{"id":13900,"date":"2018-07-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2019.dash.org\/2018\/07\/08\/what-is-dash-the-optimized-bitcoin-fast-and-cheap-transfers\/"},"modified":"2021-09-18T11:37:02","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T11:37:02","slug":"cheapandfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dash.org\/news\/cheapandfast\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Dash? The Optimized Bitcoin \u2014 Fast and Cheap Transfers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview<\/h2>\n

Dash<\/a> (DSH), like Bitcoin Cash<\/a> and Litecoin<\/a>, aspires to be a common currency, one that can be spent or saved like any fiat currency. It emerged in 2014, before the boom of cryptocurrencies and so-called \u201caltcoins\u201d, and has slowly built a stable market presence within the top ten tokens by market capitalization.<\/p>\n

Dash was originally conceived by Evan Duffield<\/a>, who used Bitcoin<\/a>\u2019s source code to create his own coin, originally called Xcoin. Later it was named Darkcoin in reference to its privacy features, and then eventually settled on Dash, which is short for \u201cDigital Cash\u201d.<\/p>\n

Purpose<\/h2>\n

Dash simply aspires to be a global digital currency, accepted at any and every store, restaurant, or place of business, online or off. It was conceived to do exactly what Bitcoin originally promised to be, a peer to peer currency, the only difference being technological improvements to provide more speed, security, and privacy.<\/p>\n

Technical<\/h2>\n

Dash sought to solve perceived problems with Bitcoin, and those solutions are the core of what constitutes Dash\u2019s differentiating features. One is increased privacy, by use of a built-in transaction mixing system called PrivateSend. This system breaks transactions into preset increments of 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, 100, or 1000 Dash. These denominations are mixed with increments within transactions made by other users so that they are in essence shuffled in between senders and recipients. This makes it hard to trace the history of any Dash amount, preserving the privacy of users.<\/p>\n

Another feature is a built-in system of governance by using masternodes. Bitcoin, according to Dash supporters, was a great technological revolution but has no methodology in place for participating developers or users to direct the course of the evolution of Bitcoin. If there is \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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