no, we are not based on dash at all. we use i2p and tor (ip obfuscation), not masternodes (centralization),
and we're multi algorithm PoW (x17, scrypt, blake2s, lyra2rev2, myr-groestl), instead of just x11 Proof of Work.
Ah ok thanks very much for clearing that up. So was Vergecoin ever DogecoinDark? Was that website just way off? If so this project kind of looks cool. How is the privacy and anonymity compared to Monero?