The jury is still out on masternodes but it is swinging heavily towards something that just is not really required therefore why have them?

I cannot state for sure exactly what happened before DASH was reincarnated in the current form with regards to the pre-mining and exactly how much of those coins were/are used for masternodes but there seems to be somewhat of a demand and use for Dash in some African and South American countries where the community has spread the word and helped it grow.

Full credit to all those that have been participating in helping Dash grow at the wider street-level but does the Dash Core Group deserve credit for that? They seem to have distanced themselves from the average coin holder or miner and instead focused more heavily on masternode operators, I think that mindset has let down a lot of investors and made them feel disillusioned.