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Dash is a cryptocurrency that is specifically made to be anonymous and provide quick payments. It was initially known as Darkcoin in 2014 and later renamed to Dash – short name: digital cash. Its initial objective was to overcome two convenient drawbacks of Bitcoin, the creators found: the speed of transactions and financial privacy.
Dash created PrivateSend, which mixes transactions to obscure their origin, and InstantSend, where transactions are combined to obscure their origin, and payments are confirmed almost instantly instead of waiting until multiple block confirmations are received. It was also the first to introduce a two-level network structure, which operates on masternodes; nodes that are holding a significant amount of Dash as collateral, and in return provide the network with advanced functionality, whilst sharing block rewards.
Once one of the biggest cryptocurrencies by market cap, Dash was especially popular in such countries where the currency was unstable. It has since lost some of its relevance in the context of the wider crypto market, but still has a following of devoted users based on its payments-focused offering.
Example: A customer in a nation where the domestic currency is losing its value rapidly makes a payment to a supplier in a different country, using Dash. The payment is made in seconds, the price is low, and neither of the parties needs a bank account or a currency conversion service to get it done.
