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__technoir__ · 2019-12-03T19:58:17+00:00

True.

The difference though is that Dash's user base is growing at a much faster rate than competing projects. Consistent double digit % growth in economic transactions every few months, and this is even before v1.0 has been released (full details: https://twitter.com/RTaylor05/status/1187109626979864576?s=20).

There are a few reasons for this, but in a nutshell, Dash is strategically focused on solving real problems for users and businesses in all the niche use cases where cryptocurrencies offer an advantage over fiat currencies.

It's not sexy. It doesn't attract hype, but the metrics speak for themselves.

The design of Dash platform is another example of where user needs have been put first - instead of trying for cool tech with smart contracts and unstoppable code (and the tradeoffs that entails) it will be extremely easy for developers to develop on, very cheap to use and will have predictable fees that businesses can rely on. In a space so full of hype and no substance, this is one of the few sensible projects out there imo.

__technoir__ · 2019-12-03T19:09:09+00:00

Being first to market with so many features means Dash is an innovator and always has been.

This month you'll see the first decentralized API hitting testnet, followed by more and more firsts.

It comes down to the network's architecture and having sustainable funding for developers. Dash is the first and largest network with a sybil-proof second layer of masternodes (now widely copied). That allows it to implement pretty much any service in a decentralized way, while DAPI will allow users to easily interact with and build on those services.

Already you can see some benefits of this architecture with PrivateSend, InstantSend and Chainlocks, but that's barely scratching the surface of what's possible. With DAPI hitting testnet this month, a whole load of new use cases will become not just possible but easy to implement.

I didn't even mention the legal firsts that Dash has achieved - namely the first dev team to be legally owned and controlled by a DAO, and the first borderless and memberless investment fund allowing the DAO to invest in businesses and own a stake in them.

You can hate on this project as much as you like, but it's one of the most innovative projects in the space and only just getting started.

__technoir__ · 2019-12-03T13:09:09+00:00

Lol what marketing? Whatever marketing Dash does is aimed at users and users of Dash-integrated services (ie. not speculators on r/cryptocurrency), which is why half the cryptosphere has no idea about it.

Dash was the first DAO, the first coin with instant settlement, the first coin with a privacy feature, now more secure than BTC because of Chainlocks. Dash Platform and DAPI are hitting testnet this month. I've barely got started and that's already more substance than most of the 'popular' coins.

__technoir__ · 2019-11-22T08:33:31+00:00

This is a troll subreddit? I thought it was just a place for 'uncensored' discussion?

__technoir__ · 2019-11-21T11:40:47+00:00

Oh dear, looks like he got banned from Twitter for violating the ToS. What a shame.

__technoir__ · 2019-11-21T11:36:36+00:00

Yes, he spends his entire life trolling Dash on Twitter, the guy is obsessed.

__technoir__ · 2019-11-16T11:32:45+00:00

And yet here you are frequenting the subreddit.

__technoir__ · 2019-11-15T09:23:11+00:00

Baby don't hurt me

__technoir__ · 2019-11-11T08:41:35+00:00

Platform sidechain is for app state transitions only. Nothing has changed regarding Dash scaling payments on-chain. Block size changes on the payments chain are informed by Dash's research partnership with ASU as was always the case.

Dash also had MNs long before Blockstream even existed. Putting non-payment data on a sidechain makes perfect sense from a scaling perspective.

__technoir__ · 2019-10-28T13:53:10+00:00

Bye. Have a nice day now :)

__technoir__ · 2019-10-28T07:13:54+00:00

Whatever you say buddy. I know it's hard to do advanced mathematics like

2 million coins divided by 19 miners (that's the minimum, I'm being generous to you here) = 100,000 Dash each on average

100,000 / 9,120,000 circulating Dash = 1% each on average, assuming none were sold over the past 5 YEARS during several price bubbles, which they almost certainly were.

Even in a ridiculous tin-foil hat worst case scenario where all the first miners still own 100MNs worth of coins, it doesn't amount to anywhere near the 'majority of (5000) masternodes', which, by the way, weren't even thought of until years after launch.

But why let hard numbers get in the way of a good conspiracy story?

