<?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>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:23:26 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@ivoras/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Modern Corporate Machine Learning Censorship]]></title><description><![CDATA[I can't be the only one who is both disgusted and concerned how in this day and age of rampant interconnectivity and unprecedented opportunity for creativity, many of the voices who dare approach]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ivoras/modern-corporate-machine-learning-censorship</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ivoras/modern-corporate-machine-learning-censorship</guid><category><![CDATA[censorship]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ivoras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2020 15:12:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPJTXfoDY9qf9cTCDcQ8EmjC9jsCViasXZbtq1pNQ8BKmyjCY5xKjMFg6WsETMfzD4pkSWHGMV8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Augmented natives]]></title><description><![CDATA[A colleague of mine shared a story which happened recently with his young daughter (around 6yo) in a car: - Daddy, daddy, play the "aweem-ba-we aweem-ba-we" song! - I can't right dear, I'm tying your]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ivoras/augmented-natives</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ivoras/augmented-natives</guid><category><![CDATA[futurism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ivoras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:44:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blockchain's present opportunity: data interchange standardisation]]></title><description><![CDATA[No matter what the future of private blockchains might be, their best current use case is in the standardization of communication between various, likely disparate organisations. The whole "blockchain]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ivoras/blockchain-s-present-opportunity-data-interchange-standardisation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ivoras/blockchain-s-present-opportunity-data-interchange-standardisation</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ivoras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2019 20:10:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blockchain without blockchain]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was talking with a colleague today about practical applications of blockchains outside cryptocurrencies, and he defended the opinion that blockchain is nowadays used more than ever, but the vast majority]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ivoras/blockchain-without-blockchain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ivoras/blockchain-without-blockchain</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ivoras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2019 22:22:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[PoW algorithm from hell]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just a thought, and excuse me if it has already been done: memory sizes on ASICs are growing (as well as on FPGAs and GPUs) and logic transistors are extremely cheap. The next hard thing seems to be bandwidth.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ivoras/pow-algorithm-from-hell</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ivoras/pow-algorithm-from-hell</guid><category><![CDATA[blockhain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ivoras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2019 00:19:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blockchain "pull"]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a pet project, I've been working on putting Wikipedia on my blockchain implementation named "Daisy." Since Daisy is a Proof-of-Authority blockchain whose blocks are SQLite blocks, it's very suitable]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ivoras/blockchain-pull</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ivoras/blockchain-pull</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ivoras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2019 23:13:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/640x0/https://i.imgur.com/o5mBAs0.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Putting Wikipedia on the blockchain]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's this pet project I have, the Daisy blockchain, which uses SQLite databases as blocks. Literally, each block is a completely normal SQLite database and can be accessed (read-only) as such. It progresses]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ivoras/putting-wikipedia-on-the-blockchain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ivoras/putting-wikipedia-on-the-blockchain</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ivoras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2019 11:00:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/640x0/https://i.imgur.com/o5mBAs0.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Nature of Money]]></title><description><![CDATA[Opinions are like arseholes: everybody has one. -- Anonymous Some time ago I sat down to write an article about what, to my personal and subjective understanding, money is. It was hastily written and in]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ivoras/the-nature-of-money</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ivoras/the-nature-of-money</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ivoras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2018 23:56:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZuHF4DYbbT6WgvJztXqVbGgRCm6nNqC2rrtd5Us5jrStW3C9MaSgTo2ET9MFCobgCDjqF7pgeJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sharing state among incompatible blockchains]]></title><description><![CDATA[tl;dr: We can create a system where account state (e.g. all data associated with an address, including balance, tokens, etc.) regularly migrates between blockchains. The point of using blockchains is not]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ivoras/sharing-state-among-incompatible-blockchains</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ivoras/sharing-state-among-incompatible-blockchains</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ivoras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2018 11:35:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8hHVpaGADCd8sVu72h1zpWK2aAzFrqfZzCzgAGuUp6GakMCatHX865mP4j8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creating a custom private SQL blockchain with Daisy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Daisy, my PoA blockchain where blocks are SQLite databases, is a bit over a year old by now, and it's gaining features mostly on as-needed basis. Patches and contributors are always welcome, of course.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ivoras/creating-a-custom-private-sql-blockchain-with-daisy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ivoras/creating-a-custom-private-sql-blockchain-with-daisy</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ivoras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2018 13:03:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/0x0/https://i.imgur.com/o5mBAs0.