News Posts + Team edit

_data/team.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
   email: evan@dash.org
   keybase: https://keybase.io/eduffield
   twitter:
-  core-team: true
+  dashforum: eduffield
+  team-title: Strategy Advisor
 
 - name: Holger Schinzel
   title: Quality Assurance, Automation, Testing
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@
   email: holger@dash.org
   keybase: https://keybase.io/schinzelh
   twitter:
-  core-team: true
+  dashforum: flare
+  team-title: Dash Core DAO Management
 
 - name: UdjinM6
   title: Core Developer
@@ -24,7 +26,8 @@
   email: udjinm6@dash.org
   keybase: https://keybase.io/udjinm6
   twitter:
-  core-team: true
+  dashforum: UdjinM6
+  team-title: Dash Core DAO Management
 
 - name: Andy Freer
   title: Evolution Team Lead
@@ -33,7 +36,8 @@
   email: andy@dash.org
   keybase: https://keybase.io/andyfreer
   twitter:
-  core-team: true
+  dashforum: AndyDark
+  team-title: Dash Core DAO Management
 
 - name: Ryan Taylor
   title: Director of Finance
@@ -42,7 +46,8 @@
   email: ryan@dash.org
   keybase: https://keybase.io/ryanptaylor
   twitter:
-  core-team: true
+  dashforum: babygiraffe
+  team-title: Dash Core DAO Management
 
 - name: MooCowMoo
   title: Development / Testing
@@ -51,7 +56,8 @@
   email: moo@dash.org
   keybase: https://keybase.io/moocowmoo
   twitter:
-  core-team: true
+  dashforum: MooCowMoo
+  team-title: Dash Core DAO Management
 
 - name: Fernando Gutierrez
   title: Multitool
@@ -60,7 +66,8 @@
   email: fernando@dash.org
   keybase: https://keybase.io/fernandog
   twitter:
-  core-team: true
+  dashforum: fernando
+  team-title: Dash Core DAO Management
 
 - name: Philipp Engelhorn
   title: Press & Multitool
@@ -69,7 +76,8 @@
   email: press@dash.org
   keybase: https://keybase.io/tungfa
   twitter:
-  core-team: true
+  dashforum: tungfa
+  team-title: Dash Core DAO Management
 
 - name: Daniel Diaz
   title: Business Development
@@ -78,7 +86,8 @@
   email: daniel@dash.org
   keybase:
   twitter:
-  core-team: true
+  dashforum: minotaur
+  team-title: Dash Core DAO Management
 
 - name: Robert Wiecko
   title: Project Manager
@@ -87,7 +96,8 @@
   email: robert@dash.org
   keybase: https://keybase.io/robertwiecko
   twitter:
-  core-team: true
+  dashforum: kot
+  team-title: Dash Core DAO Management
 
 - name: Timothy Flynn
   title: Core Developer
@@ -96,7 +106,8 @@
   email: timothy@dash.org
   keybase: https://keybase.io/tgflynn
   twitter:
-  core-team:
+  dashforum:
+  team-title: DashCore Developers
 
 - name: Nathan Marley
   title: Evolution Developer
@@ -105,7 +116,8 @@
   email: nathan@dash.org
   keybase: https://keybase.io/nmarley
   twitter:
-  core-team:
+  dashforum: nmarley
+  team-title: DashCore Developers
 
 - name: Jon Kindel
   title: Evolution Backend Lead
@@ -114,7 +126,48 @@
   email: jon@dash.org
   keybase: https://keybase.io/snogcel
   twitter:
-  core-team:
+  dashforum: snogcel
+  team-title: Dash DAPI
+
+- name: Pierre van Rooyen
+  title: 
+  description: 
+  image: 
+  email: 
+  keybase: 
+  twitter:
+  dashforum: 
+  team-title: Dash DAPI
+  
+- name: Pascal
+  title: 
+  description: 
+  image: 
+  email: 
+  keybase: 
+  twitter:
+  dashforum: 
+  team-title: Dash DAPI
+
+- name: Madeleine Shang
+  title: 
+  description: 
+  image: 
+  email: 
+  keybase: 
+  twitter:
+  dashforum: 
+  team-title: Dash DAPI
+
+- name: Marthinus Engelbrecht
+  title: 
+  description: 
+  image: 
+  email: 
+  keybase: 
+  twitter:
+  dashforum: MarthinusEngelbrecht
+  team-title: Dash DAPI
 
