A little bit of history: Dash was originally launched as "Xcoin" in 2014, then briefly rebranded as "Darkcoin" before becoming Dash. It also had a unique controversy around its launch: within the first 48 hours, around 2 million Dash were mined due to a bug in the code. This "Instamine" led to criticism that early miners got an unfair advantage, though the Dash team has explained it as an unintended technical error.