I asked a question in the DASH thread relating to future development and below was the best answer I received:
I really like the marketing efforts of DASH both at conferences and on social media. Translations also have been very helpful in reaching new markets.
Is there some way that more funds can be directed to development this year (in addition to not instead of marketing). DASH is doing great on the marketing from but seems to be falling further and further behind in terms of privacy tech. Darksend cannot be compared (from a privacy standpoint) to CrytoNote/Confidential Transactions much less Zerocash which is now in alpha. Is there any chance DASH could try to implement one of these more privacy focused technologies?
With better tech in ADDITION to the nice DASH GUI, large community and marketing materials DASH would have a very bright future.
I don't think Evan wants to change Dash in any of those ways. We like that you can clearly audit the blockchain, but with mixing, you can't follow where the coins came from.
What will happen is coins will go through mixing in the 3rd tier network, the Evolution version, and instantly be mixed through a quorum. I believe it'll be equal to 10 rounds, and the ip address of the user will not be distinguishable to the first MN in the quorum, because the user is sent to the quorum from an entry point, which obfuscates that information. And that entry point has no way of knowing what is being sent back to whom.
So in the end, mixing will simply be instant, and better than ever, but look exactly the same as it does now.
It sounds like DASH really is trying to improve its technology (based on the response above). How close they can come to closing the technology gap remains to be seen. When will the Dash Evolution whitepapers be released?
It is disappointing that besides TanteStefana2 other community members essentially deflected my question or provided non answers. DASH seems to be great in attracting newcomers and selling them on the idea of financial privacy. I wish they were better at answering technical questions.
Evolution is going to have a new privacy/fungibility model. It has not yet been announced but it seems rather unlikely that it will be worse than darksend.
With all due respect Mr. Marketer, you are wrong. Using the power of 3,500 (and counting) masternodes in Evolution, DASH privacy tech will be just fine without the need for those other technologies.