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title: Swap Dash (DASH) without an account | Sablebolt
description: Swap DASH for BTC, USDT or another coin, or get Dash for what you hold — two addresses, no account. X… addresses, 10 confirmations, timing.
url: https://sablebolt.io/coin/dash
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# Swap Dash (DASH)

Dash is a Bitcoin-derived coin with a block every two and a half minutes and a masternode layer that locks transactions within seconds. Here you can swap DASH for another coin, or get DASH for what you hold — with two addresses and no account.

- **Price:** $53.59

- **24 h:** -2.05%

- **Market cap:** $690.16M

- **24 h volume:** $60.19M

- **Circulating:** 12.88M DASH

- **Issued of max:** 68.07% of 18.92M

Market data by CoinGecko

## DASH on Dash — the facts that matter for a swap

- **Shown here as:** DASH

- **Address looks like:** X… (34 characters)

- **Confirmations we wait for:** 10

- **Typical arrival after you send:** ≈ 26–54 min

- **Fee token for later moves:** DASH

- **Extra field:** none

- **Issued by:** The Dash network (no issuer)

- **Explorer:** [chainz.cryptoid.info](https://chainz.cryptoid.info/)

## DASH key facts — the numbers that do not change daily

- **First block:** 19 January 2014 (UTC)genesis timestamp 1390095618 in Dash Core's chain parameters; launched as Xcoin

- **Consensus:** Proof of work, X11plus a masternode layer that locks transactions and blocks

- **Block target:** 2.5 minutesDash Core chain parameters; the Dash documentation quotes 2.6 minutes observed

- **Smallest unit:** 0.00000001 DASH8 decimal places; called a duff

- **Maximum supply:** between 17.74 M and 18.92 M DASHthe subsidy falls by one fourteenth every 210,240 blocks

- **Masternode collateral:** 1,000 DASH4,000 DASH for an evonode, which also hosts Dash Platform

- **Block reward split:** 60 % masternodes, 20 % miners, 20 % treasurysince the v20 hard fork, block 1,987,776

- **Address format:** X… (34 characters)version byte 76; script addresses start with 7

- **Memo or tag:** nonethe address is the whole destination

- **Confirmations the site waits for:** 10about 26–54 minutes

Checked on 14 October 2026 against the Dash Core source on github.com (chainparams.cpp: 2.5-minute spacing, 210,240-block subsidy interval, version bytes 76 and 16, DIP0008 at 1,088,640, V20 at 1,987,776, genesis timestamp), the Dash documentation at docs.dash.org (features: InstantSend within two seconds, ChainLocks, 1,000 and 4,000 DASH collateral, X11, the supply range 17.74 M to 18.92 M, the 7.14 % reduction; Dash Core 20.0.0 release notes: the 60/20/20 split), block timestamps on chainz.cryptoid.info, and the BitGo Dash integration page for the unit name duff.

## Which network should the DASH arrive on?

- **Someone else is receiving.:** Ask for their Dash address. On the main network it is 34 characters and starts with X. There is no second field: Dash has no memo, tag or payment ID.

- **An exchange is receiving.:** Use the DASH deposit address exactly as shown and check that the deposit page says Dash, not a token of a similar name on another network. The exchange credits the deposit after its own confirmation count, which can differ from ours.

- **Your own wallet is receiving.:** Any Dash wallet works. DASH pays its own network fee, so you need nothing else in the wallet to move it again later.

- **Nothing decides it.:** There is only one network for DASH, so there is nothing to choose. The only decision is the amount: the payout fee is the same size for a small swap and a large one, so very small amounts lose more in percent.

## How to swap DASH

1. Choose the two sides. Open the form on the home page, pick DASH as what you send, then what you want to receive — or the other way round when DASH is what you want to end up with. There is no separate route page for DASH yet.
2. Enter the amount. The estimate updates as you type and refreshes every 60 seconds. The minimum for the pair is shown under the field.
3. Paste the receiving address. For a DASH payout the form checks for a 34-character address starting with X. For other coins it checks that network's format.
4. Send the deposit and follow it. You get a one-time deposit address. Send the exact amount, in one transaction. The status page shows each stage and both transaction hashes.

