Dash Evo 5.0 - The Database Learned Grammar

What's New in Dash Platform 5.0

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Until now, the system contracts that Dash ships (DashPay, usernames) relied on special code written by the Dash Core Group team to check their relationships. In 5.0, outside developers can write the same kinds of checks into their own data contracts. The rules the core team can enforce for DashPay are now available to any app.

Sam was careful about how far this goes. In his words, "it's not smart contracts yet," but "you can do a lot of things at this point."

is the reason the release expanded. Building a working social app showed the team what the protocol was missing, and 5.0 adds those pieces in a form any app can use. , shown later in the call, is a second app built on the same pieces.

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