 - name: Crowning
   title: Core Development / Testing
@@ -123,6 +176,8 @@
   email: crowning@dash.org
   keybase:
   twitter:
+  dashforum: crowning
+  team-title: DashCore Developers
 
 - name: Chae-Pil Lim
   title: Core Development
@@ -131,6 +186,8 @@
   email: chaeplin@gmail.com
   keybase: https://keybase.io/chaeplin
   twitter:
+  dashforum: chaeplin
+  team-title: DashCore Developers
 
 - name: TheLazieR
   title: Core Developer
@@ -139,6 +196,8 @@
   email: thelazier@gmail.com
   keybase: https://keybase.io/thelazier
   twitter:
+  dashforum: TheLazieR
+  team-title: DashCore Developers
 
 - name: Cofresi
   title: Evolution Backend Developer
@@ -147,14 +206,8 @@
   email: cofresi@dash.org
   keybase: https://keybase.io/cofresi
   twitter:
-
+  dashforum: Cofresi
-- name: Alex Werner
+  team-title: Dash DAPI
-  title: Evolution Backend Developer
-  description: While his academic background is in Chinese Studies, Political Science and International Law, \"Cofresi\" has been working for 15 years with different technologies in the telecom industry as a systems administrator and webmaster, for the most part concentrating on client/server backends and database administration.
-  image: alex_werner.png
-  email: alex.werner@dash.org
-  keybase: https://keybase.io/awerner
-  twitter:
 
 - name: 0xfff
   title: Evolution Frontend Developer
@@ -163,6 +216,8 @@
   email: 0xfff@protonmail.com
   keybase: https://keybase.io/0xfff
   twitter:
+  dashforum:
+  team-title: UX
 
 - name: Joshua Seigler
   title: Evolution Frontend Developer
@@ -171,6 +226,8 @@
   email: joshua@seigler.net
   keybase: https://keybase.io/joshuaseigler
   twitter:
+  dashforum:
+  team-title: Dash Web
 
 - name: Quantum Explorer
   title: iOS Developer
@@ -179,6 +236,8 @@
   email: quantumexplorerdash@gmail.com
   keybase: https://keybase.io/quantumexplorer
   twitter:
+  dashforum: quantumexplorer
+  team-title: Mobile
 
 - name: Tomasz Ludek
   title: Android Developer
@@ -187,6 +246,8 @@
   email: tomasz@dash.org
   keybase: https://keybase.io/tomaszludek
   twitter:
+  dashforum: tomasz
+  team-title: Mobile
 
 - name: Chuck Williams
   title: UI/UX Development
@@ -195,6 +256,18 @@
   email: chuckwilliams37@gmail.com
   keybase: https://keybase.io/chuckwilliams
   twitter:
+  dashforum: ChuckWilliams
+  team-title: UX
+
+- name: Etherdesign
+  title: 
+  description: 
+  image: 
+  email: 
+  keybase: 
+  twitter:
+  dashforum:
+  team-title: UX
 
 - name: Lee Wong
   title: Evolution Developer
@@ -203,6 +276,18 @@
   email: leewong.dash@gmail.com
   keybase:
   twitter:
+  dashforum:
+  team-title: Dash Web
+  
+- name: Jon Rudd
+  title: 
+  description:
+  image: 
+  email: 
+  keybase:
+  twitter:
+  dashforum:
+  team-title: Dash Web
 
 - name: prtfw
   title: FrontEnd Developer
@@ -211,6 +296,8 @@
   email: mns_catdogmice@yahoo.ca
   keybase: https://keybase.io/longgamma_act
   twitter:
+  dashforum:
+  team-title: Integrations
 