## Before you send — checklist

- The receiving address is 34 characters and starts with X.
- The amount is sent in one transaction, from a wallet you control.
- If you send from an exchange, the withdrawal is on the Dash network — there is no other network for DASH.
- You have allowed for the waiting time: a DASH deposit counts 10 confirmations, about 26–54 minutes.
- The status link is saved.

## What a DASH swap costs

- **The rate is floating.** The estimate follows the market and is fixed when your deposit confirms — after 10 confirmations on Dash.
- **The network fee for the payout** is shown in the form and already taken out of "You get". A DASH payout is a plain transfer with a small fee.
- **Sending the deposit** costs your wallet a Dash fee. That fee is not part of the swap. The wallet's default fee level is enough.

Small amounts cost more in percent, because the payout network fee is the same size for a small swap as for a large one.

## How Dash works for a sender — blocks, locks, confirmations

The numbers below were checked on 14 October 2026 against the Dash Core source on github.com and the Dash documentation at docs.dash.org.

### A Bitcoin-shaped chain with a second tier

Dash Core's chain parameters set the target spacing to 2.5 minutes, with the comment "Dash: 2.5 minutes", and re-tune the difficulty every block with the Dark Gravity Wave algorithm; the documentation's specification list quotes a 2.6-minute block time as observed. Mining is X11, a chain of eleven hash functions. Transactions are unspent outputs, as on Bitcoin, and addresses are Base58Check with Dash's own version bytes.

The second tier is the masternode network. A masternode is backed by 1,000 DASH of collateral, proven by a signed message in a special transaction; evonodes hold 4,000 DASH and also host Dash Platform. Masternodes form long-living quorums — a new one every twelve hours — and those quorums provide the two services a sender notices.

### InstantSend and ChainLocks

**InstantSend** has quorums lock the inputs of a transaction so they cannot be spent elsewhere. The documentation says an InstantSend transaction is fully confirmed within two seconds, and since Dash Core 0.14 the network attempts to lock every transaction, with no extra charge and nothing to switch on. **ChainLocks** (DIP0008) have quorums sign each block as it is mined; clients reject a competing block at the same height, which is meant to make a reorganisation of signed blocks impractical.

### What the site waits for, and why not InstantSend

The route data this site is built from waits for **10** confirmations on a DASH deposit — blocks, not locks. Ten blocks at 2.5 minutes, plus processing, is the 26–54 minutes the status page shows. That makes DASH the slowest deposit on this site after Bitcoin, which is a strange fact for a chain that locks transactions in seconds; it is the provider's rule as it stands, and the site shows it rather than promising something faster.

| Confirmations | For the deposit |
|---|---|
| 0 | Visible on the explorer, usually already InstantSend-locked |
| 1–9 | In the chain; the status page counts up |
| 10 | The rate is fixed and the payout is prepared |

A swap into DASH is faster, because the waiting is on the network you send from: 2–5 minutes from TRON or Solana, 4–10 from Ethereum.

### Fees and the reward

The fee is chosen by the sender in the wallet, and the default is enough: blocks are 2 MB and rarely full. The block reward is split since the v20 hard fork as 60 % to masternodes, 20 % to miners and 20 % to the treasury, which funds proposals voted on by masternodes; the subsidy falls by one fourteenth (about 7.14 %) every 210,240 blocks, which is why the total supply is a range, 17.74 M to 18.92 M DASH, rather than a single number. None of this affects a transfer.

**Plan for the wait.** The deposit is locked in seconds and counted in blocks. The rate is fixed at the tenth confirmation, so the market has half an hour or more to move between estimate and payout; [Floating rate: estimate vs payout](https://sablebolt.io/blog/floating-rate-estimate-vs-payout) explains what that means for the amount. If timing matters more than the coin, send something faster and receive DASH instead.

## Dash addresses — X…, and 7…

A Dash address is Base58Check — the encoding of Bitcoin's 1… and 3… addresses — with Dash's own version bytes. Checked against chainparams.cpp in the Dash Core source on github.com on 14 October 2026, where the comments say it in two lines: Dash addresses start with X, Dash script addresses start with 7.

| Starts with | What it is | Length | Version byte |
|---|---|---|---|
| X | Ordinary address (pay-to-public-key-hash) | 34 characters | 76 |
| 7 | Script address (multisig and similar) | 34 characters | 16 |
| y | Testnet — not accepted | 34 characters | testnet parameters |

The X… form is what every wallet shows and what the form checks for on a DASH payout. Script addresses exist for multisig setups and are rare as a personal receiving address; if someone gives you a 7… address, ask what it is before using it. Dash has no bech32 form — nothing starts with dash1 — and no uppercase variant.

