Dash, originally called Xcoin and Darkcoin (rebranded in 2015), is a cryptocurrency that was created in 2014 by Evan Duffield. Dash supports secure, instant, and private payments that made be made online or in stores around the world. All transactions on the Dash network are confirmed using 200 TerraHash of X11 ASIC computing power on over 4,500 decentralized servers around the world. Dash's peer-to-peer network is made of miners which receive rewards for securing the Dash blockchain, and masternodes which are rewarded for validating, storing, and serving the blockchain dash users.