{"id":61963,"date":"2020-11-12T01:04:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T01:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2019.dash.org\/?p=61963"},"modified":"2021-09-18T11:41:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T11:41:17","slug":"darkcoin-to-dash-the-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dash.org\/news\/darkcoin-to-dash-the-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Darkcoin to Dash: The 5-Year Fight to Rebrand a Privacy Coin"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"sc-1t633a1-2 sc-1td8nyy-7 fEpSwJ\">Dash was an early adopter of privacy features. Half a decade later, it still can\u2019t shake its presumed association with illicit activity.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"sc-2xp71e-0 jdPsEW\">\n<div class=\"ktzkjh-0 dfZhmx\">\n<h4 class=\"sc-1t633a1-4 dxtAKn\">In brief<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>ShapeShift recently delisted Dash, along with Monero and Zcash, from its trading platform.<\/li>\n<li>Dash, a Bitcoin fork, contends its transaction protocol is the same as Bitcoin&#8217;s.<\/li>\n<li>Dash, now known for pushing &#8220;digital cash,&#8221; retains an optional coin mixing feature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zni0p2-0 cwUaXb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the spring of 2014,\u00a0<i>Wired\u00a0<\/i>ran a story titled\u00a0<a class=\"sc-18vyx5u-0 fAcnHR steem-keychain-checked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2014\/05\/darkcoin-is-booming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cDarkcoin, the Shadowy Cousin of Bitcoin, Is Booming.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0It was about a nascent privacy coin that was selling for nearly $7.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve never heard of Darkcoin, that\u2019s because it\u2019s now called\u00a0<a class=\"sc-18vyx5u-0 fAcnHR steem-keychain-checked\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/crypto-news\/dash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dash<\/a>. And although it was the first coin to integrate\u00a0<a class=\"sc-18vyx5u-0 fAcnHR steem-keychain-checked\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/29932\/bitcoin-mixers-private-using-coinjoin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CoinJoin<\/a>\u00a0mixing, its contributors say it\u2019s now no more a privacy coin than\u00a0<a class=\"sc-18vyx5u-0 fAcnHR steem-keychain-checked\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/crypto-news\/bitcoin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bitcoin<\/a>. So, when ShapeShift recently\u00a0<a class=\"sc-18vyx5u-0 fAcnHR steem-keychain-checked\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/47823\/shapeshift-confirms-regulatory-risk-led-to-privacy-coin-delistings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">delisted Dash<\/a>, along with privacy-first Monero and privacy-optional Zcash, the group that helps run the Dash network took issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve always had a fully transparent blockchain with all inputs, outputs, amounts, addresses fully transparent,\u201d Dash Core Group CEO Ryan Taylor told\u00a0<i>Decrypt<\/i>. \u201cWe\u2019re very proud of our implementation of CoinJoin, but there\u2019s no legal basis for treating Dash &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Please read Full Story at:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dash was an early adopter of privacy features. Half a decade later, it still can\u2019t shake its presumed association with illicit activity. 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