<?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>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:11:03 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[How to Create a Malevolent Artificial Intelligence]]></title><description><![CDATA[From MIT Technology Reiew: The possibility that a malevolent artificial intelligence might pose a serious threat to humankind has become a hotly debated issue. Various high profile individuals from the]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/how-to-create-a-malevolent-artificial-intelligence</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/how-to-create-a-malevolent-artificial-intelligence</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rhyzome]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2018 05:23:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence Containment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Arxiv.org paper: Due to the “basic AI drives” mentioned above, an unsafe AGI will likely be motivated to falsify tests or monitoring mechanisms to manipulate the researchers into thinking it’s safe, to]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/guidelines-for-artificial-intelligence-containment</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/guidelines-for-artificial-intelligence-containment</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rhyzome]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2018 05:13:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inventing the “Google” for predictive analytics]]></title><description><![CDATA[From MIT News: Platform analyzes big data to answer plain-language business queries in minutes instead of months Now MIT spinout Endor has developed a predictive-analytics platform that lets anyone, tech-savvy]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/inventing-the-google-for-predictive-analytics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/inventing-the-google-for-predictive-analytics</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rhyzome]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2018 13:49:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Neural Networks Think]]></title><description><![CDATA[From MIT News: General-purpose technique sheds light on inner workings of neural nets trained to process language. Artificial-intelligence research has been transformed by machine-learning systems called]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/how-neural-networks-think</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/how-neural-networks-think</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rhyzome]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2018 13:09:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vyper: Minimalist Pythonic Smart Contracts Paradigm for the EVM]]></title><description><![CDATA[From CoinBureau: Vyper is a smart contract language paradigm deriving from Python 3 syntax and conventions and targeting the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). The EVM is a simulated global singleton computer]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/vyper-minimalist-pythonic-smart-contracts-paradigm-for-the-evm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/vyper-minimalist-pythonic-smart-contracts-paradigm-for-the-evm</guid><category><![CDATA[ethereum]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rhyzome]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2018 12:42:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Directed Acyclic Graph Topology in Public Distributed Ledgers: Nano, ByteBalls, IOTA]]></title><description><![CDATA[From CoinBureau: Directed acyclic graphs are a general category in graph theory, computer science and mathematics which essentially constitute a topological ordering where vertices (e.g., a nodes, tasks]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/directed-acyclic-graph-topology-in-public-distributed-ledgers-nano-byteballs-iota</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/directed-acyclic-graph-topology-in-public-distributed-ledgers-nano-byteballs-iota</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rhyzome]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2018 12:37:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Identifying optimal product prices via Machine Learning]]></title><description><![CDATA[via MIT news: New research describes a price-optimization method to increase online retailers’ revenue, market share, and profit. How can online businesses leverage vast historical data, computational]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/identifying-optimal-product-prices-via-machine-learning</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/identifying-optimal-product-prices-via-machine-learning</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rhyzome]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2018 12:27:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are now gold-backed cryptocurrencies for Muslims that conform with Sharia]]></title><description><![CDATA[From qz.com: That doesn’t go down so well with Muslim nations. In the Islamic faith, it’s believed that economic activity should be based on real, physical assets, not speculation; observant Muslims also]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/there-are-now-gold-backed-cryptocurrencies-for-muslims-that-conform-with-sharia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/there-are-now-gold-backed-cryptocurrencies-for-muslims-that-conform-with-sharia</guid><category><![CDATA[crypto]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rhyzome]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2018 02:39:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nano (NANO) Amping Adoption With Twitter Tip Bot]]></title><description><![CDATA[From EthereumNews: Tipping Nano (NANO) on Twitter to other fellow users just become easier using the Nano Tip Bot (@NanoTipBot). This means that the popular social media coin known as Reddcoin (RDD) just]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/nano-nano-amping-adoption-with-twitter-tip-bot</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/nano-nano-amping-adoption-with-twitter-tip-bot</guid><category><![CDATA[crypto]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rhyzome]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2018 11:13:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chainalysis, Crypto-tracing Software Company expands to cover more cryptocurrencies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Crypto-lines: Anti-money laundering software maker, Chainalysis Inc is expanding its operations to cover more cryptocurrencies as the demand for more secure transactions rises. Jonathan Levin, the firm’s]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/chainalysis-crypto-tracing-software-company-expands-to-cover-more-cryptocurrencies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/chainalysis-crypto-tracing-software-company-expands-to-cover-more-cryptocurrencies</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rhyzome]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2018 11:08:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bloomberg: Former Mt. Gox CEO Is No Longer a Bitcoin Believer]]></title><description><![CDATA[From Bloomberg: The former chief executive