
Dash Units

Changing Dash Units for Mainstream Adoption
Problem

Dash's "street" unit (i.e. DASH) is not suited for use as a currency
Problem?

- Is this a problem now? In the future?
- What is dash aiming for?
- Be a better payment processor?
- Be a better money / currency?
- Do we suppress, or promote units?
- Perceive purchasing power increase
Problem: psychological

- Dash feels expensive to buy
-
People feel they own little
Problem: technical

- Existing software uses 100 subunits
Problem: practical

- Difficult to grasp how much you paid
- 0.008194 is just a meaningless number
- Awkward:
- "123 thousandths of a dash"
- "point 123 dash"
- Natural
- "123 thousand dash"
Solution

Redefine the street unit
Solution: possibilities

- Scientific units (e.g. μDASH)
- New names (e.g. "dots")
- Hide the units
- Hope for the best
- Re-denomination
Solution: re-denomination

- Now: 1 DASH = 100,000,000 DUFF
- Option: 1 DASH = 100,000 DUFF
- Proposed: 1 DASH = 100 DUFF
Costs & Benefits

Will cost time & money...
but it will accelerate adoption,
which will lead to higher dash price
Benefits

- whole numbers > than decimal units
- no complex naming conventions
- compatible with financial software
- aware of purchasing power increases
- show agility of dash governance
Costs

- core & 3rd party software updates
- exchanges, MN services, wallets
- libraries & tools
- documentation updates
- community education
Final Thoughts

- Better now than later
Appendix

Links

- http://www.coindesk.com/breaking-down-btc-bit-by-bit/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/dashpay/comments/5zj0qj/hey_community_lets_invent_a_name_for_millidash/
Changing Dash Units for Mainstream Adoption
By Rion Gull
Changing Dash Units for Mainstream Adoption
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