DASH isn't trying to "beat" Monero, I mean look at the market cap. The market has already decided that DASH has "beat" Monero at this point and I really don't see that changing anytime soon.
What is going on is that DASH users fall for the basic Monero marketing tactics, many of which include posting constantly in the DASH thread. There are almost no DASH users trolling on the Monero thread because, why would they?
DASH users need to stop falling for the Monero marketing tricks and constant annoyances that they perpetually spew on to the DASH thread.
The only people who have anything to gain in a fight between DASH and Monero is Monero. Just like any small company directly attacking its market leading competitor.
You're certainly right about Dash having a higher market cap. There's no denying that.
However, it just seems that Dash is perpetually trying to be as credible and respected as Monero - they've noticed that Greg Maxwell, Peter Todd ets all are firmly in the Monero camp - even Charlie Lee of Litecoin has spoken out that it's hard for people to get behind Dash. So it just seems that Dash have sour grapes and are constantly on the attack.
Just look at the altcoin discussion thread right now. It's riddled with this shit.
Of course there are antagonists on all sides. What we need is diplomacy and PEACE. Enough of this war already.
I understand where you are coming from, and it would help a lot if the DASH users would just not respond to the Monero marketing behavior. And you are right, I'm sure there are antagonists on both sides, but it is at least 10 to 1 ratio if not more. There are literally thousands of Monero user's posts in the DASH thread, and almost no DASH users posting in the Monero thread.
The vast majority of the anti-Monero stuff we see from the DASH users is in response to the relentless Monero attacks.
Agreed but you have to appreciate the reason
why so many people criticise Dash. Many people were disturbed by the instamine situation and challenged it. There was mixed signals from Dash about the instamine and as such there has never really been a conclusion to the argument. It just lingers. So, in a sense it's an argument that revolves around Dash's credibility.
It's not fair to say that this happens due to Monero marketing, because Monero simply doesn't do marketing. It's just not part of it's composition. There are just a lot of people out there that say, "hang on Dash, you've told a big fat lie." I think that's what Charlie Lee was getting at.
You mention that "there are literally thousands of Monero user's posts in the DASH thread, and almost no DASH users posting in the Monero thread." This is true, but this is an unfortunate symptom of having a large and vocal community. Monero is big, and the bigger it gets, the more uncontrollable it becomes. We saw the same thing with Bitcoin (and even with Doge). Where there is passion, there is vocality and sometimes this causes conflict.
I think also Dash doesn't help matter by baiting and inciting the Monero community to respond. It's like Dash recognises the power of Monero, and so whenever Dash need a thread bumping up to the top, they'll deliberately say something inflammatory which will cause the Monero / Bitcoin communities to respond.
What we need is a Christmas Peace initiative!
I only have a couple disagreements about what you posted, the Monero users who post constantly in the DASH thread are not doing so because they are passionate, or because they want to protect newbies from getting scammed or some other noble cause they like to claim. People troll like that because they are financially invested and are trying to protect and grow their own investment.
Also, I don't think that DASH "recognizes the power of Monero", or even really considers them a competitor. The DASH team is looking forward at competitors that have larger marketcaps, not backwards. The "power of Monero" is that they have a few large investors, and an exchange that would benefit greatly from their future success.
Yes, the Monero users get some DASH users all worked up and in a frenzy over their non stop posting in the DASH thread, and they respond in kind, which is way more attention than any small marketcap coin deserves.
Don't get me wrong though, of the small coins that require a bit of scrolling on coinmarketcap.com to get to, Monero is one of my favorites. I have made some good money in the past trading it, but the block reward is way too high still and the behavior of many of their user base is going to ensure a downward price for at least the next year or so. I plan to buy back in somewhere around $0.10 USD at that time once coin emission is under control.