officer of the once-largest Bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, said he no longer is a Bitcoin believer, and sounded pessimistic about cryptocurrencies in general. “The]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/bloomberg-former-mt-gox-ceo-is-no-longer-a-bitcoin-believer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/bloomberg-former-mt-gox-ceo-is-no-longer-a-bitcoin-believer</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rhyzome]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2018 11:02:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introducing DAOStack: Decentralized Governance Platform]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introducing DAOStack — a framework for DAOs (which is a DAO) Decentralized Governance Matters: In consensus systems, increasing the threshold for consensus increases resilience but lowers scalability,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/introducing-daostack-decentralized-governance-platform</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/introducing-daostack-decentralized-governance-platform</guid><category><![CDATA[ethereum]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rhyzome]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2018 15:08:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ripple & Western Union Collaboration Is Big For XRP]]></title><description><![CDATA[via cryptodaily.co.uk: Now that the initial hype around cryptocurrency has died down, attention has switched to the relationships that cryptocurrencies can build with companies to increase usage. Ripple]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/ripple-and-western-union-collaboration-is-big-for-xrp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/ripple-and-western-union-collaboration-is-big-for-xrp</guid><category><![CDATA[ripple]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rhyzome]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2018 15:05:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wall Street rethinks blockchain projects as euphoria meets reality]]></title><description><![CDATA[From Reuters: Reuters has found several blockchain projects launched by major financial institutions that have been shelved, as development of the technology enters a hype-meets-reality phase. The casualties]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/wall-street-rethinks-blockchain-projects-as-euphoria-meets-reality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/wall-street-rethinks-blockchain-projects-as-euphoria-meets-reality</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rhyzome]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2018 10:53:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Cambridge Analytica Purchased The Facebook Data via Amazon Mechanical Turk]]></title><description><![CDATA[via NYTimes: In 2014, Cambridge Analytica, a voter-profiling company that would later provide services for Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, reached out with a request on Amazon’s “Mechanical]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/how-cambridge-analytica-purchased-the-facebook-data-via-amazon-mechanical-turk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/how-cambridge-analytica-purchased-the-facebook-data-via-amazon-mechanical-turk</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rhyzome]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2018 10:43:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Augur's Prediction Markets Platform: A Historical Experiment With a Long Lineage of Intellectual Legacy]]></title><description><![CDATA[From Cryptoslate: Augur is a decentralized oracle and prediction markets platform, built to conform to the logic of the Ethereum network protocol. Prediction markets as such are event derivative markets]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/augur-s-prediction-markets-platform-a-historical-experiment-with-a-long-lineage-of-intellectual-legacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/augur-s-prediction-markets-platform-a-historical-experiment-with-a-long-lineage-of-intellectual-legacy</guid><category><![CDATA[ethereum]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rhyzome]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2018 05:46:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beginners Guide to the Vyper Smart Contract Language]]></title><description><![CDATA[From Coinbureau: Vyper is a smart contract language paradigm deriving from Python 3 syntax and conventions and targeting the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). The EVM is a simulated global singleton computer]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/beginners-guide-to-the-vyper-smart-contract-language</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/beginners-guide-to-the-vyper-smart-contract-language</guid><category><![CDATA[ethereum]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rhyzome]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2018 05:35:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Malware attacks with cryptocurrency miners increased by 8500 percent, says Symantec]]></title><description><![CDATA[From techworm: Symantec, a cybersecurity company, have found that cryptocurrency coin miners have grown by a massive 8,500 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017 in so-called ‘crypto-jacking’ cyberattacks.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/malware-attacks-with-cryptocurrency-miners-increased-by-8500-percent-says-symantec</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/malware-attacks-with-cryptocurrency-miners-increased-by-8500-percent-says-symantec</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rhyzome]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2018 05:27:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Economist: New ways to trade data (IOTA and Fetch)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Second Economist Article mentioning IOTA: Another project, called IOTA, operates a similar scheme. Bosch, a German engineering giant, thinks that it could use IOTA to earn money from the data its domestic]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/the-economist-new-ways-to-trade-data-iota-and-fetch</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/the-economist-new-ways-to-trade-data-iota-and-fetch</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rhyzome]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2018 14:59:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monero: The Dark Web’s Favorite Currency Is Less Untraceable Than It Seems]]></title><description><![CDATA[From BoingBoing: In some ways, this is normal: security is a process, not a product, so technologies thought to be secure are often revealed to be defective in some way and need to be patched. But the]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/monero-the-dark-web-s-favorite-currency-is-less-untraceable-than-it-seems</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rhyzome/monero-the-dark-web-s-favorite-currency-is-less-untraceable-than-it-seems</guid><category><![CDATA[crypto]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rhyzome]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2018 14:35:12 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>