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Dash (originally XCoin, then Darkcoin) is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency launched in January 2014 by Evan Duffield. It introduced the InstantSend and PrivateSend features built on top of a Masternode network — a governance and incentive mechanism that distinguishes Dash from Bitcoin's pure proof-of-work model.

Dash is one of the longest-running altcoins and is referenced throughout The Bitcoin Group and the broader Curio Wiki coverage of the altcoin landscape — though typically not as a Bitcoin substitute but as a parallel-experiment data point.