A cryptocurrency, originally named XCoin, that was, as an altcoin, forked from the Bitcoin source code (protocol) in 2014. It is a payments-focused peer-to-peer cryptocurrency. It was renamed to Darkcoin then Dash (with a ticker symbol: DASH). It is a form of money that can be used securely both online and physically with minimal transaction fees. Based on the Bitcoin project, it was meant to provide a more user-friendly and scalable payments system.
Dash (coined as an abbreviation of digital cash) is an open-source platform that claims to offer a user-friendly, fast, and inexpensive coin. The value proposition of dash is its ability to move payments virtually anywhere, everywhere, to anyone for a minimum transfer fees (less than a cent).
It is also known as DASH coin.
