{"id":56755,"date":"2020-08-06T00:50:22","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T00:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2019.dash.org\/?p=56755"},"modified":"2021-09-18T11:41:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T11:41:39","slug":"dash-explained-what-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dash.org\/news\/dash-explained-what-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Dash Explained &#8211; What is Dash Blockchain &#038; DASH Cryptocurrency Token"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What is Dash?<\/h2>\n<p>Dash (DASH) is a cryptocurrency forked from Bitcoin. Dash is a portmanteau of \u201cdigital cash\u201d. Despite being forked from Bitcoin, Dash has several unique features such as faster transactions, privacy in transactions and decentralized voting-based governance.<\/p>\n<h2>History of Dash<\/h2>\n<h3>2014-2016 &#8211; Xcoin, Darkcoin and Rebranding to DASH<\/h3>\n<p>In January 2014, Evan Duffield forked Bitcoin and launched Xcoin, which would eventually be rebranded as Darkcoin. 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