Topic: Dash Discussion Thread - page 15. (Read 11458 times)

The DASH core v0.14 is the one that claims to be 51%-attack-resistant is amazing version, but it is just on theory and it takes time for DASH to demonstrates its power to fight against 51 % attacks. I believe in DASH and this version,
but it takes time for us to see failures of coming 51%-attack-efforts on DASH network.

VegaWallet partnering with Dash to utilize some of the first Evolution integrations

Both consumers and merchants are ideally looking to make their transactions as quickly as possible while also saving money and still getting what they want. Thus, it makes sense
to use Dash to be able to quickly convert cash into Dash, in-store at the CoVault ATM, and then quickly turn around and spend that Dash at the VegaWallet PoS device, all while having
each transaction being fully recognized as valid. Dash’s latest upgrade with automatic InstantSend makes this quick and inexpensive secure transaction possible. VegaWallet CEO, Tarek Hajri,
explains the benefits of this feature.

“We are excited to work with Covault on increasing the presence of cryptocurrency remittance for businesses that need it the most. We feel the partnership will open new avenues for greater transaction liquidity.
Payments with Dash and other supported assets are the future of business.”

It seems to me that Dash has not yet fully opened.  Because I'm sure that it can be much more than it shows now.

Dash Core Group is pleased to share that Dash Core v0.14.0 binaries are released and ready for deployment on mainnet by node operators.

This software release focuses on improving the user experience while increasing network security. Highlights of this release include:

Long-Living Masternode Quorums (“LLMQs”), which will increase scalability through improved consensus and expand the universe of potential use cases of the network.
LLMQ-Based ChainLocks, which leverage LLMQs to improve network security by mitigating 51% mining attacks.
LLMQ-Based InstantSend, using LLMQs to not only improve network scalability, but in combination with ChainLocks will allow for secure, real-time payments.

This release represents a major step towards making Dash the most user-friendly blockchain based payment system in the world. Long wait times make it hard for today’s
crypto networks to truly compete with traditional payment methods like credit and debit cards. For a user trying to purchase groceries, for example, waiting more than a minute
for a transaction to process simply isn’t acceptable. Beyond this, once a payment is received, users accustomed to traditional payment methods expect to be able to re-spend
that received money immediately.

Other networks that have managed to reduce wait times have typically done so at the cost of network security by overly centralizing the authority over which transactions go through
and which don’t, creating greater opportunity for manipulation and attack. Dash, on the other hand, will provide users with the real-time payments they expect at an extremely high
level of security through the second layer masternode network. Someone who wanted to try to manipulate or attack the system would need to spend hundreds of millions in USD to do so.

In order to facilitate the development of this new wallet, as well as many other use cases, DCG is building Dash Platform, an application development platform leveraging Dash’s masternode network and blockchain. Comprised of two main architectural components, Drive and DAPI, these components turn the Dash p2p network into a cloud, through which developers will be able to integrate their applications. For our MVP release, the platform will primarily act as a Database as a Service, using data contracts to define custom data structures for applications, storing that application data on our masternode network, and notarizing that data via our blockchain.

Dana Alibrandi, Product Owner at Dash Core Group, further outlined that both Drive and DAPI will be written in written in Node.js and that “Dash Platform will be available for development as part of Release 1.0”. However, they “will continue evolving the platform, eventually providing developers with a full stack for development” after the initial release.

I skimmed the thread, so I apologize if my questions were asked or answered.

I love how Dash is aggressive in S. America.  So much of crypto is pure speculation (buy and hope it goes up, then sell to somehow else).  So see easy applications and actual retailers embracing it, is kind of the dream for crypto (or should be)

With Dash, does the blockchain/confirmations work the same?  Is there a risk for doublespend like bitcoin?   If paying at a retail outlet, are you made to wait until the transaction has a confirmation?  (I saw the video of the girl paying for chicken and it seemed fast, but I've done Dash transactions where it seemed like sometimes it can be a few minutes between confirmations)

The cryptocurrency with the most activity on its network was Dash, which saw a massive spike in usage in Venezuela,
where sanctions and inflation pushed people into using the fast and reliable Dash. The network saw a 58 percent increase in
the number of active addresses and went from 46,000 to over 74,000 in a single year.

From my observations, DASH has been in its bottom range in BTC pair, even its price has risen dramatically in fiat pair. It means that sooner or later, DASH will rise considerbaly in BTC pair. As qwizzie pointed out many times with price chart of DASH (one-day price chart, and in btc pair), we can determinantly invest in that pair and wait for coming Spring of DASH, in btc pair. As what we saw with bitcoin's flight, DASH can move in the same way, suddenly and significantly upwards.