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title: Dash Update 2015 - 2016
date: 2016-01-07 00:36:15.000000000 -05:00
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<p><strong>Dash Update 2015 - 2016:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Dash General:</strong></p>
<p>Marketcap #5<br />
Total of 20 Million $<br />
3.34 $ per coin<br />
<a href="http://coinmarketcap.com">http://coinmarketcap.com</a><br />
3433 Masternodes<br />
<a href="http://178.254.18.153/~pub/Darkcoin/masternode_payments_stats.html">http://178.254.18.153/~pub/Darkcoin/masternode_payments_stats.html</a><br />
(Jan 2016)</p>
<p><strong>Dash Strategy</strong><br />
<a href="https://dashpay.atlassian.net/wiki/display/OC/Dash+Strategy">https://dashpay.atlassian.net/wiki/display/OC/Dash+Strategy</a></p>
<p><strong>Achievements</strong><br />
<strong> Technical / Development</strong><br />
Stable implementation of the 2nd tier (Masternodes) with Instant transactions<br />
<a href="https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/darkcoin-now-supports-instant-transactions/">https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/darkcoin-now-supports-instant-transactions/</a></p>
<p>Organic Extension of Network (Masternodes / 2nd Tier = 3433 MN)<br />
<a href="https://news.bitcoin.com/how-dash-increased-node-count-by-40-in-4-months/">https://news.bitcoin.com/how-dash-increased-node-count-by-40-in-4-months/</a></p>
<p>Dash Blockchain Payment Split 45% Miners / 45% Masternodes / 10% Funding<br />
<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/dash-masternodes-now-receiving-half-the-block-rewardgit ">http://cointelegraph.com/news/114589/dash-masternodes-now-receiving-half-the-block-reward</a></p>
<p>Governance (Voting) and budgeting system on top of the 2nd tier<br />
<a href="https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/dash-implement-decentralized-governance-system/">https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/dash-implement-decentralized-governance-system/</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHklPfmHK_w">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHklPfmHK_w</a><br />
Voting: https://www.dashwhale.org</p>
<p>Electrum Dash wallet<br />
<a href="https://www.dash.org/downloads/">https://www.dash.org/downloads/</a></p>
<p>Apple iPhone wallet<br />
<a href="https://dashpay.atlassian.net/wiki/display/DOC/iPhone+-+DashWallet+v.0.8.8">https://dashpay.atlassian.net/wiki/display/DOC/iPhone+-+DashWallet+v.0.8.8</a></p>
<p>Android wallet<br />
<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hashengineering.darkcoin.wallet">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hashengineering.darkcoin.wallet</a></p>
<p>TREZOR Implementation (by Blockchain Funding/ Voting)<br />
<a href="https://dashpay.atlassian.net/wiki/display/DOC/Hardware+Wallets">https://dashpay.atlassian.net/wiki/display/DOC/Hardware+Wallets</a></p>
<p>Lamassu ATM Implementation approved/funded<br />
<a href="https://dashpay.atlassian.net/wiki/display/DOC/Hardware+Wallets">https://dashpay.atlassian.net/wiki/display/DOC/Hardware+Wallets</a></p>
<p>Dash Evolution</p>
<p>(3rd Tier, decentralized social data storage, social network functionality, an identity system, a decentralized API)<br />
www.dash.org/evolution<br />
<a href="http://www.newsbtc.com/2015/12/11/evan-duffield-explains-dash-evolution-social-market/">http://www.newsbtc.com/2015/12/11/evan-duffield-explains-dash-evolution-social-market/</a><br />
Proto Type will be presented in Miami</p>
<p><strong>Marketing</strong></p>
<p>Re-branded Darkcoin to Dash<br />
org domain purchase (paid from the blockchain by Voting System)<br />
New website coinciding with rebranding. More content, new design and multilingual (Chinese, Russian and Spanish)<br />
<a href="https://www.dash.org">https://www.dash.org</a><br />
+<br />
China Page (HK Hosted)<br />
