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     wallets-paper-header: Paper
     wallets-paper-subtitle: Paper wallets are a form of cold wallet and essentially a bearer instrument.
     wallets-security-header: Security
+    wallets-security-subtitle: Please secure your wallets by protecting them with strong, difficult-to-guess passwords and by backing them up in a secure place. Always choose to encrypt your wallet and any backups, because if your funds are lost or stolen, there is no way to recover them. If using a hardware (HD) wallet such as a paper wallet or keepass, please secure your "seeds" just as you would a regular wallet password. They are the only way to recover your wallet. For help on securing passwords, visit
     modal-platform: Platform
 
-    wallets-security-subtitle: Please secure your wallets by protecting them with strong, difficult-to-guess passwords and by backing them up in a secure place. Always choose to encrypt your wallet and any backups, because if your funds are lost or stolen, there is no way to recover them. If using a hardware (HD) wallet such as a paper wallet or keepass, please secure your "seeds" just as you would a regular wallet password. They are the only way to recover your wallet. For help on securing passwords, visit
+  payments:
+    title: Dash Payment Processors
+    hero-heading: Dash Payment Processing
+    hero-text: Quickly and easily integrate Dash as a payment method
+    payments-desc-header: Payment Processors
+    payments-desc-subtitle: 
+    payments-providers-header: Payment Processors
+    payments-providers-subtitle: 
+
     modal-header-vendor-label-descriptor: Wallet for Dash
     modal-download-action-button-label: Download
     modal-source-code-view: View

_i18n/en/_posts/2017-02-22-icevideo.md

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+---
+author: tungfa
+layout: post
+image: "2017-02-22-icevideo.png"
+title: "Coinfirm and Dash at ICE Conference"
+---
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u8GxFAC6bIo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

_i18n/en/_posts/2017-02-23-NetworkMonitoring.md

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+---
+author: tungfa
+layout: post
+image: "2017-02-23-NetworkMonitorin.png"
+title: "Network Monitoring Continues -- Important Sentinel Update Forthcoming | DASH: Detailed "
+---
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pRXFp7Ba3ME" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+Get all that’s new in Dash news: headlines, developments, price movements, network stats, and more. Host Amanda B. Johnson brings you DASH: Detailed.
+
+Hot fixes, cold fixes – we’ve got all the fixes you need here at Dash. Lend me your ear and I’ll tell you what I mean.
+
+Hi, I’m Amanda B. Johnson. 
+
+Thanks for joining me on DASH: Detailed.
+
+You may know that the Dash network is in the middle of an upgrade, from our former version of 12.0 to our current version of 12.1. Compared to how these things are supposed to go, the transition is going relatively smoothly, but there have been a couple of bumps.
+
+The first bump was identified and addressed this past week in the form of an optional update. Some users were experiencing an error while their wallet attempted to “sync governance objects,” and that bug, as well as a couple other minor ones, has been fixed in the optional “hotfix” 12.1.1.
+
+But now a second bump has been identified and a fix is in the process. I reached out to Dash Core developer Timothy Flynn for more information. 
+
+Timothy says: "We’ve been seeing problems with spikes in network traffic.We believe these are being caused by Sentinel instances on different masternodes essentially all running at the same time. We are preparing a fix which will spread Sentinel activity out across different masternodes at different times. It’s important that masternode operators update their Sentinel promptly once the fix has been released, which should happen by the end of the week."
+
+So there you go. That’s why enforcement has not yet been turned on. So if you run a masternode, you’llwant to watch out for this update to be pushed at the end of this week.Now to shift gears, let’s talk about this last week’s price movement. 
+
+It has been a banner week, you could say, with Dash currently trading at 21 US dollars and 30 cents. This is down a bit from a super all-time-high reached a few days ago of $23.88. Today’s price makes for a market capitalization of $152 million dollars. To put that into context, here’s the market cap chart of the last 3 months, the last year, and the last 3 years, since the beginning.
+
+Current price in USD: <http://coinmarketcap.com>
+
+In network statistics, today’s hashrate is 2.25 terahashes/second. Compare this to the hashrate of 3 months ago, one year ago, and three years ago. ASICs, huh? 
+Hashrate & full node count: <http://bitinfocharts.com>
+
+Also on the network, we have 4463 masternodes. Of these, between 7% and 10% have not yet upgraded to 12.1. Bad masternodes. After the Sentinel fix is pushed this weekend, that will probably open the network back up to the flipping of enforcement. So, if we have have to lose these roughly 350 masternodes who’ve not yet upgraded, that would be sad, but there’d still be more than 4,000 left on the network.
+Masternode count: <http://178.254.23.111/~pub/masternode_count.png>
+
+So, all this aside, there are a few cool new tools you might want to know about – four, to be exact.
+
+First is that there’s been a Dash price monitor released for Google Chrome. It’s a widget, and the widget can be tweaked to display various metrics and national currencies, according to your preferences, and the widget was developed by Alex Werner.
+Google Chrome widget from Alex Werner: <https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dash-price/acgkalgdbjdhcfofjhmogbkfgelmfloo>
+
+Next tool is — there is a new way to make treasury proposals to our network. The website proposal.dash.org is a clean and stripped-down interface that provides the wallet commands needed for anybody to request funds from Dash’s treasury. So this makes it the second easy-to-use tool after DashCentral.org. New proposal tool: <https://proposal.dash.org>
+
+Third is really more of a notification – that is, the notification that traders on Dashous.com now receiveemail notifications. Prior to this, traders needed to log in to their accounts to check that any new trades had been proposed or accepted. But now that information is emailed to them automatically.Email notifications now on Dashous: <http://dashous.com>
+
+And the fourth tool is for anybody running their masternode on either Trezor or KeepKey using that fancy Python client written by Dash developer Chaeplin. Chaeplin has recently added the ability for you to vote on treasury proposals using this same client app.
+Hardware wallet guide from Chaeplin: <https://github.com/chaeplin/dashmnb> 
+
+And as a final announcement, I would like to invite you to attend Dash’s first Open House. It’s set to take place on March 30th in Dash’s new office space at the ASU SkySong Innovation center. Speakers will include lead developer Evan Duffield, director of finance Ryan Taylor, and myself.We’ll be providing pizza, conversation, and a Dash giveaway. All are invited and those unable to attendwill be able to watch the recorded version, if they so choose.
+Dash Open House: <https://www.reddit.com/r/dashpay/comments/5uupgq/dash_open_house_march_30th_at_skysong_with_ryan/> 
+
+And that’s it for this week, folks. 
+
+Please let us know what you think about this sort of format, this layout, in the comment section below, and I will see you back here next Wednesday, at the same time asevery time — 12 noon EST. See you then.

