{"id":36516,"date":"2019-08-13T01:37:52","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T01:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2019.dash.org\/?p=36516"},"modified":"2021-09-18T11:43:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T11:43:16","slug":"dash-works-overtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dash.org\/news\/dash-works-overtime\/","title":{"rendered":"Dash Works Overtime to Distance Itself From Darkcoin Past"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With an\u00a0eye toward alleviating regulatory fears, Dash\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/viewerng\/viewer?url=https:\/\/media.dash.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dash-PrivateSend-Position.pdf\">recently began circulating a primer<\/a>\u00a0which works to explain its privacy features.<\/p>\n<h2>THE DARKCOIN PAST<\/h2>\n<p>Dash founded the first era of \u201cprivacy\u201d coins when it was created by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccn.com\/evan-duffield-dash-darkcoin-dash-will-position-direct-competitor-bitcoin\/\">Evan Duffield<\/a>\u00a0in the form of \u201cDarkcoin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The name didn\u2019t come from its potential for nefarious purposes, but rather the notion of \u201cgoing dark,\u201d or at least not being fully transparent, as you are by default in Bitcoin, for example. A string of numbers and letters may not immediately be personally identifiable information, but it certainly could be.<\/p>\n<p>Dash offers in-wallet coin mixing \u2013 a feature which some Bitcoin wallets also offer.<\/p>\n<p>Dash Core is an organization with funding from the Dash network that works to ensure that the project has a viable future.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSince Dash is commonly labeled as \u201cprivacy centric\u201d in the media, it is sometimes included in proposed \u201cban lists\u201d. This is an incorrect treatment of Dash from both regulatory and legal stances.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Texas and other jurisdictions have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccn.com\/texas-weighs-draconian-cryptocurrency-regulations-with-mandatory-kyc-privacy-coins-ban\/\">discussed the idea of banning privacy coins altogether.<\/a>\u00a0In India, a gaggle of bankers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccn.com\/news\/india-crypto-ban-investors-cashing-100-million\/2019\/07\/25\/\">decided<\/a>\u00a0that the best approach was to blacklist cryptocurrencies. This is to say that Dash\u2019s fears are not unfounded.<\/p>\n<p>This reporter spoke to Dash Core CEO<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccn.com\/news\/dash-51-attacks-defeat-instant-transactions\/2019\/07\/12\/\">\u00a0Ryan Taylor in the recent past.<\/a>\u00a0At the time he clarified that the cryptocurrency is not a privacy coin at all, but instead a \u201cuser experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Optional privacy&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please read Full Article at:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With an\u00a0eye toward alleviating regulatory fears, Dash\u00a0recently began circulating a primer\u00a0which works to explain its privacy features. 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