Base58Check means a four-byte checksum and an alphabet without 0, O, I and l. A single wrong character fails the checksum, and the form refuses the address rather than sending to it. Case matters.

### What the form accepts

For a DASH payout, a mainnet X… address with a valid checksum. Everything else is refused: testnet y… addresses, a Bitcoin or Litecoin address, a 0x… address. There is only one network for DASH on this site, so there is nothing to choose; a token called DASH on Ethereum or BNB Smart Chain is a different asset and not what this page pays.

### Which address to give

1. **Your own wallet:** the address from its Receive screen. Dash Core and the mobile wallets generate a fresh X… address per use; any of them works, and an old one keeps working.
2. **An exchange:** the address from its DASH deposit page, exactly as shown, after checking that the page says Dash. The exchange credits after its own confirmation count, which may differ from ten.
3. **Another person:** ask for the address and read the first and last four characters back.

No memo, tag or payment ID exists on Dash, and the form shows no field for one.

### CoinJoin and addresses

Dash's desktop wallet offers CoinJoin, which mixes your coins with other users' in standard denominations before they are spent. It is optional, takes time, and has nothing to do with addresses or with swapping: a payout from here goes to an ordinary X… address, and whether the DASH you send as a deposit has been through CoinJoin makes no difference to the swap. The one practical note from the documentation is that CoinJoin needs automatic wallet backups enabled, because it creates many change addresses — relevant to your wallet, not to the form.

## Checking a Dash transaction — what the explorer shows

Every Dash transaction has a 64-character hash. The status page links the DASH side of a swap to the chainz explorer at chainz.cryptoid.info, which was read on 14 October 2026; the Dash project's own explorer shows the same transaction. Either works with the hash alone.

**The chainz explorer** opens a transaction with the block it is in (height and time), the number of confirmations, the inputs and outputs with their addresses and amounts, the fee and the size. A transaction still in the mempool has no block and zero confirmations. Where the explorer shows InstantSend and ChainLock status, read them as what they are: a lock means the inputs cannot be spent elsewhere, a ChainLock on the block means it will not be reorganised. The site counts confirmations, so the lock does not change the status page — but it does tell you the deposit is safe while you wait.

### A deposit you sent

1. Copy the hash from your wallet's transaction list — the hash, not the deposit address.
2. Open it on the explorer. Not found means the wallet has not broadcast it; a wallet that was offline when you pressed Send is the usual reason.
3. Check the outputs: the deposit address from the form, with the exact amount. If you sent from an exchange, this is where its withdrawal fee shows.
4. Watch the confirmation count. The status page updates on its own, up to 10.

A 2.5-minute block target means the count rises slowly by this site's standards. Two confirmations in ten minutes is on schedule, not stuck.

### A payout you received

The status page shows the payout hash as soon as the payout is broadcast. Verify from the other end:

1. Open the hash from the status page on the explorer.
2. Find your X… address among the outputs. The amount next to it is "You get" from the form; the payout network fee was already taken out.
3. Count the confirmations. A wallet usually shows an InstantSend-locked payment as received at once and spendable after its own count; an exchange credits after its own count.
4. Keep the hash. It is the evidence that the payout happened and the one thing support on either side will ask for.

### If an exchange says the deposit is missing

Open the payout hash, confirm that the output address is the one from the exchange's deposit page and that the transaction has confirmations. Then the coins are at the exchange and crediting them is its task; give its support the hash. If the output address differs, the address in the form was wrong, and the explorer shows exactly where the coins went.

[What a block explorer shows about a swap](https://sablebolt.io/blog/what-a-block-explorer-shows-about-a-swap) does the same for other networks; [Reading a swap status page](https://sablebolt.io/blog/reading-a-swap-status-page) explains each stage.

