Dash Platform 0.19 & 0.20 on Testenet
A testnet is an alternative cryptocurrency blockchain, to be used for testing. Testnet coins are separate and distinct from real coins, and are not supposed to have any value. This allows application developers to experiment without resorting to using real coins and not worrying about the integrity and security of the mainnet.
Dash gives you the freedom to move your money any way you want. Dash is an open source cryptocurrency. It is an altcoin that was forked from the Bitcoin protocol. It is also a decentralized autonomous organization run by a subset of its users, which are called “masternodes”.
Previously Dashpay Testnet for Android has been completed. It brings lots of improvements all throughout Dash ecosystem.
BRIEF HISTORY FOR v0.17 & v0.18
UI Improvements & Polishing
√ Improvement: Upgrade to Testnet (Platform v0.17)
√ Improvement: Search Network Users
√ Improvement: Android / iOS UI Alignment
√ Improvement: Username Validation
√ Improvement: Save Profile Reminder
√ Improvement: Bad Masternodes
√ Improvement: Username Format (allow uppercase and hyphens)
√ Fix: Wallet Lock Timer
√ Fix: Incorrect Sync Status
√ Fix: Sync & Crash Issues
√ Fix: Import Private Key
Dashpay still working on to further make their platform more user friendly. The journey doesn’t stop amd the developments still at work. Dash Platform 0.19 & 0.20 brings out more improvement and key features.
Dash Platform 0.19 & 0.20 Highlights
- Identity funding with ChainLocks–Implement the second part of Identity Funding design that includes ChainLock proofs to better support client proofs.
- Feature flags–Enable deterministically specific logic on the network to allow bug fixes and to enable new functionality without wiping the data.
- Local network setup / environment–The mn-bootstrap local node doesn’t support chain locks and instant locks so we had to introduce fallback during development and on CI.
- Verify signatures with Core–Improvements to Asset Lock Proofs (identity funding) to avoid duplicate logic and data it’s better to use Core which already implemented this logic and has all required data.
- Remove Insight API–Remove insight as a dependency and transition functionality to DAPI to improve stability and to remove redundancy.
- LLMQ consensus–To provide an efficient way to prove data to the light client and leverage pBFT validators, Dash need to align Tenderdash validators set with LLMQ members and sign the platform state merkle root with LLMQ threshold signature.
- Strict data contract validation–Changes to make Data Contract (user-defined JSON schemas) validation more strict and secure.
- Error message improvements–Implementation of error codes and more descriptive messages so that client applications can handle them better and so bugs are easier to investigate.
Dash network is the most secure blockchain-based payments network because of echnological innovations such as ChainLocks. This mitigates the risk of 51% attacks, forcing any would-be malicious actor to successfully attack both the mining layer and the masternode layer.
Dash Platform is a technology stack for building decentralized applications on the Dash network. The two main architectural components, Drive and DAPI, turn the Dash P2P network into a cloud that developers can integrate with their applications.
ABOUT DASH
Dash is a next generation, p2p payments network and cryptocurrency where transactions are recorded on the blockchain: a decentralized, distributed, public ledger. It provides users with a digital currency that is secure, portable, and fungible.
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Dash Roadmap
