Digital Cash Network
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Digital Cash Network

Documenting the global digital cash revolution, the greatest financial revolution the world has seen in recent times. Opinion, news, podcasts, videos and more.


Dash Podcast 153: Dash Core Group CFO Glenn Austin

31 Aug 2020 1 minute read 2 comments TheDesertLynx

Dash Core Group's CFO Glenn Austin comes on the podcast to talk about Dash's financials and Dash Core Group's financial outlook specifically, and on the financial challenges of accounting in cryptocurrency as a whole. We go deep into which Dash pric...

Why You Should Be Using Twetch

29 Aug 2020 1 minute read 14 comments TheDesertLynx

You really should be using Twetch, the Bitcoin SV-based Twitter. Not because it's necessarily the best social media platform around, but because it's trying something very interesting: running entirely on economic incentives for behavior. It's a gre...

Bitcoin ABC Announces Infrastructure Governance Council After Potential Bitcoin Cash Split

27 Aug 2020 2 minute read 10 comments TheDesertLynx

Bitcoin ABC, a main development organization for Bitcoin Cash, has announced the formation of a new governance council to oversee the distribution of infrastructure funds. These funds would come from an address under Bitcoin ABC's control derived f...

How to Design a Successful Crypto App/Service

26 Aug 2020 4 minute read 5 comments TheDesertLynx

As someone who has come of age in parallel to the social media age, and who has used untold dozens of services and platforms for a wide variety of professional and personal purposes over the last dozen or so years, I've gained a certain degree of k...

Dash Demos Decentralized Twitter and Merchant DApps Leveraging Blockchain Usernames

20 Aug 2020 2 minute read 7 comments TheDesertLynx

Dash has demoed four separate decentralized applications (DApps) leveraging blockchain accounts and usernames, including a basic username wallet, a Twitter alternative, a merchant point-of-sale app, and an online merchant back-end system. These DApp...

Rice Crypto on the Life of a Crypto Content Creator, and What Skills It Takes

18 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments TheDesertLynx

  I had the fantastic pleasure of speaking at length with Rice, crypto YouTuber and content creator, about the ins and outs of making a living trying to create engaging content. We covered some of the basic pitfalls, such as trying to rely on YouTub...

Crypto Broker Uphold Institutes New User 65-Day Waiting Period for Purchases with ACH Transfers

18 Aug 2020 2 minute read 12 comments TheDesertLynx

Crypto broker Uphold has instituted a 65-day waiting period for new users seeking to make purchases using funds from ACH bank transfers. This is due to security issues related to the ACH system. Last week, Uphold instituted a 65-day "cooling off pe...

Are High Fees Good or Bad in Crypto?

16 Aug 2020 1 minute read 14 comments TheDesertLynx

No one likes paying high fees for anything, but whenever transaction fees go up on the major cryptocurrency networks, you'll hear people saying that it's actually a good thing. Which is it? Are high fees as symptom of the inability to properly scale...

Dash Podcast 152: Rodrigo of Dash Brazil

15 Aug 2020 1 minute read 2 comments TheDesertLynx

YouTuber Rodrigo of Dash Brazil comes on the podcast to talk about Dash adoption in Brazil, as well as the state of cryptocurrency as a whole in Latin America. We talk about Brazil's impending transition away from card-based payment solutions, and w...

Ethereum Transactions Now More Expensive Than a Meal in Brazil

13 Aug 2020 2 minute read 21 comments TheDesertLynx

The typical cost of an Ethereum transaction has now passed the cost of a meal in Brazil, as well as the cost of a Bitcoin transaction. Blockchain data by BitInfoCharts shows that the median transaction fee for Ethereum, or what a user may typically...