News + new exchange

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   image: coinsquare_logo.png
   url: https://coinsquare.io/
 
+- name: Cryptobuyer
+  trading_pairs:
+  fees:
+  image: cryptobuyer_logo.png
+  url: https://cryptobuyer.io/en/
+
 - name: Dashous
   trading_pairs:
   fees:

_i18n/en/_posts/2017-04-28-dashfocus.md

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+---
+author: tungfa
+layout: post
+image: "dashfocus.jpg"
+title: "Dash Focuses On Use As Currency With 3 New Partnerships"
+---
+Three separate partnerships this week are seeing [Dash](https://www.dash.org/) further integrate itself as a currency for everyday payments.
+
+Gift card operator [BitCart](https://www.bitcart.io/), payments gateway [CryptoWoo](https://www.cryptowoo.com/) and Venezuelan exchange [Cryptobuyer](https://cryptobuyer.io/) have all added the altcoin to their books.
+
+“One of the most important things we need to do to help cryptocurrency adoption grow is to give potential users a strong reason to overcome the technical hurdles and start using digital currencies every day,” CEO Daniel Diaz said in a press release Wednesday.
+
+BitCart offers gift certificates for Amazon with a 20 percent discount for paying with Bitcoin and will shortly begin working with Hotels.com to add similar functionality.
+
+“Offering a 20 percent discount on Amazon purchases is a powerful incentive for new users to try Dash out, learn about it and most importantly and start realizing its benefits,” Diaz added.
+
+This week saw rival Bitcoin gift card business Gyft [receive scorn](https://cointelegraph.com/news/amazon-appears-to-suddenly-ban-gyft-user-gyft-refuses-refund) on social media for initially refusing to refund a customer who was banned from Amazon for using what the website described as “invalid” gift certificates.
+
+“Dash allows our merchant platform to completely eliminate the chance of chargebacks and it opens up more options to anyone in the world,” BitCart CEO Graham De Barra added.
+
+Dash will also become the fourth currency merchants can accept using CryptoWoo’s plugin, alongside Bitcoin, Litecoin and Dogecoin.
+
+Its entry into the Venezuelan [exchange](https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/cryptobuyerio-open-for-business-in-latam-starting-in-venezuela) market meanwhile appears to be a direct challenge to Bitcoin, the country’s interest in cryptocurrency [spiking](https://cointelegraph.com/news/venezuelans-rely-on-bitcoin-to-survive-disregard-fiat-completely) as its national currency devalues further and further.
+
+The press release even suggests Dash would become “a viable alternative to the Bolivar.”
+
+<https://cointelegraph.com/news/dash-focuses-on-use-as-currency-with-3-new-partnerships>

_i18n/en/_posts/2017-04-28-neocash.md

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+---
+author: tungfa
+layout: post
+image: "neocashradio.png"
+title: "Neocash Radio - Ep204 NXT & Ardor’s Proof of Stake, Spotify Goes Blockchain, DASH Commerce with CryptoWoo + BitCart"
+---
+<iframe width="100%" height="450" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/319665492&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true"></iframe>

_i18n/en/_posts/2017-04-29-afterparty.md

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+---
+author: tungfa
+layout: post
+image: "afterparty.png"
+title: "DASH AFTER-PARTY AT RUSSIA BLOCKCHAIN + BITCOIN CONFERENCE"
+---
+On 19th April in Moscow, Russia the Digital October Center opened its doors to guests and visitors from all over the world.
+
+Among them, there were blockchain investors, cryptocurrency traders, blockhain application developers, manufacturers of special equipment for cryptocurrency mining, cryptocurrency ATM manufacturers, representatives of the Russian state, etc.
+
+Alexey Gusev, (Alex-ru, Russian outreach and coordinator for Dash) helped to organize an after party event open to invited conference attendees at the Cryptobar Garage Lounge. This was done in collaboration with MARSE (Russian cryptocurrency offline exchange) and Predprocessing (cryptocurrency self-service payment kiosks and software producer).
+
+Alex informed me that the Dash after-party event was a great success that enabled investors, crypto enthusiasts and business partners to openly communicate and network.
+
+Alex was particularly impressed with Predprocessing that manufacture self-service payment kiosks and ATMs as they showcased a solution at conference (watch video above) with integrated Dash support. Predprocessing also indicated they would like to implement Dash InstantSend in the near future. Dash InstantSend is a feature that enables secure instant transactions and eliminates the problem of “double spending” which Bitcoin has fallen victim in the past due to having slow confirmation times.
+
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xl5YyO--UGk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+<https://www.dashforcenews.com/dash-party-russia-blockchain-bitcoin-conference/>

_i18n/en/_posts/2017-04-29-gb.md

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+---
+author: tungfa
+layout: post
+image: "gb.png"
+title: "General Bytes is the World's Largest Dash-Supporting ATM Network: What You Need To Know "
+---
+Meet Martijn Wismeijer, Marketing Manager at General Bytes. Learn the company's roots, get an idea of their distribution, check out their pricing, and learn the average time to see a return on investment. 
+
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pFAT1f3krYc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+TRANSCRIPT
+<http://dashdetailed.com/general-bytes-is-the-worlds-largest-dash-supporting-atm-network-what-you-need-to-know>
+
+SHOW LINKS
+- General Bytes homepage: <http://generalbytes.com>
+- Martijn Wismeijer on Twitter: <http://twitter.com/twiet>
+- Failed IndieGoGo campaign: <https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/akarel-android-and-arduino-hardware-platform#/>
+- General Bytes on GitHub: <https://github.com/GENERALBYTESCOM>
+- Buying Dash on General Bytes ATM: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnag0M4H2zE>
+- General Bytes BATMTWO: <http://generalbytes.com/batmtwo>
+- General Bytes BATMTHREE: <http://generalbytes.com/batmthree>
+- General Bytes opens Florida office: <https://medium.com/@generalbytes/general-bytes-opens-florida-office-b87b042e79fc>
+- Dash’s InstantSend makes it ideal for commerce: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJx82On8jig>
+- Coin ATM Radar map and charts: <http://coinatmradar.com>
+
+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/2017-04-29-vb.md

