I am a novice who has only just started trying to get to grips with the whole crypto thing.
Out of all of the crypto currencies I've looked at, Dash has really caught my attention, and so I've been binge-watching and reading as much as I can about it. The near-instant payment clearing, focus on ease of use, and the forthcoming capabilities all seem very exciting. Dash could finally make 'arcane' crypto accessible to end users like me (who's primarily looking for a decentralized equivalent to PayPal, rather than investment opportunities).
Seeing as PayPal-style usage is my primary concern, I ended up having questions about Dash usernames (as that will be an vital part of simplifying the payment process and therefore encouraging more widespread adoption of Dash among non-technical users). However, after watching a demo of how usernames would work, I was left with more questions than answers. The Dash username example given was "Allison", which seemed utterly ridiculous even to a novice like me.
So I did some web searching to try to find out more about Dash usernames, and I found the following post (which is what led me to this forum):
"grave-concerns-over-dash-usernames.30569"
The post linked above asked pretty much exactly the same questions that I was looking to get answered (and it did so in a far more precise and detailed way than I ever could).
I note that the post in question is over 2 years old, and yet it still does not have any replies. Can anybody please tell me if the issues that were raised in this post have subsequently been answered or taken into account by Dash developers?
From what I have seen so far, all Dash features seem to have been meticulously and carefully implemented, taking into account potential unintended consequences as well as allowing flexibility for unforeseen issues (so as to mitigate, or completely prevent, major upheavals or total re-implementations in future). But what I saw in the very recent (June 2020) official Dash demo, does not inspire the same confidence.
Out of all of the crypto currencies I've looked at, Dash has really caught my attention, and so I've been binge-watching and reading as much as I can about it. The near-instant payment clearing, focus on ease of use, and the forthcoming capabilities all seem very exciting. Dash could finally make 'arcane' crypto accessible to end users like me (who's primarily looking for a decentralized equivalent to PayPal, rather than investment opportunities).
Seeing as PayPal-style usage is my primary concern, I ended up having questions about Dash usernames (as that will be an vital part of simplifying the payment process and therefore encouraging more widespread adoption of Dash among non-technical users). However, after watching a demo of how usernames would work, I was left with more questions than answers. The Dash username example given was "Allison", which seemed utterly ridiculous even to a novice like me.
So I did some web searching to try to find out more about Dash usernames, and I found the following post (which is what led me to this forum):
"grave-concerns-over-dash-usernames.30569"
The post linked above asked pretty much exactly the same questions that I was looking to get answered (and it did so in a far more precise and detailed way than I ever could).
I note that the post in question is over 2 years old, and yet it still does not have any replies. Can anybody please tell me if the issues that were raised in this post have subsequently been answered or taken into account by Dash developers?
From what I have seen so far, all Dash features seem to have been meticulously and carefully implemented, taking into account potential unintended consequences as well as allowing flexibility for unforeseen issues (so as to mitigate, or completely prevent, major upheavals or total re-implementations in future). But what I saw in the very recent (June 2020) official Dash demo, does not inspire the same confidence.