 - name: Akhavr
   title: Developer
@@ -219,14 +306,8 @@
   email: akhavr@gmail.com
   keybase:
   twitter:
-
+  dashforum: akhavr
-- name: Mario Müller
+  team-title:
-  title: Security Specialist
-  description: Mario “Aswan” Müller has been active in the crypto currency scene since early 2013. He quickly became interested in the technical aspect of bitcoin and some altcoins. He is an expert at blockchain technology with emphasis on Privacy, Anonymity, Coinjoin and Darksend. He joined the darkcoin community in june 2014 and has been actively working on improvements for darksend since november 2014. He also coined the term “Dead Change”.
-  image: anon.png
-  email: aswan@dash.org
-  keybase:
-  twitter:
 
 - name: Alexandre Devilliers
   title: Testing and Deployment
@@ -235,6 +316,8 @@
   email: elberethz@dashninja.pl
   keybase: https://keybase.io/elbereth
   twitter:
+  dashforum: elbereth
+  team-title: Testing + Support
 
 - name: Slawek
   title: Testing and Deployment
@@ -243,6 +326,8 @@
   email: splawik21@protonmail.com
   keybase: https://keybase.io/splawik21
   twitter:
+  dashforum: splawik21
+  team-title: Testing + Support
 
 - name: Jeff Smith
   title: Network Operations
@@ -251,7 +336,8 @@
   email: jeff@dash.org
   keybase: https://keybase.io/coingun
   twitter:
-  core-team:
+  dashforum: coingun
+  team-title: Infrastructure
 
 - name: Matt Meek
   title: Business Development
@@ -260,6 +346,8 @@
   email: matt@dash.org
   keybase: https://keybase.io/itscrazybro
   twitter:
+  dashforum: itscrazybro
+  team-title: Business Development
 
 - name: Balu
   title: Project Manager
@@ -268,7 +356,8 @@
   email: balu@dash.org
   keybase: https://keybase.io/balu
   twitter:
-  core-team:
+  dashforum: balu
+  team-title: Project Managers
 
 - name: Alex-ru
   title: Dash Russia Coordinator
@@ -277,6 +366,8 @@
   email: alex.ru@dash.org
   keybase: https://keybase.io/alex_ru
   twitter:
+  dashforum: alex-ru
+  team-title: Testing + Support
 
 - name: Alexy
   title: Dash China Coordinator
@@ -285,6 +376,8 @@
   email: alexy@dash.org
   keybase: https://keybase.io/alexy_ys
   twitter:
+  dashforum: alexy
+  team-title: Testing + Support
 
 - name: Raico
   title: Dash China Coordinator
@@ -293,6 +386,8 @@
   email: raico@dash.org
   keybase: https://keybase.io/raico
   twitter:
+  dashforum: raico
+  team-title: Testing + Support
 
 - name: David Dinkins
   title: Writer / Editor
@@ -301,6 +396,8 @@
   email: david@dashpay.io
   keybase: https://keybase.io/ddink7
   twitter:
+  dashforum: ddink7
+  team-title: Testing + Support
 
 - name: Perry Woodin
   title: Advisor
@@ -309,3 +406,6 @@
   email: perry@node40.com
   keybase: https://keybase.io/perrywoodin
   twitter:
+  dashforum: node40
+  team-title: Strategy Advisor
+

