Re: [ANN][DASH] Dash (dash.org) | First Self-Funding Self-Governing Crypto Currency

Quote from: Walter_S on January 25, 2017, 11:10:41 PM

How does the DASH governance system compare to other top 10 cryptos out there? ...Erm... What governance systems... Huh

It's more meaningful (apples to apples) to compare DASH with the other coins that feature explicitly blockchainy "governance systems."

Decred is superior to Dash in every conceivable way.

Peercoin has been around longer and has a better benevolent dictator for life.

Synereo if nothing else wasn't unfairly instamined.

Monero's governance is working very well, giving us state of the art fungibility with RingCT, a slick GUI, and i2p routing (soon).

On the other hand, Dash's governance is causing severe tension in their community.

https://www.dash.org/forum/threads/dash-core-team-accountability-and-lack-of-communication.12567/

Quote from: Stealth923 Dec 29, 2016

This is not to troll but with the hope to build a better framework and community. I believe in Dash and its vision and hold a large number of Masternodes and I am concerned with projects with no communication or updates except for ambiguous comments or excuses:

1) Legal work Part I - 1492 Dash - (Masternode rewards etc for IRS) https://www.dash.org/forum/threads/proposal-legal-sept.10457/
2) Legal work Part II - 1728 Dash - https://www.dash.org/forum/threads/proposal-legal-part-ii-oct.10786/
3) ATM Master Compliance Program Phase 1 - 748 Dash - https://www.dash.org/forum/threads/proposal-dash-atm-master-compliance-program-phase-i.10312/
4) Marketing - Brand & Design - 350 Dash - https://www.dash.org/forum/threads/proposal-marketing-brand-design.11279/
5) Lamassu epic failure of a project - 7327 Dash - Multiple threads on forums, slack etc asking for updates and silence for months and months!
6) Proton Mail Integration - countless developer hours with many meetings and travel and nothing? Saying "we did our part" and its up to them it not good enough in my books. How are we being proactive etc.
7) Mycelium Integration - ditto as above?

There is probably more too but dont have the time to do a full audit. Thats 11645++ Dash gone into thin air?? anyone? @kot @babygiraffe @eduffield

No worries, lets just open a new office and everyone will forget about it all.

Here's what someone who tried Dash thinks about its overhyped "governance systems."

https://www.dash.org/forum/threads/i-sold-all-my-dash-here-is-why-and-my-view-on-the-state-of-dash.11416

Quote from: xdashguy Nov 5, 2016

features of Dash have issues:

1) Governance - This was an important idea and could have been very interesting. However, this governance model is unproven and thus far the results are lacking. It has been little more a grants system. The few large projects done with it have all been failures (PR, website design, ATM integration). More importantly, it does really reflect the community (look at the vote coints in the Shadowcash thread compared to the development direction of Dash).

In reality, it may even be creating negative value for the community. The reason is because it makes people not perform tasks that they would have done for free under different circumstances, but with the governance system they are unwilling to do it unless they are funded and paid. When there is no grants system people volunteer. When there is a grants system no one wants to work unless they are getting a grant. Volunteering while others get paid just feels wrong, psychologically.

As a result of this effect, the malinvestments of existing grants, and the lack of real control of development or direction despite the governance model, I would say thus far the governance system benefits are dubious.

You don't see those kinds of threads in other communities except the ones controlled 100% by individuals (Vcash, ShadowCash, jl777 trash)