Dash Releases Software Upgrade in Sweeping Redesign

Dash Releases Software Upgrade in Sweeping Redesign

Labeling it “its largest software upgrade ever”, Dash has released version 12.1, codenamed Sentinel, today. The anticipated update sets to path a wider redesign of Dash in its advent toward unveiling ‘Evolution’ a decentralized payments system and marketplace that Dash says will compete with the likes of PayPal and Venmo. The latest network upgrade, Dash adds, will feature improvements to backend protocols, voting functions and privacy features and governance. Ryan Taylor, director of finance at Dash stated: We vastly improved the speed of our end user privacy features, improved access to....


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