{"id":63300,"date":"2020-12-03T21:17:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T21:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2019.dash.org\/?p=63300"},"modified":"2021-09-18T11:35:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T11:35:54","slug":"swaps-are-understanding-the-power-purpose-of-swaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dash.org\/news\/swaps-are-understanding-the-power-purpose-of-swaps\/","title":{"rendered":"Swaps Are\u2026 ? Understanding the Power & Purpose of Swaps"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you know, when purchasing a good or service for cash, you are swapping cash for your desired item or service. Such as the name implies, a \u201cSwap\u201d most often means to \u2018exchange one item or service of value, for another (or many) item or service of value (of equivalent value)\u2019. Similarly, in cryptocurrency, a \u201cSwap\u201d refers to exchanging one cryptocurrency you hold for the equivalent value of another cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n

To complete a Swap, most likely you will use a (normally centralized) service. This is similar to a trade, with the primary difference being that zero fiat currency is involved. Instead, the trade is of cryptocurrencies. During a Swap, you pay with an alternative cryptocurrency different (other) than the crypto you will purchase.<\/p>\n

When you purchase a cryptocurrency through a trade (whether on an Exchange or through a Broker), you can pay for your cryptocurrency purchase with a \u201clocal\u201d government-issued currency for a particular cryptocurrency (Example: USD, EUR, JPY, etc.).<\/p>\n

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Example and Description: When you have 1 Bitcoin (BTC), and would like Dash<\/i> (DASH), one option you can exercise is to visit a Dash FastPass<\/i> partner (like Liquid<\/i>).<\/p>\n

The steps that follow will illustrate how-to swap your Bitcoin for Dash<\/i>, without having to take multiple steps of selling your Bitcoin for fiat.\u00a0 Then, you would purchase Dash<\/i> with the fiat received for your Bitcoin. Every transaction carries fees, so Swapping helps reduce your cost to switch over to another currency.<\/p>\n

Step-by-Step: How to Conduct a Swap Transaction<\/h3>\n
To conduct a Swap transaction, we will utilize the Liquid<\/i> Swap service to guide us and make it simple.<\/h5>\n

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Step 1<\/b> is to Sign-up at Liquid<\/i>.\u00a0 If you already have an account, continue to Step 2.<\/p>\n