<a href="https://dashpay.cn">https://dashpay.cn</a><br />
(not officially launched or promoted yet)</p>
<p>Creation of "What is Dash?" video and translated it to 20 languages<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0oNO3mbBE8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0oNO3mbBE8</a></p>
<p>Presentation at Barcelona Bitcoin Meetup<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGlF-XFb19E">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGlF-XFb19E</a></p>
<p>Presentation/ Sponsorship at Bitcoin Wednesday in Amsterdam<br />
<a href="http://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/event/bitcoin-wednesday-28/">http://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/event/bitcoin-wednesday-28/</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jw5Gk-iuy0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jw5Gk-iuy0</a><br />
(1+2)</p>
<p>Presentation at FinTech Amsterdam<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1aULmuIAQs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1aULmuIAQs</a></p>
<p>LaBITconf 2015 in Mexico<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsnWxeyPwkE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsnWxeyPwkE</a></p>
<p>Presentation + Booth at BTC Miami (Jan 2016)<br />
<a href="http://btcmiami.com/speakers/">http://btcmiami.com/speakers/</a></p>
<p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLQ3YwYL7-c</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Business Development</strong></p>
<p>Genesis Mining<br />
<a href="https://www.genesis-mining.com/" target="_blank">https://www.genesis-mining.com/</a><br />
(offering cloud mining services for Dash/ Mining X11)<br />
Additional merchants, for more details go to:<br />
<a href="https://dashtalk.org/threads/merchant-directory-listing-updated-oct-2015.3445/" target="_blank">https://dashtalk.org/threads/merchant-directory-listing-updated-oct-2015.3445/</a><br />
BolehVPN<br />
<a href="http://bolehvpn.net" target="_blank">http://bolehvpn.net</a></p>
<p><strong>PR / Social Media</strong><br />
Extended Social Media Pages:<br />
13 Pages (daily updates)<br />
4-5 Chat Groups (incl, Slack, Telegram, IRC,....)<br />
Now active and engaged in English / Russian / Chinese / Spanish / Portuguese<br />
<strong>China</strong><br />
Banner Ads on 8btc<br />
8btc Community/ Wallet download page / Dash Section/ translations (100% News)<br />
<a href="http://www.8btc.com/dash">http://www.8btc.com/dash</a><br />
http://8btc.com/forum-115-1.htmlExtended Social Media (QQ Group's)<br />
dashpay.cnready but not launched yet<br />
2 Chinese ‘Country Managers’ (paid by blockchain)<br />
Translating all English News<br />
<strong>Spain</strong><br />
Banner Ads<br />
Translation / Publishing News / Giveaway<br />
Extended Social Media (FB page)<br />
<strong>Portugal</strong><br />
Banner Ads<br />
Translation / Publishing News / Giveaway<br />
Extended Social Media (FB page + Telegram Chat Group)<br />
<strong>Russia</strong><br />
http://dash.org.ru<br />
Translation / Publishing News / a lot of community PR<br />
Extended Social Media (FB page)<br />
Wiki + YouTube (Guides)<br />
YouTube 502 subscribers 56,132 views 120 Videos (incl different languages + Subtitles)<br />
Dash Wiki (99% up to date, incl Guides, Videos, Explanations, Help, Q n A,....)</p>
<p><strong>General Info (Good Read or interview)</strong><br />
<a href="https://news.bitcoin.com/dash-goes-20-lamassu-integration-approved/">https://news.bitcoin.com/dash-goes-20-lamassu-integration-approved/</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqWjAGfegIQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqWjAGfegIQ</a><br />
<a href="http://cointelegraph.com/news/114589/dash-masternodes-now-receiving-half-the-block-reward">http://cointelegraph.com/news/114589/dash-masternodes-now-receiving-half-the-block-reward</a></p>