Dash (DASH) and Monero (XMR): a comparison
Dash and Monero set side by side: how the quotes moved, how the protocols are built and what tasks each one was made for.
Specifications of DASH and XMR
| Dash (DASH) | Monero (XMR) | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $45.53 | $559.78 |
| Ticker | DASH | XMR |
| Type | coin of its own network | coin of its own network |
| Launched | 2014 | 2014 |
| Built by | Evan Duffield | — |
| Consensus | Proof of Work (X11) + masternodes | Proof of Work (RandomX) |
| Block | ~2.5 min | ~2 min |
| Privacy | optional | always on |
| In circulation | 12.89 M DASH | 18.83 M XMR |
| Market cap | $586.52 M | $10.54 B |
| Rank by cap | #95 | #13 |
| Supply cap | — | no cap |
Source: CoinGecko, Nov 10, 2026 13:27. How these numbers are counted
Price movement: DASH and XMR
The start of the period is taken as 100 for both prices: the chart shows the difference in movement, not the quotes themselves.
| Period | DASH | XMR |
|---|---|---|
| 7 days | +1.78% | −3.31% |
| 30 days | −8% | +12.49% |
| 90 days | +52.97% | +55% |
The link between their daily moves over the quarter is 0.32 (they travel apart).
The tasks DASH and XMR were made for
- Transfers and paymentsDash and Monero
- Confidential transfersMonero
How Dash and Monero are built
How Dash works
There are two layers here. The first is Proof of Work mining on the X11 algorithm, a block roughly every 2.5 minutes. The second is masternodes with a 1000 DASH collateral: they provide InstantSend, ChainLocks protection against chain reorganisations and optional CoinJoin mixing, and they also vote on the development budget.
What Dash is for
Dash is taken where speed matters — everyday payments and transfers: InstantSend locks a transaction in within seconds.
How Monero works
Everything is hidden at once, with no settings to turn on: ring signatures mix decoys in with the real sender, stealth addresses generate a one-time destination address for each payment, and RingCT hides the amount. The coin is mined with the RandomX algorithm — designed for ordinary processors — and a block comes out roughly every 2 minutes. When the main issuance ends, miners will be left with a constant small reward: 0.6 XMR per block.
What Monero is for
People turn to Monero when payments and holdings should not be on public display: otherwise anyone who knows the address sees both the balance and the whole history of operations. Coins in the blockchain are indistinguishable from one another, so XMR is fully fungible.