## The mistakes that cost money with DASH

Dash's address check keeps foreign formats out, and its locks keep deposits safe while they wait. What goes wrong is the waiting itself, and the usual exchange arithmetic.

| Mistake | What happens | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Expecting a swap from DASH to take minutes | The deposit is locked in seconds but counted in blocks: 10 of them, 26–54 minutes | Plan for it, or send a faster coin and receive DASH instead |
| Exchange withdrawal fee taken out of the amount | Less arrives than the form expects; the swap runs on what arrived | Set the withdrawal so that the amount arriving matches the figure in the form |
| Sending the deposit in several transactions | Each is a separate deposit; the swap was created for one | Send once. If it has happened, contact [support](https://sablebolt.io/support) with all hashes |
| Giving a 7… script address meant for something else | The form expects X… | Use the X… address from the receiving wallet |
| A DASH token on another network | It cannot reach a Dash address; the sending form rejects it or it never leaves | Withdraw on the Dash network only — there is no other network for DASH here |
| Address retyped | The checksum catches it and the form refuses the address | Paste, never retype |

### The slow deposit

This is the mistake of expectation rather than of action. Dash advertises two-second InstantSend, and it is real — but the route data counts blocks, and ten blocks at 2.5 minutes is the better part of an hour. During that time the estimate can drift, because the rate is fixed only at the tenth confirmation. If you want the amount you see now, the faster path is to send a coin that confirms in minutes and pick DASH as the receiving side: then the clock runs on the other network, and the DASH payout lands in a single transaction that your wallet will show as locked within seconds.

### Less arrives than the form expects

Most exchanges deduct their withdrawal fee from the amount you type. The swap runs on what arrived, so the payout is smaller than the estimate; if the shortfall takes the deposit under the route's minimum, it cannot be processed as a swap at all. The withdrawal screen shows the amount the exchange will actually send; make that match the form. [Minimums, maximums and fees on small swaps](https://sablebolt.io/blog/minimums-maximums-network-fees-small-swaps) explains how the minimum is set.

### Dust

Dash inherits Bitcoin's dust rule: an output too small to be worth spending is not relayed. The swap's minimum is far above it and is shown under the amount field. A DASH payout fee is small — a plain transfer on a chain whose blocks are rarely full — so the minimum on a route into DASH is set by the deposit side more than by Dash.

**Nothing here is reversible.** A ChainLocked block does not reorganise, and a confirmed Dash transaction can only be returned by whoever received it. The format check and the one-transaction rule are the protections that work before the fact.

## What changed on Dash, and when — dated, with sources

Dash upgrades by hard fork more often than Bitcoin, and most upgrades concern the masternode layer rather than transfers. Four changes matter to someone sending or receiving DASH. Heights come from Dash Core's chain parameters on github.com, dates from block timestamps on chainz.cryptoid.info, both read on 14 October 2026.

| Change | Block or version | Date (UTC) | For a sender | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deterministic masternode lists, DIP0003 | 1,028,160 | 2019 | The masternode set became part of consensus; the basis for quorums | chainparams.cpp, DIP0003Height |
| ChainLocks, DIP0008 | 1,088,640 | 17 June 2019, 12:06 | Blocks signed by quorums; reorganisations of signed blocks impractical | chainparams.cpp, DIP0008Height; block timestamp on chainz |
| InstantSend for every transaction | Dash Core 0.14 | 2019 | The four-input limit removed; the network attempts to lock all transactions at no charge | docs.dash.org, features |
| v20 hard fork | 1,987,776 | 14 December 2023, 18:21 | Reward split 60 % masternodes, 20 % miners, 20 % treasury; credit pool for Platform | chainparams.cpp, V20Height; block timestamp on chainz; Dash Core 20.0.0 release notes |

**DIP0003 and DIP0008, 2019.** Deterministic masternode lists put the set of masternodes into the chain itself, which made long-living quorums possible. ChainLocks followed at block 1,088,640, mined at 12:06 UTC on 17 June 2019: from then on a quorum signs each block, and a client that sees the signature rejects any competing block at that height. For a sender the result is that a confirmation on Dash is a stronger thing than a confirmation on a plain proof-of-work chain of similar hash rate — a reorganisation of a signed block is not something the site has to allow for.

**InstantSend for all.** The documentation records that Dash Core 0.14 removed the earlier limitation to transactions with at most four inputs, so the network now attempts to lock every transaction, and that the lock carries no extra charge. A wallet shows a locked payment as received within seconds.