_i18n/en/_posts/2017-02-24-Blockpay.md

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+---
+author: tungfa
+layout: post
+image: "2017-02-24-Blockpay.png"
+title: "Dash teams up with BlockPay to enable point of sale purchases in over 36 countries"
+---
+Dash, the fifth most valuable cryptocurrency by market cap, has entered into a business partnership with digital payments platform BlockPay that allows people to pay for goods in Dash, directly from the merchant.
+
+BlockPay, headquartered in Munich, is becoming increasingly popular internationally, particularly in Europe and Latin America because it enables Point of Sale transactions at no cost to the merchant and extremely low fees for the consumer.  With this partnership, Dash joins several other leading cryptocurrencies available for use on the BlockPay POS platform, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Steem, Litecoin and Dogecoin.
+
+“This partnership benefits our entire community and all future Dash users because adoption grows alongside real world applications. We found that BlockPay and Dash have very common goals and together we are educating people on how cryptocurrencies can often be a better alternative to fiat. People are really starting to understand that they do have the power to change lives”, Daniel Diaz, Dash VP of Business Development said. “Dash is a project that has been focused a lot on usability as digital cash, and we want people to have a similar experience doing both online and Point of Sale transactions. BlockPay has taken solid steps in this direction, developing software to make it easier for brick and mortar shops to accept digital currency seamlessly.”
+
+Dash has seen meteoric gains in value and trading volumes across January and February. As the network grows and increases its user base, Dash is focusing efforts on providing more versatility and flexibility in the way people can make everyday purchases. Users can buy products from the comfort of their home and office online, and now from hundreds of physical stores.
+
+Christoph Hering, CEO and Co-founder of BlockPay, said adding support for Dash was not a difficult decision:
+
+“We added Dash because we see a huge potential in the very active Dash community and in the underlying scaling technology of Dash. At the moment, Bitcoin has a big problem from a consumer perspective. The slow transaction speed, the high transaction fees and the speculative nature of Bitcoin make it very unsexy for everyday consumption. Now, comparing the altcoin ecosystem, many struggle with user adoption, high volatility and a missing business orientation. I think that the Dash Network is different, because it has a strong and active community, a great worker system funding growth and marketing plus an active development team that is building the right tools for mass adoption.”
+
+BlockPay is one of the fastest growing Point of Sale platforms for digital currencies and boasts a global Ambassador team of over 50 people in 36 countries. Each representative is working on securing the platform implementation in hundreds of convenience stores, grocery marts, gas stations, supermarkets, hotels, and e-commerce outlets. BlockPay also natively supports Loyalty Points, 44 languages, targeted advertising, eReceipts, custom Integrations, and soon employee tracking, tipping and C-IPFS/meshnet.
+
+“BlockPay helps connect the worlds of retail and virtual currency. Because mainstream users are less familiar with the cryptocurrency culture right now, it will be important for them to experience digital currencies, at least partially, in ways they are already familiar with. Point of Sale solutions that are helping retail stores accept digital currencies in ways the public is used to help build the cultural bridges we need for widespread digital currency adoption. We also want to see a greater adoption of InstantSend. The Dash InstantSend feature is very powerful for this type of application, as it allows for secure transactions instantaneously directly from the network which is perfect for Point of Sale situations,” Diaz said.
+
+“From a merchant’s perspective, BlockPay alleviates the electronic payment problems of high fees from credit card transactions, fraud, chargebacks, and rolling reserves, and provides merchants with a way to accept the next generation of digital currencies at zero cost. On the other side, BlockPay provides crypto consumers with the unique opportunity to use their favorite coins and wallets in hundreds of brick and mortar businesses around the world,” Hering added.
+
+Dash users can pay at BlockPay terminals by scanning a QR-Code or tapping their phone on the NFC-Terminal. The payment and settlement process takes just a few seconds.
+
+<http://www.econotimes.com/Dash-teams-up-with-BlockPay-to-enable-point-of-sale-purchases-in-over-36-countries-557984>

