I am with smoothie here and furthermore this is not off topic in a DASH thread. Take a look at the EULA of this software that is supposed to protect Windows 10 users from spying http://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10/eula and one finds the following: (Bold my emphasis)


Now suppose someone used a Windows 10 system to store DASH that is used for one or more masternodes, and the software in question to attempt to prevent some government agency from getting a hold of the DASH private keys for said masternodes. Running DASH masternodes produces revenues and protecting the DASH used for the masternodes would qualify as a "activity engaged for the purpose of generating revenues (directly or indirectly)". The bottom line is that proprietary software and operating systems simply have no place in crypto currency. One thing the DASH community got right is that one cannot run a DASH masternode on Windows.

How do you arrive at that insane conclusion from the License of a Privacy Tool? The license of ShutUp10 has nothing, absolutely nothing, to do with the OS you use it on or even the remotest inkling of a relation to DASH. Did you just scroll for something that fitted your precast opinion? Because when you read the sentence correctly you arrive at the correct meaning:


Clearly setting the scope on the tool itself, not anything you run it on or anything you run next to it (like a DASH wallet).

Again clearly talking about ShutUp10, nothing else. Clearly stating that it's free software and that you are not supposed to sell this free software. That's what they mean with "generating revenue".

I've read some convoluted and heavily constructed bullshit in my time, but this takes the cake. How you arrive at the conclusion that this tool has anything to do with using DASH is beyond me. I can only assume you're either trolling, or insane.

Edit: Oh, so you're another Moronero troll. I already had a suspicion... So you're both. 

I refuted your central argument.

Weaseling around by constructing something about how the scope changes is your own -wrong- interpretation.

I will not waste another second with you.

you guys coming over ?

Very good spot. Thanks for pointing it out.

Quite a few nodes seem to be run on VPSs for as little cost as possible, given the size of the blockchain. So most nodes are not running on windows.

p.s.

I wouldn't be overly sensitive, to someone being overly sensitive. There is the odd false positive when you're always on the look out.

Can someone make a DASH coin on the ETH platform please so I can buy some! https://twitter.com/feindura/status/658982528922075137

It's not disappointing at all.  At the moment everyone's cashing in on Bitcoin and once it settles you will see a flood of BTC going into Alts.  Dash is on the cutting edge, so i wouldn't be surprised if we see a major price hike in the near future.

Price is, well, rather disappointing. Like many others my original investment has taken a bit of a tanking recently, but like you said most/all altcoins holders are in the same boat.

Anyway, back to Dash. I would like to say first I’m not a developer so I might be underestimating some of this…or even getting it completely wrong (so excuse my naivety). I would love to see things that would drive normal people and not just nerds to use Dash. Of course getting it into retailers etc is important but at the moment (I think) we should concentrate on what is currently our core...internet savvy users.

Ecommerce
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OpenBazaar
https://openbazaar.org/
A no-brainer and has been talked about multiple times. I think something like this is essential (although I'm unsure how we would go about doing this),

1)   If it was forked, could it run on the MN network?
I’m guessing this would be a big job, then trying to keep up with the constant updates etc. If this was to happen I would suggest using both Dash and Bitcoin (instead of forcing Dash onto users, let them see the benefits first hand). Some people might not want to use Dash and that’s ok, no need to exclude anybody.

2)   Getting Dash implemented by the OB devs
Again, I’m not sure how we would go about this, would monthly donations from the Budget proposal be enough?

Open Source Plugins
https://bitpay.com/bitcoin-for-ecommerce
I see bitpay has a ton of plugins which are no doubt very useful for people when accepting a crypto currency, could this be something we improve on and do this ourselves? Meaning the fee’s could be lower/free?



Social
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ChangeTip
https://www.changetip.com
Getting a changetip bot working on Reddit/Twitter/FB etc? Did wonders for other coins.

WeCollective (Decentralised Reddit/Forum)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wecollective/we-collective-the-next-step-in-the-evolution-of-so
They never reached their goal on Kickstarter, but the project itself sounds interesting (again, would it be possible to host on the mn network?). Having users gain Dash for posting content would certainly be a unique feature. I’m not 100% sure if the Dash team would want to go down this route, would they be open to the headaches of a Social platform (DMCA Takedown’s etc). Or would the site run itself (it does suggest that).
Despite some of the problems that would inevitably arise, a free speech platform could become very popular very quickly. (Would be finally have a free and openr/bitcoin and bct replacement?)

Edit - Perhaps I should explain my reasoning behind the OB Social suggestions. We have miners earning dash as do people running MN's, it would be nice for the regular joe's of the world to earn Dash via selling things on OB or contributing to the WeCollective/Reddit/Forum.

With Bitcoin rallying things become really unstable in the alt markets so I guess we are all waiting to see where it corrects and stabilizes, whether at these levels or it continues to go up.  No matter what, this is good for the market in general as a stronger bitcoin helps the whole industry.  Dash is now almost $2.80 when we were around $2.30 a few days ago so I am pretty happy. I also think when BTC stabilizes somewhere, no matter where, it will give people confidence to reinvest in other projects. For now it seem like people are either buying BTC or watching from the sidelines.

Dash is weathering the storm quite well and development continues at full speed.

Yesss! And masternodes are very stable too!