**v20, December 2023.** Activated by the enhanced hard-fork mechanism of DIP0023 at block 1,987,776, timestamped 18:21 UTC on 14 December 2023. The release notes set out the new reward split — treasury from 10 % to 20 %, miners and masternodes to 20 % and 60 % — and introduced the credit pool that mirrors the DASH locked into Dash Platform, the second layer that evonodes host. Nothing changed for a transfer; the block reward and the platform are the masternode operators' concern.

**Since then.** Dash Core's current series is 23.x, with 24 in release candidates on github.com at the time of checking; the recent release notes describe no change to consensus rules for transfers. Dash Platform runs on evonodes and is reached through its own tooling, not through an X… address.

**What has not changed.** Blocks every 2.5 minutes, X… addresses, 8 decimals, a fee chosen by the sender, and no memo. A wallet from 2015 still makes valid transactions, and the 10 confirmations this site waits for mean what they meant then — with ChainLocks underneath them.

## Dash next to Litecoin, for a transfer

Dash and Litecoin are both Bitcoin-derived chains with a 2.5-minute block target, and for a transfer they behave the same way — the differences are the masternode layer, the address prefixes and the number of confirmations the site waits for. The table uses each project's Core chain parameters on github.com (checked 14 October 2026) and the site's route data.

|  | Dash (DASH) | Litecoin (LTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Block target | 150 seconds | 150 seconds |
| Mining | X11 | Scrypt |
| Second tier | masternodes: InstantSend, ChainLocks | none (MWEB is an optional extension block) |
| Confirmations the site waits for | 10 | 5 |
| Deposit confirmed in about | 26–54 min | 14–29 min |
| Address prefixes | X… (script: 7…) | L…, M…, ltc1… (and the older 3…) |
| Bech32 form | none | ltc1… |
| Not accepted for a payout | testnet y…, anything not X… | ltcmweb1… (MWEB), 3… |
| Decimals | 8 (duff) | 8 (litoshi) |
| Supply | 17.74–18.92 M, subsidy −7.14 % every 210,240 blocks | capped; halves every 840,000 blocks |
| Route page | none yet — the form on the [home page](https://sablebolt.io/) | [LTC → USDT TRC-20](https://sablebolt.io/swap/ltc/usdt-trc20) |

**Time.** The same block target, twice the confirmations: a swap from DASH waits roughly twice as long as one from LTC. The irony is that the Dash deposit is the safer one while it waits — locked by InstantSend within seconds, under a ChainLocked block within minutes — but the route data counts blocks on both chains. If you hold both and want the swap to finish sooner, send the LTC.

**Fees.** Both chains have blocks that are rarely full, and the wallet default confirms in the next block or two on either. Neither has a fee market in the Bitcoin sense.

**Addresses.** Litecoin has four prefixes, a shared 3… that looks like Bitcoin's, and an MWEB form the form does not accept; Dash has one prefix to remember, X…, and a rare 7… for scripts. Neither chain has a memo.

**Privacy features.** Both have an optional one — CoinJoin in the Dash desktop wallet, MWEB on Litecoin — and both are irrelevant to the swap, with one difference: an MWEB address (ltcmweb1…) is a different address type that the form refuses, while CoinJoin on Dash changes nothing about the address at all.

**Routes.** LTC has a route page into USDT on TRON. DASH has none yet: pick it as either side in the form on the home page, and the form shows the rate and the minimum. [Litecoin's page](https://sablebolt.io/coin/litecoin) has the long version of its addresses.

## About DASH — only what a swapper needs

Dash started in 2014 as a fork of the Bitcoin code and has kept its basic shape: a proof-of-work chain, unspent outputs, and addresses that look like Bitcoin's. The target block interval is 2.5 minutes — set as nPowTargetSpacing in Dash Core's chain parameters, with the comment "Dash: 2.5 minutes" — and Dash's own documentation quotes about 2.6 minutes as the observed average (checked on 12 October 2026).

What sets Dash apart is its second tier. Masternodes, each backed by 1,000 DASH of collateral, run two services on top of the chain. InstantSend locks the inputs of a transaction so they cannot be spent elsewhere; the Dash documentation says such a transaction is fully confirmed within two seconds. ChainLocks have masternode quorums sign each block as it is mined, which is meant to make a reorganisation of signed blocks impractical. Both are network features — you do not switch them on in a wallet.