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blockchains & AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[I did a lecture early this year to students of the local technical college, with the topic of futurism in the context of the blockchain and aiming to inspire young minds to think in new directions. One]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ivoras/blockchains-and-ai</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ivoras/blockchains-and-ai</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ivoras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2018 19:38:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBrEB2QwsmTkPgMgoZkFaf7FoxMaGTegtMq5A1XzWm1rHPrhxfcifvmAdfvuAww3w8KbcNZAFtVYhwFK6SS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private blockchains vs other databases part 2: The business perspective]]></title><description><![CDATA[ tl;dr: If your project doesn't specifically benefit from a feature which is only offered by blockchains, save yourself the effort and the pain and use a regular database. This is the second part]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ivoras/private-blockchains-vs-other-databases-part-2-the-business-perspective</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ivoras/private-blockchains-vs-other-databases-part-2-the-business-perspective</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ivoras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2018 20:27:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UCBv35PVKv9CWCo1FoDMU6shdpMioTe2UxB86Zq6PycgSq2K5mxxSMYwYLstJg5JZkAGaofdaSwWPSmxqHnZksQ6XT1mh8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private blockchains vs other databases part 1: The tech perspective]]></title><description><![CDATA[tl;dr: If your project doesn't specifically benefit from a feature which is only offered by blockchains, save yourself the effort and the pain and use a regular database. As an introduction, I'll just]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ivoras/blockchains-vs-other-databases-part-1-the-tech-perspective</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ivoras/blockchains-vs-other-databases-part-1-the-tech-perspective</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ivoras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2018 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stsAqnmSXB7pJSiMYYP3x2q8FpPkBo9m4CMhzC8K9Xk6YRMAXTSSEKVLBeRbyNjoSmowbadDLDsgSNkc6jdLA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the impossibility of replacing social consensus with technical consensus]]></title><description><![CDATA[tl;dr: "free will". There's this picture floating around the net these days: It's presented in the positive light, like replacing social consensus with technical consensus is a worthy goal, something to]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ivoras/on-the-impossibility-of-replacing-social-consensus-with-technical-consensus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ivoras/on-the-impossibility-of-replacing-social-consensus-with-technical-consensus</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ivoras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2018 22:16:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/BRWJ2YmdUFozvi1TFqcAtjm7WJQoG1Qtqzg7kY6Wi6zX3LhU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[On customised distributed consensus - the "firmware" of blockchains]]></title><description><![CDATA[While working on something (a project named Equinox, in fact. Stay tuned.), I needed to re-think why a blockchain solution is needed at all, and to figure out how to actively use the strengths of a blockchain]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ivoras/on-customised-distributed-consensus-the-firmware-of-consensus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ivoras/on-customised-distributed-consensus-the-firmware-of-consensus</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ivoras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2018 19:14:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobguTxdqYrBGQJJ17QNnwLYLyPp2RHAzDyU4ZZr1FDnDENRqu6BKYo2rict63pSX7xRsueXTBXhV3uPPwoPsAkYfjFwSGUuGfSLC4zmJb8m1bKtQPjmVgNgtK1sbcDobESAAhsYA1F44H3wajNRc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to get out of the cryptogeddon]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I've written before, everyone who had the interest and the opportunity to buy cryptocurrencies has done so. And since most people's first (& only) experience with cryptos was the last year's pump]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ivoras/how-to-get-out-of-the-cryptogeddon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ivoras/how-to-get-out-of-the-cryptogeddon</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ivoras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2018 06:36:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small Fry Blues]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's fair to say the cryptocurrency community has an idea going which is present since the very beginnings (indeed in the Bitcoin's Genesis block), that the cryptocurrencies are here to, in some way, liberate]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ivoras/small-fry-blues</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ivoras/small-fry-blues</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ivoras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2018 19:39:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/9RTqgzgfVW6zTt3NbovkJ3Y7wb4N52hYMrXpJ15PKEu3FBeNuvgCVPJz1cVjsGEhmofreJ4j78?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best chance for cryptocurrency price recovery is if they've actually used as currencies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Basically, everyone who wanted to get Bitcoin (and / or other cryptocurrencies) has already bought it. The cat's out of the bag, everyone and their hairdresser have discussed Bitcoin and in the current]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ivoras/the-best-chance-for-cryptocurrency-price-recovery-is-if-they-ve-actually-used-as-currencies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ivoras/the-best-chance-for-cryptocurrency-price-recovery-is-if-they-ve-actually-used-as-currencies</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ivoras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2018 06:56:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blockchain learning resources]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where to learn about blockchain development Blockchains are a popular topic, hot both for developers and for businesses trying to integrate or adapt the technology to their specific needs. At the same]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ivoras/blockchain-learning-resources</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ivoras/blockchain-learning-resources</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ivoras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2018 11:30:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[About Daisy: the blockchain where blocks are SQL databases]]></title><description><![CDATA[For some time now, I've been working on Daisy, a proof-of-authority where blocks are SQLite databases. I think this is a good approach for applications which would benefit from the blockchain structure]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ivoras/about-daisy-the-blockchain-where-blocks-are-sql-databases</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ivoras/about-daisy-the-blockchain-where-blocks-are-sql-databases</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ivoras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2018 10:35:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnK59d5GquGq2nnQ6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>