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Dash statistics

Market cap$400M

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24h volume$50M

Circulating supply12.30M DASH

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All-time high$1,642.00

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About Dash (DASH)

Privacy coin

Dash (DASH) is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency that conceals transaction details — sender, receiver, and amount — so on-chain activity can't be easily traced. It's built for users who treat financial privacy as a core feature rather than an afterthought.

How does DASH work?

DASH uses cryptographic techniques to obscure the link between transactions while still letting the network verify that funds are valid and not double-spent. The result is fungible, confidential digital cash that anyone can send peer-to-peer.

What is DASH used for?

People hold and spend DASH for private payments, censorship-resistant transfers, and protecting their financial footprint. Its supply and trading dynamics make it a long-standing favorite among privacy-conscious crypto users.

How to buy or swap DASH on SwapRocket

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Dash (DASH) swap profile

This profile explains how Dash swaps work on SwapRocket: the network DASH settles on, what an exchange costs, how long it usually takes, and which pairs are published. Rates are aggregated live from every connected provider and shown in full before you commit to anything.

DASH key facts

Ticker: DASH
Settlement network: DASH
Category: Privacy coin
Custody: Non-custodial — coins move from the provider straight to your wallet
Cost to you: Zero added fees; you see the provider rate
Verification: No KYC for crypto-to-crypto swaps
Typical completion: Most swaps finish in under 10 minutes
Rate options: Best rate, fastest route or fixed rate
Published pairs: 4 published DASH pairs

How a DASH swap works

Enter the amount you want to exchange, pick the asset on the other side, and SwapRocket queries every connected exchange partner at once. You choose an offer, paste the wallet address that should receive the funds, and send DASH to the deposit address shown. The partner executes the trade and pays out to your address — SwapRocket never holds your coins, and there is no account to create before you start.

Choosing a rate for DASH

Three offers are presented for every DASH exchange. The best rate returns the largest amount for the size you entered. The fastest route favours the partner with the shortest expected settlement time, which matters when the market is moving. The fixed rate locks the quoted amount for the duration of the order, so what you are shown is what arrives, at the cost of a slightly smaller payout. Floating offers can move with the market between deposit and settlement.

Networks and addresses for DASH

Dash settles on DASH. Always send from and to an address on that network: a deposit sent over a different chain cannot be recovered by the exchange partner. When an asset exists on several chains, pick the matching network in the widget before copying the deposit address, and send a small test amount first if you are unsure.

Popular DASH pairs

Each pair below has its own page with a live quote, the current rate and the limits that apply to that route.

What is DASH? · Sourced guide · Updated 2026-09-22 · 8 sources cited

A proof-of-work chain normally needs several confirmations before a payment is safe to treat as final. How did Dash get near-instant settlement without giving up proof-of-work mining?

Dash forked from Bitcoin's codebase in 2014 and added a second layer of network participants above the miners: masternodes, servers that stake collateral to perform services ordinary nodes do not. That second tier is what makes the rest of the design possible — fast payment locking, protection against chain reorganisation, and a monthly budget that funds development without a company issuing invoices. The useful way to read Dash is as a series of features built on top of a two-tier network, each one addressing a specific limitation of a plain proof-of-work chain.

A second tier with a stake in the outcome

A Dash masternode is a full node that has locked a fixed amount of DASH as collateral and registered on the network. Because that collateral is visible on-chain and the masternode list is deterministic, every node can independently compute the same list of currently active masternodes without trusting an announcement from anyone. This deterministic masternode list, formalised in Dash Improvement Proposal 3, replaced an earlier, less structured registration scheme.

Masternodes are organised into long-living masternode quorums, groups selected to jointly perform a cryptographic task — such as producing a threshold signature — using a distributed key generation process. Miners still produce blocks and receive the associated proof-of-work subsidy, but masternodes now perform the services described below, and share in a portion of the block reward for doing so.^{[1], [2], [3]}

Locking a transaction before it is mined

InstantSend lets a quorum of masternodes lock the inputs of a transaction shortly after it is broadcast, before that transaction has even been included in a block. Once enough quorum members have signed the same transaction, they produce a single combined signature message that the whole network can verify. A transaction carrying a valid lock is treated as final for practical purposes, because any conflicting transaction spending the same inputs will be rejected by nodes that have seen the lock.

This works because the quorum's collateral and cryptographic commitment stand behind the lock: reversing a locked transaction would require corrupting a large share of the selected quorum, not just out-mining a few blocks. Deterministic InstantSend, specified in DIP-0010, made this process apply automatically to eligible transactions rather than requiring an explicit request from the sender's wallet.^{[4], [5]}

Locking the chain itself against reorganisation

ChainLocks address a different problem: even without any double-spend attempt, a proof-of-work chain can briefly reorganise if two miners find blocks at nearly the same time, or if an attacker with enough hash power tries to rewrite recent history. ChainLocks, specified in DIP-0008, have a masternode quorum sign the first valid block it sees at a given height. Once a signed block message is produced and propagated, nodes reject any competing block at that height, closing the reorganisation window.

