In this article, we will analyse and explain what is Dash, why it was created, and how it differentiates with other cryptocurrencies. The first thing you need to know is that there are thousands of virtual currencies in the world. But one of the most adopted ones is Dash.
What is Dash?
The first thing to mention here is that Dash is one of the most established and important cryptocurrencies in the market. Dash is also known as Digital Cash, which is described by the company behind the cryptocurrency as a ‘revolutionary digital money system.’
Dash is a fully-incentivized peer-to-peer network in which miners are rewarded for securing the blockchain, while masternodes validate and store the blockchain to users.
This cryptocurrency has a specific and special feature and it is related to the fact that it has masternodes. They represent a new layer of network servers that provide a variety of services including instant transactions, privacy and governance. At the moment, users can purchase Dash in a wide range of crypto exchanges. One of them is Binance.
Masternodes
The way Dash work is a little bit different to the way Bitcoin works. In the Dash ecosystem, there are two different kinds of computers that secure the network, those are the nodes and the masternodes.
Nodes are in charge of creating new coins on the network, like miners. Masternodes, instead, perform specialized transactions including InstantSend and PrivateSend.
Normal nodes work mining cryptocurrencies, and once they get the reward, they sell the coins. That’s a very simple process. And this means that they are not loyal to the network if they do so. Why sell the coins that you seem to like? Well, here is where masternodes appear.
Masternodes work as the responsible group of computers that is in charge of cultivating the network, helping it grow and taking the important decisions. It is not mine and sell. Furthermore, the ones that decide if they want to be masternodes or not are the people. Nobody elects them.
Compared to Bitcoin, this is a very important advancement. Bitcoin is not able to solve problems, decide what to do with the future of the virtual currency, or think about marketing campaigns. Everything is a little bit messier (which does not mean bad). It is just different.
In order to become a masternode, it is necessary to buy 1000 Dash and hold them forever. This will give the user voting rights and other responsibilities. Of course, this is a very high price to pay just to be a masternode in the network.
Those who decide to invest an important amount of money in the masternode will currently receive $1,500 dollars per month.
Dash Around the World
Dash has different communities all over the world that are very active trying to spread the knowledge about this cryptocurrency.
Venezuela is one of these countries. The nation is suffering from hyperinflation and poverty rates rarely seen in other countries (90%). The minimum salary is just above $1 dollar per month, and it is almost not possible to make transactions using cash.
This is why Venezuela is one of the countries with important possibilities to embrace virtual currencies. Dash has been working in the country in order to offer shops the possibility to send and receive payments in an easy way. At the moment, and according to discoverdash, there are over 1,250 businesses around the world, and more than 270 are located in Venezuela. The United States follows with 255 shops accepting Dash.
Dash Merchant Venezuela business development head, Alejandro Echeverría commented about it:
“We are very excited about our results. In the first month we tested our strategies and we made a lot of improvements, right now we are in our 2nd month and we are affiliating approximately 100 merchants per week. We are aiming to get approximately 200 per week by the next month.”
PrivateSend and InstantSend
These are two of the most important features of Dash as a cryptocurrency. PrivateSend, allows the user to have a similar level of anonymity as when it withdraws cash from an ATM. Behind it, there is a mixing process that is seamless, automatic and without intervention from the user.
The mixing process takes time and it is important to do it before the user wants to make a transaction.
With InstantSend the situation is different. The intention here is to instantly send funds to another person in the world.
The process works as follows:
“InstantSend functions by setting a flag on the transaction, causing deterministic selection of a quorum of 10 masternodes for each input spent in an InstantSend transaction. The masternodes examine the input, and if a majority determines it has at least six confirmations, they then accept the transaction.”
Dash in the Cryptocurrency Market
Dash has an important presence in the crypto market. As of June 2018, Dash is the 13th most important virtual currency in the market with $2.12 billion dollars’ market capitalization. Each Dash coin can be bought for $260 dollars.
Back in January 2017, each Dash could be bought for $11 dollars, and at the end of the year, it reached more than $1,000 dollars per coin. In the future, it can see a price surge if it proves out to be reliable and strong.
Although this virtual currency has been in a bear trend since 2017, it might be possible for it to recover in the future. The digital asset could enter a new bull run if Bitcoin (BTC) continues moving higher as it did in 2020.
Team
Dash has an important team of experts behind, including Ryan Taylor, its CEO, Holger Schinzel, Fernando Gutierrez, Robert Wiecko, Philipp Engelhorn, and more. Each of them has been working on a wide number of projects and allowed the cryptocurrency to grow. Nowadays, the team continues to expand and include new and talented individuals.
Having an experienced team is one of the most important things for a crypto project to grow. This is why the team behind Dash is ready to offer some of the most professional solutions to crypto users all over the world.
Conclusion
Dash is a revolutionary cryptocurrency that has succeeded with the idea of the masternodes. It has interesting features like InstantSend and PrivateSend and the developer team behind is very experienced.
In the future, Dash could be adopted in many different stores and help individuals transact money in a much easier way. Nowadays, it has helped individuals in Venezuela and many other countries. Over the last years, other virtual currencies have expanded in different regions.
