Dash’s Killer App And Why I Think It Could Go Mainstream

I think Dash has a fairly good chance to go mainstream in the future because of this one reason and no, it has nothing to do with a celebrity endorsement or some killer new technological breakthrough.

There’s lots of chatter in digital currency communities about a future killer app that catapults Bitcoin into the mainstream. All the focus is usually on new apps, complex technology or highly unrealistic scenarios.

It’s way simpler than that but I don’t see any other digital currency totally committed to it right now. I don’t even see Bitcoin doing it. And Bitcoin has been around for more than 8 years.

So, what is it?

It’s so obvious, I’m actually surprised we are even discussing it in 2017.

The killer feature that just about everyone has overlooked is:

SIMPLICITY.

Yes.

That’s it.

Simplifying every aspect of digital currency so that regular people encounter zero friction when first using it is the killer feature that I think Dash is going to pull off. I’m basing my opinion on many things including how the Dash team cooperates and unifies people in their clear mission. I’m also basing it on the development of a new tool called Evolution which is being created specifically for regular people who have never even used Bitcoin before. Evolution is slated to be released around the end of 2017.

Evolution is going to be a great tool, but it’s not the tool that I’m most excited about. I’m most excited about the intent behind building that particular tool.

Let’s face it, many people are used to iPhones, iPads and Facebook. They don’t see the gobbly gook code that runs their tablets, phones and computers. They are pampered and accustomed to getting electronics in shades of silver, slate, pearl or indigo.

So when they see something like this:

They think to themselves,

WTF?

They want to bury their heads in the sand and immediately quit whatever program they are running.

They assume something is very wrong with their computer, and they also feel a wave of panic spread throughout their body. Fear is a great killer of curiosity. Bitcoin addresses invoke massive fear in most people. Bitcoin addresses are made for computers, not humans.

Getting people to fall in love with digital currency in the same way Steve Jobs did with the iPhone and Elon Musk did with the electric vehicle is the key to creating the “killer app” for digital currency.

The killer app of digital currency may not be an app at all. It may come in the form of a highly dedicated group of people who care enough about the average person to create a tool to help them navigate the bold new world of digital currency. And the one who will lead this new kind of human-centric approach is a very intelligent, thoughtful and charismatic teacher named Amanda B. Johnson. If you watch this video all the way through, you’ll soon understand why I think that Dash could go mainstream:

If you’re interested in learning more about all this and conversing with humans, why don’t you join our newest Dash Slack channel called #Women_of_Dash?

We’re always looking for more people to contribute to this growing Dash For Newbies publication. You might even get to experience a Dash rain. If you don’t know what that is, come and find out! Here’s your invite code to join Dash Slack: https://dash-nation-invite.herokuapp.com/

Disclaimer:
I recently created a proposal for Dash which has thankfully just passed! You can see my proposal here. I’m also lightly invested in Dash, heavily invested in Steem and Bitcoin. I do some day trading but focus most of my energy on writing and creating videos. I first found out about Amanda and Dash on Steemit.

Technology Credit: Steemit already has replaced long alphanumeric addresses with usernames, just like Dash is intending to do. So, the wallet technology in Steem is already simplified in the way that Dash is headed.

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