Dash has been one of the world’s most popular cryptocurrencies for investors ever since its inception in early 2017. That is largely because of its impressive transaction speed, which compares very favourably against Bitcoin, and other cryptos.
Evan Duffield designed Dash – initially called XCoin and then Darkcoin, briefly, before its current name stuck in March 2014 – for its pace and anonymity. Specifically, it was Dash’s processing time that made it an immediate hit in the crypto community, according to Ryan Taylor, who took over from Mr. Duffield as the project’s Chief Executive Officer in April 2017.