<?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>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 15:38:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Technology & Choice #32, A Case for EOS, with Chadrick Mahaffey]]></title><description><![CDATA[![TC 32 logo.png]( As promised in the last episode, Chadrick Mahaffey shares his presentation about EOS, the history behind it, the value proposition and why he is bullish on its mass adoption. This is]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/technology-and-choice-32-a-case-for-eos-with-chadrick-mahaffey</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/technology-and-choice-32-a-case-for-eos-with-chadrick-mahaffey</guid><category><![CDATA[eos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[john-ferguson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2018 04:17:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QD2aHbJiivbVZV6nAA4BJrX2xi1YbtwoGjfLmHn6bcLvZPhZwiRKKQP7kh3DXqZVDKA5g4sv9D3G2sNjvanwu5c3E7uX2iFnH1UYy3k5MEqRpwFyZzYW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology & Choice #30, Decentralizing Energy for Real (Plus a BIG Crypto Easter Egg), with Jim McCanney]]></title><description><![CDATA[NOTE: There is an explosive Easter Egg of revelation in the body of this episode regarding cryptography. It is likely you haven't heard about it before, so keep hands on your bonnet. "Alternative]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/technology-and-choice-30-decentralizing-energy-for-real-plus-a-big-crypto-easter-egg-with-jim-mccanney</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/technology-and-choice-30-decentralizing-energy-for-real-plus-a-big-crypto-easter-egg-with-jim-mccanney</guid><category><![CDATA[crypto]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[john-ferguson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2018 05:03:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology & Choice #29, The Plumage of Choice]]></title><description><![CDATA[I start off this episode sharing a bit about why I'm doing this series on festivals in general and the One Love Festival in particular, and why it's important. 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Levine regarding the nature of value itself, how any type of tokens of value are exchanged, especially the considering unique features of cryptographic tokens.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/proof-of-what-tc-25-logo-png-https-steemitimages-com-dqmakspcrbaygwkb9nnreaxdpnrxsie1lkoekdgpnbytyvt-tc-2025-20logo-png</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/proof-of-what-tc-25-logo-png-https-steemitimages-com-dqmakspcrbaygwkb9nnreaxdpnrxsie1lkoekdgpnbytyvt-tc-2025-20logo-png</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[john-ferguson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:49:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology & Choice #22, Eric Anderson (Eijah), on Stealing Fire]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the recent Texas Bitcoin Conference I had a chance to have a long talk with Eric Anderson (hacker-named "Eijah") about his new project, Promether. We cover his history, including a good delve]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/technology-and-choice-22-eric-anderson-eijah-on-stealing-fire</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/technology-and-choice-22-eric-anderson-eijah-on-stealing-fire</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[john-ferguson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2017 13:50:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFnNFKLegVvzmsrMAExSDXzsHdqwaiRdtn8u38sLE7MaZzvvqvXoe5HteNrYv6XUpodVn6oJraea5ZoBpbZtBCdzGPrsH9ssGZJkZsaSx7iqcgmUnhN2cJZbnM4m13dxG6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology & Choice #21, Joe Urgo on district0x]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our guest this episode is Joe Urgo, Co-Founder of district0x. district0x is an open source platform for the deployment of decentralized organizations, markets and limitless other means of organizational]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/technology-and-choice-21-joe-urgo-on-district0x</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/technology-and-choice-21-joe-urgo-on-district0x</guid><category><![CDATA[podcasts]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[john-ferguson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2017 12:48:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology & Choice #20, Decentralization and Biochemistry]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this fourth installment of The Hemp Corner, we set out to better understand the amazing biochemical relationship between the human species and the cannabis plant. To get very far we have to break out]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/technology-and-choice-20-decentralization-and-biochemistry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/technology-and-choice-20-decentralization-and-biochemistry</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[john-ferguson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2017 20:19:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology & Choice #18, Tezos and Scalable Decentralized Governance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Governance - the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something -- Merriam-Webster.com Those wary of the complexity, inequities and corruption of govern-ment tend to also be wary]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/technology-and-choice-18-tezos-and-scalable-decentralized-governance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/technology-and-choice-18-tezos-and-scalable-decentralized-governance</guid><category><![CDATA[tezos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[john-ferguson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2017 02:33:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwr62W1huhDPreSW19TyLoMcJhMccUeAPetLk5FNYyvAZis4s9bY3Hv3Z7Dr2GAybShFrKKDukUaro9b7DqhaYkBqRZUTx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology&Choice #16, Will Work for Hemp]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this Episode This is the second of what we're calling The Hemp Corner of Technology & Choice. After doing a high-altitude overview of hemp and cannabis in the first Hemp Corner, we thought it would]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/technology-and-choice-16-will-work-for-hemp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/technology-and-choice-16-will-work-for-hemp</guid><category><![CDATA[hemp]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[john-ferguson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2017 22:43:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technlogy & Choice #15, Ryan X. Charles, Working to Give You Yours]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this Episode The hope of Bitcoin enabling fast, frictionless micropayments is one of the promises of the technology that has excited us all. But it's been a long time coming and, especially in Bitcoin,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/technlogy-and-choice-15-ryan-x-charles-working-to-give-you-yours</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/technlogy-and-choice-15-ryan-x-charles-working-to-give-you-yours</guid><category><![CDATA[yours]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[john-ferguson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2017 23:27:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology and Choice #13, The Tech of Hemp, Our Estranged Intimate]]></title><description><![CDATA[An "Intimate"is someone or something that is not quite Self, but does not have the feel of Other. In this Episode We're very, very jazzed to be introducing a new series within the Technology]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/technology-and-choice-13-the-tech-of-hemp-our-estranged-intimate</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/technology-and-choice-13-the-tech-of-hemp-our-estranged-intimate</guid><category><![CDATA[cannabis]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[john-ferguson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2017 22:25:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[SAFE Crossroads Podcast #35, Viv Rajkumar, CTO MaidSafe]]></title><description><![CDATA[IN THIS EPISODE Viv Rajkumar is CTO of MaidSafe in Troon, Scotland. We go into depth about the development process in general, the development experience at MaidSafe, and then catch up on what's been going]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/safe-crossroads-podcast-35-viv-rajkumar-cto-maidsafe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/safe-crossroads-podcast-35-viv-rajkumar-cto-maidsafe</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[john-ferguson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2017 00:21:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology and Choice #12, Influence Says It All]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this Episode What is the most basic action in the universe? Influence. Technology is all about better directing influence, whether it be influence on the environment, the materials at hand, electronics,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/technology-and-choice-12-influence-says-it-all</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/technology-and-choice-12-influence-says-it-all</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[john-ferguson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2017 18:45:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology & Choice Podcast #11, Storj, Shawn Wilkinson]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this Episode Great talk with Shawn Wilkinson, CEO/CTO of Storj Labs, about the Storj network which is about to go live in a very big way in headon competition with Amazon Web Services and the like.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/technology-and-choice-podcast-11-storj-shawn-wilkinson</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/technology-and-choice-podcast-11-storj-shawn-wilkinson</guid><category><![CDATA[storj]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[john-ferguson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2016 20:04:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Choice Eaters]]></title><description><![CDATA[BEWARE THE CHOICE EATERS! Politicians and other shysters take up and use the Choice that others have abandoned, and they encourage others to abandon their own Choice so that it’s easier for the Choice]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/the-choice-eaters</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@john-ferguson/the-choice-eaters</guid><category><![CDATA[choice]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[john-ferguson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2016 18:03:24 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>