_i18n/en/_posts/2017-04-19-WHYGOVERNANCE.md

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+---
+author: tungfa
+layout: post
+image: "Dash-governance.jpg"
+title: "WHY GOVERNANCE IS ESSENTIAL IN CRYPTOCURRENCY"
+---
+One of the primary sub-debates occurring in the Great Bitcoin Scaling Debate is the role of “governance” in a cryptocurrency. Recently this one flared up again, with Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream, declaring:
+
+[Alt desc](/assets/img/tweet1.png)
+
+What Back says here isn’t exactly novel: many Bitcoin advocates would agree, and the comparison to gold is a common one. In fact, that has always been one of the main selling points of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general: like gold, it isn’t controlled by any entity or person. For average, libertarian-leaning Bitcoin fans, this is music to their anti-government years.
+
+Further, if you look at the history of Bitcoin, you’ll see it was created in response to the failed planned economies of our world. After the economic disasters of 2008 in which the world’s planned economies took a beating, Bitcoin was a breath of fresh air: here was a currency that was free of government control. In fact, Satoshi embedded a message in Bitcoin’s genesis block in case anyone was unsure of his intention, a headline from The Times: “Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks.”
+
+Because of this foundation, many of Bitcoin’s top advocates, such as Mr. Back, insist that the cryptocurrency has no “governance,” and no need for it. But this exposes a fundamental misunderstanding of what governance is. Governance is not equivalent to state government. Governance is simply how choices are made. Every group, every project, and even every person practices governance of some form or another. For example, a person self-governs. She decides how she lives and what to do each day. (In fact, one of the great crimes of humanity is slavery, for it takes away the ability of an individual to self-govern.) A family practices governance as well – how decisions are made each day, how kids are raised, etc. Some form of governance is identifiable in every group, no matter its size. The local Elks club has a method of governance, as does a church or a multinational corporation. And of course communities – be they villages, towns, states, or nations – have ways of governing themselves. Even an anarchist advocates for governance – he just wants each individual to govern himself or herself without any input from others in the community.
+
+The comparison of Bitcoin to gold might lead some to believe that Bitcoin doesn’t need governance, however. After all, gold isn’t governed. And this is true – gold is an inanimate object that has no need of governance. But Bitcoin – like other cryptocurrencies – is not an inanimate object. It is, at its core, a software project. Yes, it is much more than this; it is also a system of money and a social experiment. But fundamentally cryptocurrencies always start as – and remain – software projects. They have developers who make decisions about the project: Should we change this code or leave it alone? And as such, they must be governed.
+
+Currently, Bitcoin is governed by the consensus of a number of entities of different levels of influence. Miners exert probably the most influence, followed closely by the core development team. Merchants also exert some influence on the project. Even regular users exert some influence, whether by their choice of node software or by expressing their opinions in online communities. However, Bitcoin governance is decided primarily by miners and the core development team.
+
+Of course, the ongoing rancorous debate about the direction of Bitcoin – with each side unable to implement its preferred solution – lead some to suggest that Bitcoin’s model of governance is flawed. It has also led other projects to consider other forms of cryptocurrency governance. Dash is one of the prime innovators in this arena.
+
+If you look at the origin of Dash, you’ll see why governance plays such a large role in the project. After all, Dash founder Evan Duffield originally created the cryptocurrency after becoming frustrated trying to introduce innovations to Bitcoin. He was unable to sway the small group of influencers in the Bitcoin world in order to implement the improvements he envisioned. Eventually he decided to just fork the code and begin a new cryptocurrency. His experience led him to incorporate a blockchain-based, decentralized governance system for Dash so that anyone could propose changes to the project. In this system, the owners of the 2nd-tier of the network (i.e., the Masternodes) are able to vote via the blockchain on proposals to improve or change Dash. The core developers still make the majority of decisions affecting the code (as is true with Bitcoin). The key difference is that there is a built-in mechanism to “fire” the core development team and replace it with another if the Masternode owners desire.
+
+If, for example, a split formed in the Dash community such as exists currently in Bitcoin, with two competing development teams vying for control of the protocol, a resolution could be found rather quickly and easily. Each competing development team could put in a proposal for funding their team, and whichever one was funded would be the official “core” team. This is efficient, decentralized governance.
+
+And, as with Bitcoin, there always exists the “nuclear option” – forking the code. After all, Dash itself exists as a fork of Bitcoin, and if a group of people were to disagree with the direction of the Masternode-funded Dash core team, they could fork Dash’s code and implement their own way of proceeding.
+
+Soon after Mr. Back’s tweet about governance, he followed up with another:
+
+[Alt desc](/assets/img/tweet2.png)
+
+Mr. Back is wrong here as well. The truth is that *everyone* demands governance, they just have different models for governance.
+
+Dash has embraced the need for governance and has decentralized it and baked it directly into the blockchain itself. After all, isn’t a decentralized, blockchain-based world what cryptocurrencies are all about?
+
+<https://www.dashforcenews.com/governance-essential-cryptocurrency/>

