I like what toknormal said awhile back, and have been turning it over in my mind. The summarized version is:
Monero is essentially maxed-out. Their sole value proposition is that you can buy illegal shit with their coin, and by being accepted on all the major darknet markets, they've essentially achieved their growth objectives. I honestly congratulate them--2600% growth in the last year is truly stunning--but there isn't much further they can go.
The good news is that Dash has not aligned itself with any single use case. People can use our product for a staggering array of reasons: privacy, instant transactions, a solid governance model, a two-tier incentivized network, a treasury system that is funding continuous development...
So congrats to the Monero team on the result of all their hard work. Now I'll watch them hang out in the $200 million market cap range while we continue to climb.
Care to make an escrowed bet (Ognasty/Blazed could be options as an escrow) that by the end of year Monero will have outperformed Dash from now (Feb 17th, 2017) until Dec 31st 2017?
XMR = 0.01257 BTC
DASH = 0.01909 BTC
Bet amount = 1 BITCOIN
We can have the proceeds of the bet sent to a charity of our choice once the wager is done.
If you win, my part of the wager goes to the charity of your choice.
If I win, your part of the wager goes back to the charity of my choice.
In either case the winner keeps their original bet amount.
Let me know.