fredrick/how-much-will-tezos-tezzies-xtz-be-worth</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@fredrick/how-much-will-tezos-tezzies-xtz-be-worth</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fredrick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 03:29:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2923mN3pnd7PrxqAS8My84z8QnDpEsSBnKFsBYXvo8xjc81YeD7zoeBw5EuoBRTGLjSnHzoNe4DLzvUNwV21T9tP5Qx2JtGmfPumES393Q43up?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[One foot higher]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's a scene in Nike founder Phil Knight's memoir, Shoe Dog, that I can't get out of my head. It's 1980, and Nike's just went public. Knight's steaming away in a Japanese hot spring with Masaru Hayami,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@fredrick/one-foot-higher</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@fredrick/one-foot-higher</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fredrick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2017 03:12:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZjDP5sXXrZM7ik36fMqxNY21r4hoxHY8MhanuqS9ppFQCjz78Q2PYZEmdESoQQwiyZLT7QBf2N?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be the one who doesn't quit]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my head, my first book would take three months to write. I'm approaching Year No. 4. I have no promise it will get published, and -- if it does -- the odds are, I'll make less than $5,000 on it. 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And every time]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@fredrick/a-life-i-never-wanted</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@fredrick/a-life-i-never-wanted</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fredrick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2017 02:26:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVe6JhmGQqy1SJoXjF7u8PKdgY5EaMUrNKfW1fvEnS29YMGcZyUU1a3gP4JgufsKitWcnCf7w6VKPDG2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're having a third baby]]></title><description><![CDATA[Come October, the children will outnumber the adults in our home. We found out Baby No. 3’s gender on Thursday. “Don’t hate me if I’m wrong,” the ultrasound tech said. “But see that line? That indicates]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@fredrick/we-re-having-a-third-baby</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@fredrick/we-re-having-a-third-baby</guid><category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fredrick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 02:23:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP5xqHVTtgzxr9jRnPYTxeDK7ZMexdNeJTJBHiKdXBisouKat1HebqGzt9TEhByWtrgBH3jFZeoD3pPD4YfpAgPUeohGtzNYL9ByowL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quote that Thomas Edison kept on his laboratory wall and how it changed my life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every morning, I sit down and make a list of things to do. I don't prioritize them by how long they'll take. I don't prioritize them by importance. 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Every time my parents]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@fredrick/so-i-tried-to-plant-a-forest-last-weekend</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@fredrick/so-i-tried-to-plant-a-forest-last-weekend</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fredrick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2017 02:25:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYcYz8DB4QXjpkYCHnUPvD2bXVWtfTvcgC3dSfh1mwTG1UJf6q9rw9XZw8GMvgnJxkWLFinsvte?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meet Louie the Barn Owl]]></title><description><![CDATA[Got to meet this cool bird at Wild Birds Unlimited today. He lives at Glen Helen Reserve in Yellow Springs, OH, USA. In the wild, they said his diet would consist entirely of voles.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@fredrick/meet-louie-the-barn-owl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@fredrick/meet-louie-the-barn-owl</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fredrick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 May 2017 23:55:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVdjpobRPKKN7tEgVzV5Y8UbRUqU3LzqsW91Ajepqz857FVhPT5iesZ6pjQJ8niWar8VigdmD757eRyG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 things parenting has taught me]]></title><description><![CDATA[That rooms in our house would sometimes smell like piss. I think I'll leave it at that. It only goes downhill from there. That I'd be forced to pursue my dreams. 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Smoking’s not just a habit, he said, it’s an identity. I sneered when he said it.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@fredrick/how-i-quit-smoking</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@fredrick/how-i-quit-smoking</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fredrick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2017 00:43:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787gZu1Yb9svv7pJBzJ5gWFivzRichny2nMWTHu5qcAct7qeacAq7Jopv9wqadGHJ7qJpSynqC4bQNVKk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret goal of psychologists]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here’s the secret goal of just about every therapist I’ve ever met: getting clients to change the voice inside their heads. They call it an inner monologue. 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