_i18n/en/_posts/2017-02-25-2-update.md

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+---
+author: tungfa
+layout: post
+image: "2017-02-24-2-update.png"
+title: "Dash 0.12.1.2 Released"
+---
+(Not Mandatory but encouraged to update)
+<https://www.dash.org/wallets/>
+
+Release Notes:
+- Dash Core v0.12.1.2
+<https://github.com/dashpay/dash/releases/tag/v0.12.1.2>
+- Sentinel v1.0.1
+(added internal Scheduler and bypass option)
+<https://github.com/dashpay/sentinel/tags>

_i18n/en/_posts/2017-02-25-passes.md

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+---
+author: tungfa
+layout: post
+image: "2017-02-25-passes.png"
+title: "Dash Passes Litecoin and Monero to Claim Number 4 Cryptocurrency Status"
+---
+In a major price surge, Dash has nearly doubled market cap over the last month, overtaking Litecoin and Monero to become the fourth most valued cryptocurrency.
+
+This week one year ago, Dash was the #7 ranked cryptocurrency with a market cap of about $23 mln. This number grew steadily over the course of the year, finishing out the year with a market cap of $69 mln and maintained #7 ranking. Over the course of 2017 so far, however, Dash’s growth has significantly picked up steam, exceeding $100 mln over January. This month Dash has risen to a nearly $200 mln market cap, currently with a value of over $27 and 0.23 Bitcoin at present time.
+
+Dash has gone up several rankings in the cryptocurrency charts
+Over the last several weeks, Dash has jumped three spots in the cryptocurrency rankings, overtaking Ethereum classic earlier this month and dislodging Monero and Litecoin over the last 24 hours. Placing it firmly in the top five cryptocurrency rankings, slightly behind Ripple.
+
+However, Ethereum maintains its place as the most valued non-Bitcoin cryptocurrency with a heavy lead, worth as much as the next several cryptocurrencies combined.
+
+Eric Sammons, a consultant for Dash, believes this rise in the rankings to be a reflection of market faith in its future potential as a digital currency:
+
+“As with all altcoins - and even Bitcoin to some degree - Dash's price reflects the market's belief in its future potential. Dash has moved beyond the initial stage of its lifecycle and has proven it will be around for the long haul. We can see that both in its development roadmap, which ambitiously aims to become a decentralized "Paypal 2.0," and well as its ability to update and improve, as seen in its recent successful upgrade to version 12.1. Add to that a proven governance system, and it's easy to see why people are bullish on Dash.”
+
+Dash’s rising popularity against Bitcoin’s scaling issues
+Unlike other top cryptocurrencies like Ethereum and Monero, whose use derives from providing different functionality than Bitcoin, smart contracts and a completely private Blockchain respectively, Dash’s features and use cases position it in direct competition for use as a digital cash.
+
+In this regard, Bitcoin’s scaling issues have posed a problem for some, with transaction backlogs and fees growing, causing momentary spikes of interest in scaling solutions such as Bitcoin Unlimited that aim to restore this cash-like efficiency,
+
+According to Tao of Satoshi, founder of the Dash Nation Slack community and a cryptocurrency vlog, Cash Alternative TV, Dash’s current rise is attributable to an increasing awareness of Bitcoin’s scaling problems:
+
+“What you are seeing right now is the realization by some people that Bitcoin may not offer the complete digital currency solution that they were expecting. Long delays in development, transactions piling up leading to long wait times and high fees, and the lack of governance mechanism has left a sour taste in people's mouths. Dash has implemented a plan to scale as a currency without encountering these problems, and that is starting to be recognized by the digital currency community at large. It is presenting itself as a more worthy investment and I am sure we will see further growth in time as Dash continues to prove itself.”
+
+Despite scaling issues, however, Bitcoin continues to perform quite well. Over the last few days, the cryptocurrency frontrunner reached an all-time high of over $1,200, edging ever closer to the price of gold, which Bitcoin may soon replace as the world’s reserve store of value. Its use in this regard has led to a flurry of peer-to-peer trading in restrictive countries.
+
+<https://cointelegraph.com/news/dash-passes-litecoin-and-monero-to-claim-number-4-cryptocurrency-status>