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+---
+author: tungfa
+layout: post
+image: "distributed-workforce.jpg"
+title: "Companies of the future: No CEO, no boss, managed by blockchain"
+---
+We can get rid of bad bosses once and for all. At least that’s the promise of a radically new type of organization based on blockchain technology.
+
+It’s called a [Decentralized Autonomous Organization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_autonomous_organization) and it has no CEO, CFO, or VPs.
+
+In fact, there’s no hierarchy at all. Of course, any time you bring people together in a group, there are bound to be politics, but it won’t be the “command and control” structure that most of us are used to.
+
+Admittedly, the concept of a “DAO” got off to a rocky start. The first big one, appropriately enough called “the DAO” [was hacked, and tens of millions of dollars were placed at risk](http://www.coindesk.com/understanding-dao-hack-journalists/).
+
+While that was a very inauspicious start to a cool idea, let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater. After all, [the Wright brothers didn’t get very far off the ground on their first few attempts either](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers).
+
+What a DAO is
+
+A DAO is a combination of computer code, a blockchain, smart contracts, and people. (Well, people, for now, at least, but that’s a topic for a different post.)
+
+The founders of a DAO set up the basic governance rules of how it will work. For one example, see how Fermat explains it [here](https://medium.com/@luisfernandomolina/fermat-distributed-governance-model-1d90538d1bbc).
+
+The DAO has stakeholders who own tokens that represent a share in the performance of the DAO. Essentially, what those stakeholders want is an increase in the value of their tokens as reflected by increased demand.
+
+Without getting into the legal aspects of it, a DAO has “shareholders.”
+
+But here’s where things get different
+
+How a DAO is different
+
+Instead of a board of directors or senior executives, the token holders (aka shareholders) of a DAO have the right to vote “yay” or “nay” on any and every proposal facing the organization.
+
+There are some rules that a DAO institutes to make things as effective as possible and, again, that’s a post for another time.
+
+The bottom line is that, in a DAO, instead of being hired as an employee, you are awarded a contract on a project basis. The Fermat project, for example, calls these [‘Contribution Contracts.”](https://medium.com/@luisfernandomolina/contribution-contracts-2a63551b111d)  Then, after discussion among the community members, the proposal is voted upon and, when passed, work can commence.
+
+For a really strong overview of the actual process of submitting a proposal to a DAO, [see Leah Stella Stephens’ experience working with Dash](https://hackernoon.com/how-to-get-funded-by-a-decentralized-autonomous-organization-4d2430572bcb).
+
+How a DAO is a potential game changer
+
+After you submit a proposal to the DAO and the community members vote you in, you are off and running on your project, responsible for delivering on time and on budget.
+
+But let’s say you miss your deadlines … consistently. Or, even more powerfully, let’s say you behave like a total jerk to the other members of the community.
+
+In a normal “command and control” environment, office politics take over. Your boss may — eventually — have a “sit down” with you. You may eventually talk to HR. People grumble and resent you. Slow, inefficient, friction-filled, and sub-optimal. It’s a value destroyer for the organization.
+
+In a DAO, however, if you miss your deadlines or treat people rudely, you know what happens? The DAO token holders who voted on your contract simply withdraw their votes.
+
+At a certain point, your contract falls below a threshold and — poof — you’re done.
+
+So, the incentive for everyone who contributes to a DAO is
+
+Get your stuff done
+Get it done with high quality
+Treat people with respect
+After all, if you don’t do these things, your livelihood is threatened.
+
+And there’s another potentially huge benefit to this structure. Because the DAO is organized around smart contracts and value and not people and roles, the flexibility and agility to innovate is greatly increased.
+
+Businesses often talk about innovation and “looking to the edges for insight.” In a hierarchical organization, that’s really tough to do. Ideas from the “edges” are tough to find, tough to manage, and tough to execute. In a flat organization, the community can rally and “fund” the best ideas from anywhere.
+
+Bad bosses will go away
+
+We’ve all had bad bosses. Usually, the rank-and-file know the problem far before top management does. After all, they are the ones feeling the pain. It’s frustrating, and what’s worse is that bad bosses persist far longer than they should.
+
+In a DAO world, you don’t have a boss. But what’s better is that underperformers and those who are a drag on the organization are removed much more quickly and efficiently.
+
+Someone isn’t doing the job? Remove your support from their contract.
+
+Someone isn’t treating others with respect? Remove your support from their contract.
+
+What the DAO offers is the potential not just for better output but for a better work experience for everyone. (By the way, if you want a deep dive into this concept, go to [minute 43 of this episode of the Bitcoin podcast.](https://cointelegraph.com/news/podcast-jeremy-epstein-asicboost-catch-22).)
+
+The future of work?
+
+Just like the first websites that popped up didn’t give us a picture of what would become of the Internet (which is obviously still evolving), the first DAOs are primitive.
+
+But that doesn’t mean they aren’t the seeds of something significant that connects to much larger trends worldwide.
+
+It’s possible that, in the future, you’ll have 10 different contribution contracts to multiple DAOs that, collectively, pay you more than a full-time job AND give you the flexibility to do more of what you love.
+
+All without a crappy boss.
+
+<https://venturebeat.com/2017/04/23/companies-of-the-future-no-ceo-no-boss-managed-by-blockchain/>