A Global DASH Toward the Future of Money (incl Interview with Ryan Taylor)

espite the explosive advancements taking place in the world of digital money, some in the crypto community have become increasingly disenchanted with Bitcoin.

And I happen to be among them.

My main gripe with Bitcoin is that it’s exclusively viewed as a speculative investment. This runs counter to the core intent of founder Satoshi Nakomoto who envisioned it as a peer-to-peer alternative to fiat currency.

For a little over two years, I used bitcoin as my sole means to pay rent, purchase groceries, and transportation. It was during this period of my life that I became acquainted with Joel Valenzuela, a New Hampshire resident who was living off of a cryptocurrency called Dash. We are planning to feature him soon on an upcoming episode of Money Monday.

If you are unfamiliar with Dash, let me offer a brief introduction:

Dash is a leading e-commerce and payments-focused digital currency, and a rising alternative to bitcoin. It is consistently among the top ten digital currencies by market capitalization and only one of few offering safe, decentralized financial solutions to real-world problems.

Dash has four attributes that are particularly appealing to me, namely, it’s portable, cost-effective, divisible, and fast. It can be spent easily and instantly online at merchants across the globe, at much lower fees than credit and debit cards.

With a committed development team and a unique blockchain mining and treasury model, Dash is the only major self-funded, self-governed organization in the cryptocurrency industry………….

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Author: WhatisMoney
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