Dash is an important cryptocurrency with a long history. When Evan Duffield and his collaborators began the DarkCoin project as X11, he had assessed several issues with what he’s always referred to as “the Bitcoin project.” Privacy Is A Feature, Not A Single Purpose One issue he believed was addressable was the near-transparency of the blockchain. Using various “shuffling” features, DarkCoin...
Dash CEO and former Wall Street executive Ryan Taylor spoke out about the recent Wall Street activity seen in the cryptocurrency space recently, with ICE establishing a bitcoin market and financialization coming in from other avenues of the traditional finance world. Dash CEO Explains Why He Left Wall Street to Go All in on Crypto In an exclusive interview, Taylor told CCN: "I was led away from...
Dash Core CEO Ryan Taylor had a nasty surprise yesterday when his social media accounts and cellphone were hacked by "cybercriminals", who gleefully ran amok with his Twitter account in particular by posting vulgar and racist comments and harrassing Justin Sun of Tron. A thread was opened on 4chan, the anonymous online forum in the /biz section which is dedicated to business and finance. In it a...
While other cryptocurrency prices have been slipping, Dash picked up steam with the recent announcement of its Apple-approved status. After a long, complex back and forth with the technology giant, Dash Core has succeeded in demonstrating to the Apple App Store team the value, and stability, of their wallet app as well as the viability of Dash the cryptocurrency. To date, the App Store has only...
Apple has approved Dash as digital currency, reversing an August 2016 decision to deny Dash entry to the App Store for applications that integrate Dash, including the Dash wallet. Apple reversed its decision following an appeal. Dash can now integrate into any relevant application in the iOS App Store, including multi-blockchain wallets and Dash’s wallet, according to a Dash announcement. A Big...
Ryan Taylor, head of finance at Dash, claims the bitcoin blockchain’s practice of paying the entire blockchain reward to miners is faulty, in a piece on EconoTimes. He claims Dash, which allocates less than half its rewards to the miners, offers a more promising future. Taylor said it makes no sense to devote all of the network’s resources to a single task out of many that are needed to sustain...