I think this is a very important article which highlights the dead end approach that Monero has taken, let alone the scaling issues and trolling community. Monero is destined to be niche and thats fine by me.

Dash has taken a different path with respect to its features and goals:
1) An open and transparent block chain with optional privacy - this allows transactions and payments to occur without stupid viewkeys which complicates and breaks traditional purchasing processes etc.
2) Targeting mainstream adoption with partnering with coinfirm and soon other KYC/AML organisations. This is where the big boys play and regulation is the only way to go mainstream.
3) Instant Transactions and primary goal ease of use in Evolution. Targeting the wider audience rather than just crypto nerds.
4) Loads of infrastructure already with more onboarding daily with bitcoin codebase which also removes roadblocks.

Theres more like governance, evolution features etc, too much to list.

No other altcoin is coming close to Dash as a package which is aiming to go mainstream. The remainder = "I want to be niche" - and thats fine by me!