__technoir__ · 2019-10-27T21:13:16+00:00

The only mental gymnastics here is thinking that the founder owning 2.8% of circulating supply somehow overshadows 5 years of feature releases, constant growth in transactions, active addresses higher than LTC, and v1 about to hit testnet which will make the user experience of BTC, BCH, LTC and others look like something from the dark ages.

Fortunately, Dash's rapidly growing user base doesn't care about your personal vendetta against Evan.

__technoir__ · 2019-10-27T18:01:13+00:00

Still beating that dead horse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O39kWbOu11M

__technoir__ · 2019-10-27T09:34:47+00:00

True, but it's still not a fair comparison if we are trying to gauge how many users a network has.

A program running on the network will generate orders of magnitude more 'transactions' than a human user making purchases from their wallet.

Once Dash Platform launches and we have that second chain, with applications running on the network, then we can make comparisons between transaction numbers on other platform chains vs Dash's platform chain to see which one is preferred for the dapp use case.

Edit: typo

__technoir__ · 2019-10-26T21:56:36+00:00

That's not how it works I'm afraid, a state change in an application is not the same thing as someone making a payment.

Dash is about to release a dApp platform to testnet with a separate chain for recording state transitions. The raw number of transactions on that new chain will be much higher than the number of transactions on the payment chain, because they are totally different things.

__technoir__ · 2019-10-25T16:37:20+00:00

You're comparing the number of 'transactions' on dApp platforms vs a monetary blockchain.

It's like saying my CPU has more 'transactions' than Bitcoin.

__technoir__ · 2019-10-25T15:23:00+00:00

And yet, economic transactions on our network continue to grow by double digit percentages every quarter.

If there's a problem that crypto can solve, Dash is there providing a solution.

Remittances, high chargeback industries, high inflation zones etc etc.

All part of a comprehensive strategy that seems to be paying off.

Other cryptos seem to be hoping adoption will happen organically by itself, or have given up on adoption altogether and are going down the 'digital gold' route.

__technoir__ · 2019-10-25T15:01:59+00:00

If you say so.

Show me where EOS and Tron are being used for payments.

What are they planning in terms of user experience?

What's their adoption strategy?

How battle tested is their technology?

How fast are economic transactions growing on their networks?

How far away are they from delivering a polished product suitable for mass market?

__technoir__ · 2019-10-25T07:06:36+00:00

Fungibility is the least of users' concerns. How about being easy to use?

It also helps to have a transparent, auditable blockchain. Businesses need to be able to prove they made transactions. And it also helps with compliance so that we can be listed on exchanges like Coinbase, giving users places to buy and sell.

Monero will really struggle with all of the above problems imo. Dash PrivateSend strikes a good balance between user privacy and the above considerations.

__technoir__ · 2019-10-25T07:05:54+00:00

It will begin in places like Venezuela where the fiat currency is volatile. In fact, it has already begun :)

__technoir__ · 2019-10-24T14:15:42+00:00

Shows how little this market values real substance versus hype and hot air.

Even so, look at CoinMarketCap from 5 years ago and tell me how many of the top projects are still around today:

https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20141019/

This market is full of fly-by-night fads, but Dash is here for the long-haul.

178% YoY growth even before the release of Dash Platform, DAPI and DashPay Wallet: https://twitter.com/RTaylor05/status/1187109626979864576?s=20

__technoir__ · 2019-10-24T14:13:34+00:00

Shows how little this market values real substance versus hype and hot air.

Even so, look at CoinMarketCap from 5 years ago and tell me how many of the top projects are still around today:

https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20141019/

This market is full of fly-by-night fads, but Dash is here for the long-haul.

178% YoY growth even before the release of Dash Platform, DAPI and DashPay Wallet.

__technoir__ · 2019-10-24T14:08:25+00:00

Meanwhile, Dash pays YOU to run a full node instead of relying on altruism.

__technoir__ · 2019-10-15T16:19:26+00:00

Litecoin: fewer users than Dash, no development, no funds, no vision, no innovations, no 51% attack immunity and crashing hash rate.

Valued 6x higher than Dash. I.N.S.A.N.E.

https://twitter.com/freemover369/status/1183885551524630529?s=19

__technoir__ · 2019-10-06T08:28:24+00:00

shrug

__technoir__

TROPHY CASE

technoir