_i18n/en/_posts/2017-04-19-coincheck.md

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+---
+author: tungfa
+layout: post
+image: "coincheck.jpg"
+title: "Dash now available on Japanese Exchange"
+---
+Hello! Thank you very much for using Coincheck.
+
+Coincheck now support 3 different types of cryptocurrencies NEM, Litecoin, and DASH! With the addition of these new currencies, Coincheck now handles a total of 13 currencies.
+
+We added most demanded cryptocurrencies among our customers. You can buy and sell all of the currencies in Japanese yen (JPY) and Bitcoin (BTC).
+
+Buy and Sell DASH▽
+<https://coincheck.com/en/contents/buy-and-sell-dash>
+
+<https://coincheck.com/en/blog/3494>

_i18n/en/_posts/2017-04-19-cryptoninjawhaleclub.md

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+---
+author: tungfa
+layout: post
+image: "whaleclubdashtradingbase.png"
+title: "Dash added as base currency to crypto trading platform Whaleclub"
+---
+More news today for Dash as it was just announced the asset has been integrated as a base currency on cryptocurrency CFD trading platform Whaleclub. Previously, bitcoin was the sole crypto available as a base. The partnership means Dash users can trade oil, gold, stocks, forex and bonds unlocking a new way to make potential gains on the rise and fall of traditional markets utilizing Dash.
+
+Whaleclub, based in Hong Kong, has facilitated over $1.5 billion USD in trades since its inception last year and [processes about $10 million USD in volume every 24 hours](https://www.cryptoninjas.net/2017/03/27/bitcoin-based-trading-platform-whaleclub-now-supports-up-to-2001-leverage/).
+
+New trade panel.
+Whaleclub also released version 6.0 of its platform today with updates featuring a redesigned UI, ability to close all active or cancel all pending trades with one click, redesigned trade panel with recommended position size, access  to most recently viewed markets, sort positions by market, size, entry price, entry date, close price, return, and return %, quicker access to settings, deposits, and withdrawals, financing now levied on demo positions, just like it is on real money positions, and the ability to now mute and un-mute users in chat.
+
+VP of Dash Business Development Daniel Diaz said:
+
+“Whaleclub is a one-of-a-kind service. It offers access to trading traditional financial markets using Dash, opening up a completely new universe of options for our users and another great use case for Dash’s worldwide versatility. Not only will this allow current Dash investors to trade traditional markets like, stocks, metals, forex and bonds, it may also attract new investors that want to trade traditional markets but maybe find regulatory hurdles and minimum trading requirements on those markets too big of a challenge to overcome.”
+
+“Whaleclub is like a futures exchange where people can speculate on the performance of traditional markets and look for short term or long term margins. It’s a very original product that will most certainly draw more Dash users, and we are excited to build a long-term partnership with the professional and transparent team at Whaleclub.”
+
+With the integration now complete, Dash users can sign up to Whaleclub and trade against more than 50 different assets, withdraw earnings as they arise, let their investment grow, or simply add more Dash to trade larger amounts. [Leveraged trading up to 200x](https://www.cryptoninjas.net/2017/03/27/bitcoin-based-trading-platform-whaleclub-now-supports-up-to-2001-leverage/) is also available.
+
+Chief Product Officer at Whaleclub Ian Glindro said:
+
+“We were impressed with Dash’s payment network growth, innovation, and DAO structure, so when the Dash team approached us about a potential partnership and Whaleclub integration, we were very excited to get that built. Dash users can now sign up to Whaleclub with just an email (no ID verification) from anywhere in the world, deposit Dash, and start trading within minutes. We expect strong demand as the Dash ecosystem continues to grow globally and investors look for a capable and ambitious Bitcoin alternative.”
+
+“We operate an internal matching model powered by digital currency only. We’re not bogged down by liquidity issues or antiquated fiat processes, and this gives us a lot of room to innovate. We are seeing fast adoption in Asia because demand for digital currency is on the rise, particularly in Japan, Korea, and China.”
+
+“Dash has shown healthy signs of growth and is starting to command mindshare in Asia. Further internationalization efforts by the Dash team will likely accelerate that growth because exchange and trading services will serve as a beachhead for Dash in the Asian market.”
+
+Whaleclub matches trades internally at no cost to traders. There are no executions fees, orders are filled in 1 click instead of tranches (no slippage), and stop and take-profit orders execute at the prices set, reducing risk and trading costs as compared to a traditional order book exchange.
+
+<https://www.cryptoninjas.net/2017/04/18/dash-added-base-currency-crypto-trading-platform-whaleclub/>

