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An overview of DIP-5<\/p>\n
We are happy to announce the release of a new DIP: DIP-5 Blockchain Users<\/a>. This blog post is intended to provide a brief, less-technical overview of them. The basic concept of blockchain users is simple and similar to many systems you already interact with \u2014 an account associated with your username. Although this is a bit oversimplified, it\u2019s a good place to start. In this post I\u2019ll attempt to clarify why they\u2019re needed and provide an overview of how they work.<\/p>\n There are two significant reasons Dash is adding users to the blockchain. The first is a solution to an existing issue common to many cryptocurrencies and the second is an enhancement to enable additional features on the Dash network.<\/p>\n Before jumping into the details, I\u2019d like to define what is meant by the terms \u201clayer 1\u201d and \u201clayer 2\u201d that appear in the descriptions below:<\/p>\n If you have much experience with cryptocurrency, this one is probably obvious. We may describe it using different words depending on our background, but it comes down to terms like: poor-UX, not user-friendly, and the classic \u201cmy grandma would never use this\u201d. One reason for this is the \u201caddress exchange issue\u201d \u2014 the inability to easily search for and pay a person\/business by name without having to interact with intimidating-appearing QR codes or addresses derived from cryptographic hashes. Nearly 10 years into cryptocurrency use, we still resort to using other communication channels (e.g. email, SMS, etc.) to exchange payment addresses for non-face-to-face transactions.<\/p>\nWhy are they needed?<\/h2>\n
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1. Simplifying payment interactions<\/h3>\n