Exchange Decred (DCR)

Decred – abbreviated as DCR and short for Decentralised Credit – is a sustainable autonomously-run digital asset with changes voted on and introduced directly by those who use and mine the crypto. DCR has adapted the most-liked features of Bitcoin combining them with total decentralization, democratic self-governance, and responsive framework. DCR was created by the same team that was involved in the early stages of Bitcoin development and who created btcdsuite, a Bitcoin implementation in Go. The developers identified an inefficiency in the way BTC works: the decision-making process behind the crypto became excessively centralized and significant changes and upgrades were no longer possible without a hard fork. The team thus embarked on a quest to make Decred everything that Bitcoin could have been but failed in the long run. The team behind DCR is focused on keeping its decentralized community motivated to contribute. Unlike many other blockchains, Decred allows anyone to submit a proposal for improvement, which is voted on Politeia by the stakeholders who decide if it is approved or not. Once the improvement is approved by the Assembly, it is developed and tested before being added to the original code as “dormant code”. After this, the community of miners and stakers can vote on the improvement. Tracking is done through Politeia – an unregulated time-stamped software. Successfully passing an improvement required a 75% majority. If the majority cannot be reached, the voting is started over. Another innovation implemented by Decred is the Lightning Network, which operates as an off-blockchain means of resolving payments. This decentralized network uses smart contracts to enable instant transactions across a network of participants.