Our route data nevertheless counts a DASH deposit as confirmed after 10 blocks. That is the figure from the provider snapshot this site builds from, and at 2.5 minutes a block it is why a swap from DASH takes about 26–54 minutes — the slow side of the coins here, between Litecoin and Bitcoin. A swap into DASH is faster, because the waiting is on the network you send from.

Addresses: a standard Dash address on the main network starts with X and is 34 characters long; the version byte 76 in Dash Core's chain parameters produces that letter. Script addresses start with 7. The form checks for the X… form, which is what wallets show by default. There is no memo or tag of any kind.

Dash's desktop wallet also carries a CoinJoin feature that mixes coins with other users before they are spent. It is optional, takes time, and has nothing to do with swapping: the deposit address you get here is an ordinary address, and whether the DASH you send has been through CoinJoin or not makes no difference to the swap.

## FAQ

How long does a swap from DASH take?

About 26–54 minutes: 10 confirmations on Dash at roughly 2.5 minutes a block, then the payout on the other network. A swap into DASH depends on the network you send from — 2–5 minutes from TRON, 4–10 from Ethereum, 21–44 from Bitcoin.

Why not InstantSend?

InstantSend locks a transaction within seconds, but our route data counts blocks, not locks: 10 of them for a DASH deposit. We show the figure as it is rather than promise something faster.

What does a Dash address look like?

34 characters starting with X. Addresses starting with 7 are script addresses; the form checks for the X… form, which is what wallets show.

Do I need a memo or tag?

No. Dash has no such field, and the form has none for it.

Is there a DASH token on another network?

Not on this site. DASH here means the coin on the Dash network. If a wallet or exchange shows a DASH token on Ethereum or BNB Smart Chain, it is something else and cannot be sent to a Dash deposit address.

Where is the route page for DASH?

There is none yet. DASH is swapped in the form on the home page; pick it as either side and the form shows the rate and the minimum.

Is my deposit safe while it waits for 10 confirmations?

Yes, in the sense that matters: the network locks the inputs within seconds (InstantSend) and signs each block as it is mined (ChainLocks), so the transaction cannot be double-spent or reorganised away. The wait is for the count the route data requires, not for safety.

What is a duff?

The smallest unit of DASH: 0.00000001 DASH, so amounts have 8 decimal places, as on Bitcoin. Explorers show amounts in DASH; some developer tools show duffs.

Does CoinJoin affect the swap?

No. CoinJoin is an optional feature of the Dash desktop wallet that mixes coins before they are spent. The deposit address here is an ordinary X… address, and whether the DASH you send has been mixed makes no difference.

Can I send DASH from an exchange?

Yes. Withdraw on the Dash network to the deposit address and set the amount so that what arrives matches the figure shown here. There is no other network for DASH.

Is there a refund address?

No. The form asks for the address you send from and the address that receives. If a swap cannot be completed, write to support with the swap ID: every such case is handled by hand.

Why does the estimate change more on a swap from DASH?

Because the rate is fixed only at the tenth confirmation, about half an hour after you send, and the market can move in that time. A swap into DASH from a faster network fixes the rate sooner.

## Related

### Coins

- [Litecoin](https://sablebolt.io/coin/litecoin)
- [Bitcoin](https://sablebolt.io/coin/bitcoin)
- [Dogecoin](https://sablebolt.io/coin/dogecoin)
- [Zcash](https://sablebolt.io/coin/zcash)
- [Monero](https://sablebolt.io/coin/monero)
- [Tether](https://sablebolt.io/coin/tether)

### Posts

- [Reading a swap status page: every state from waiting to finished](https://sablebolt.io/blog/reading-a-swap-status-page)
- [Floating rate: what changes between the estimate and the payout](https://sablebolt.io/blog/floating-rate-estimate-vs-payout)

## External resources

- [Dash Core — chainparams.cpp (address prefixes, block spacing)](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/src/chainparams.cpp)
- [CoinGecko — Dash](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/dash)
- [Dash explorer (chainz)](https://chainz.cryptoid.info/dash/)