Dash Spokesman Slams Bitcoin Paying Miners 100% Rewards

Dash Spokesman Slams Bitcoin Paying Miners 100% Rewards

Ryan Taylor, head of finance at Dash, claims the bitcoin blockchain’s practice of paying the entire blockchain reward to miners is faulty, in a piece on EconoTimes. He claims Dash, which allocates less than half its rewards to the miners, offers a more promising future. Taylor said it makes no sense to devote all of the network’s resources to a single task out of many that are needed to sustain the network. The article was written by Brandon Kostinuk, the communications leader at Vanbex Group, a crypto marketing firm that serves Dash. What Dash Does. Dash allocates only the amount it deems....


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