The inception of privacy-oriented cryptocurrencies like Monero, Zcash, and Dash, has revolutionized the way we transact on public blockchains. Whereas everything is transparent in Bitcoin, privacy-oriented cryptocurrencies obfuscate sensitive transaction information. Now, cryptocurrencies like the ones mentioned earlier, have increased exponentially in price over the past years.
However, the very existence of these cryptocurrencies could be threatened over the long term, as most governments have been oppressive towards the growth of crypto and Blockchain technology in general. The US has been cracking down on exchanges and tokens with the SEC, and it's only a matter of time before it hunts down privacy-oriented cryptocurrencies too. After all, the excuse of governments is that privacy coins encourage money laundering and criminal activity. While this is true in part, their main intent is to prevent ordinary people from gaining access to fully private cryptocurrencies like Monero and Grin.
Nonetheless, it may not be long before many governments turn themselves against privacy-oriented cryptocurrencies. Since governments want power over people's transactions, a privacy coin like Monero turns the tables against them. Hence, only transparent cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum will survive in the long term as governments support them in every way (as it's much easier to track and tax them).
What are your thoughts about this?
My thoughts on this : Dash is not a privacy-oriented cryptocurrency, as Dash provides optional privacy as just one of its many other services.
Other Dash services / Dash focus points :
* providing fast, low cost and secure transactions (secure in the sense of protection against double spending and immediately spendable)
* setting up and supporting global on-the-ground teams in those countries that struggle with their own traditional payment system (Venezuela, Colombia) or where high operational costs occur
(intermittances & legal cannabis markets)
* providing incentives and requirements to keep its full nodes online 24/7 (also known as its masternode network)
* having a decentralized governance and budget system in place, which allows Dash to operate and pay its developers even in a bearmarket
* active protection against 51% attacks on its network, through ChainLocks
* developing Dash Platform, Dash Decentralized API, Dash Drive and more user-friendly wallets for users and merchants. All combined will provide Dash with more use cases, more users and more merchants.
The number of Dash PrivateSend transactions is actually very low, compared with Dash normal transactions.
Link :
https://dashradar.com/chartshttps://dashnews.org/private-bitcoin-transactions-over-double-all-privacy-focused-cryptocurrencies-combined/Dash may have been privacy-orientated in its early years, but Dash has certainly evolved since then.