ChainLocks and InstantSend reinforce each other: once a block carrying a transaction is chain-locked, any transaction in it that had not already received an InstantSend lock is treated as retroactively locked. The two mechanisms have been active on the Dash network since 2019, giving recipients two independent, quorum-based signals of finality on top of proof-of-work confirmation.^{[6], [7]}

A budget that funds work without a company

A fixed share of each block's reward is set aside into a monthly treasury rather than paid entirely to miners and masternodes. Anyone can submit a proposal requesting a specific amount for a specific piece of work — development, marketing, integrations — and masternode operators vote on which proposals receive funding for the coming cycle. Proposals that clear the required net approval threshold are paid automatically from the treasury by the protocol.

The mechanism means ongoing funding does not depend on a single foundation holding a reserve and choosing what to pay for. It depends on masternode operators, who have collateral staked in the network, continuing to approve proposals cycle after cycle — a governance process documented publicly alongside the rest of Dash's core specifications.^{[8], [2]}

The trade-off in a two-tier network

Adding masternode quorums buys fast settlement and chain-reorg protection, but it also means Dash's security model depends on two participant types instead of one: miners providing proof-of-work and masternode operators providing collateral and quorum signatures. Each tier has to be economically viable on its own terms — mining profitable enough to attract hash power, masternode collateral high enough to make quorum manipulation costly — for the combined system to hold together.

The treasury system similarly trades away simplicity for a funding mechanism that does not require an external company: proposals are voted on collateral-weighted, cycle by cycle, which means funding decisions track whoever holds and runs masternodes at that time rather than a fixed roadmap set in advance.^{[1], [8]}

What this means when you swap DASH

A DASH transaction can settle in two different ways: waiting for ordinary proof-of-work confirmations, the same as most UTXO chains, or receiving an InstantSend lock within seconds if the transaction qualifies. Whether a deposit is treated as instant or standard depends on the receiving wallet or service's own policy, not on any extra fee the sender pays.

Because DASH's finality tools are quorum-based rather than purely block-based, the practical steps are the same as for any proof-of-work asset: send from a wallet you control, use the exact deposit address given for the swap, and follow the confirmation guidance shown for that specific transaction rather than assuming every DASH deposit clears at the same speed.

Sources and evidence (8)

[1] DIP-0003 defines the deterministic masternode list that every node can independently compute. GitHub — dashpay/dips, DIP-0003 · verified 2026-09-22 Confirmed
[2] A Dash masternode locks collateral and performs network services beyond those of an ordinary full node. Dash documentation — Understanding Masternodes · verified 2026-09-22 Confirmed
[3] Masternodes are organised into long-living masternode quorums that jointly produce threshold signatures. Dash documentation home · verified 2026-09-22 Confirmed
[4] InstantSend locks transaction inputs via masternode quorums shortly after broadcast, ahead of block confirmation. Dash Core documentation — InstantSend · verified 2026-09-22 Confirmed
[5] DIP-0010 specifies LLMQ-based InstantSend, applying locks automatically to eligible transactions. Dash documentation — DIP-0010 · verified 2026-09-22 Confirmed
[6] DIP-0008 specifies ChainLocks, in which a masternode quorum signs the first valid block seen at a height to prevent reorganisation. Dash documentation — DIP-0008 · verified 2026-09-22 Confirmed
[7] ChainLocks have been active on the Dash network since June 2019 and interact with InstantSend for retroactive locking. Dash Core documentation — ChainLocks · verified 2026-09-22 Confirmed
[8] Dash's treasury funds proposals through monthly masternode voting cycles rather than a central funding body. Dash documentation — Governance · verified 2026-09-22 Confirmed

Profile last reviewed 2026-09-22. Historical background only — not investment advice.

Fees and pricing

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DASH swap FAQ

How do I swap Dash (DASH) instantly on SwapRocket?

Pick DASH as the asset you want to receive, choose what you're paying with, paste your wallet address, and confirm. SwapRocket hands your order to the provider whose quote pays out the most at that moment, and most swaps complete in under 10 minutes — no SwapRocket account needed.

Can I swap DASH with no KYC?

No SwapRocket account or identity documents are needed to start a crypto-to-crypto swap of DASH. The provider that executes the swap may still request identity verification or hold a swap for review under its own AML and sanctions policy, regardless of amount. Selling to a bank account goes through a regulated payment partner that verifies the payer; card purchases on SwapRocket are coming soon.

Is swapping Dash on SwapRocket non-custodial?

Yes. SwapRocket never holds your funds. The provider that executes the swap receives your deposit, holds it only for the duration of the swap, and sends DASH to the wallet address you provide.

Which network does DASH use here?

SwapRocket supports Dash on the DASH network. Always double-check that your receiving wallet supports this network before confirming.

What fees apply when I swap DASH?

SwapRocket adds no fee or markup to the provider's quote and may earn a commission from the provider on a completed swap. The provider's spread and any network cost it deducts on delivery are already reflected in the DASH amount shown; the network fee your own wallet charges to send the deposit is separate. Spreads vary by provider, pair and size, so compare the quoted receive amount.

More on fees, limits, KYC and timing: read the full crypto swap FAQ.