_i18n/en/_posts/2017-04-19-governance.md

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+---
+author: tungfa
+layout: post
+image: "detailedgovernance.png"
+title: "How Dash's 'PrivateSend' Works Under the Hood"
+---
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vgCId3wJc5Y" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+How, exactly, does the masternode network enable private transactions on Dash digital ledger? From fund denomination, to session IDs, to return of collateral, Amanda B. Johnson explains the full process in her classic whiteboard style. 
+
+SHOW LINKS
+
+- PrivateSend info: <http://dash.org/darksend>
+- Dash Evolution: <http://dash.org/evolution>
+- Dash Evolution preview video: <https://youtu.be/7J4m04Tkfb4>
+
+GET SOCIAL + LEARN MORE
+
+- Dash Slack / Forum / Reddit: <http://dashnation.com/chat>
+- DASH: Detailed Homepage: <http://dashdetailed.com>
+- DASH: Detailed Twitter: <http://twitter.com/dashdetailed>
+- Dash Homepage: <http://dash.org>
+- Dash Twitter: <http://twitter.com/dashpay>

_i18n/en/_posts/2017-04-20-DASHADDED.md

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+---
+author: tungfa
+layout: post
+image: "whaleclub-coincheck-add-dash.jpg"
+title: "DASH ADDED TO WHALECLUB AND COINCHECK"
+---
+Dash was added to trading platforms Whaleclub and Coincheck this week.
+
+Whaleclub is a trading platform that allows users to trade cryptocurrency against more traditional investments, such as oil, gold, stocks, etc. Daniel Diaz, Dash’s Vice President of Business Development, sees this integration as opening new doors for Dash:
+
+“Whaleclub is a one-of-a-kind service. It offers access to trade traditional financial markets using Dash, opening up a completely new universe of options for our users and another great use case for Dash’s worldwide versatility. Not only will this allow current Dash investors to trade traditional markets like, stocks, metals, forex and bonds, it may also attract new investors that want to trade traditional markets but maybe find regulatory hurdles and minimum trading requirements on those markets too big of a challenge to overcome.”
+Dash was also added by Tokyo-based exchange Coincheck, which also added support for both Litecoin and NEM.
+
+Recent surge of integrations continues to add up
+
+These latest additions to Dash-supporting platforms continues a recent trend of business, wallet, and exchange integrations. Earlier this month, cryptocurrency exchange Kraken added Dash, both Bitcoin and fiat trading pairs, as well as InstantSend functionality, allowing for near-instant withdrawals. European exchange BitPanda also recently added Dash.
+
+This week, multi-coin multi-platform wallet Jaxx re-added Dash to its iPhone wallet. Previously, Apple had banned Dash wallets from the App Store entirely, leaving iPhone users with no mobile Dash option at all. The re-addition into Jaxx changes that, making Dash available to use for all mobile users.
+
+Dash can “cheat the system” with integrations
+
+What sets Dash apart from other cryptocurrencies as far as claiming business integrations is the ability to leverage the treasury to offset costs. Dash’s treasury allows for a portion of the new coin supply to be allocated for community projects, and this in some cases includes incentivizing businesses to accept Dash by assisting with development workload and costs. Notable recent examples of this approach include Wall of Coins and Kraken, both of which included InstantSend functionality for transactions, and as such took Dash’s help for the extra work involved.
+
+This approach allows Dash to jump ahead of other coins, gaining integrations sooner than cryptocurrencies without a similar treasury system. This means Dash is “punching out of its weight class,” competing on even ground with cryptocurrencies that boast a longer history and larger market cap.
+
+<https://www.dashforcenews.com/dash-added-whaleclub-coincheck/>