DASH to BCH: Exchange Dash for Bitcoin Cash Without KYC

Dash and Bitcoin Cash are both payment coins with roots in Bitcoin's design, and each has its own following of merchants, tipping apps and services. Someone who holds DASH may need BCH because a shop, a hosting provider or a friend takes only Bitcoin Cash. Others simply want to keep their spending money on one chain rather than two.

The two networks went different ways. Dash added a second layer of masternodes that support features such as faster payment locking. Bitcoin Cash stayed close to Bitcoin's original model and raised the block size to keep fees low. Neither choice makes one coin a better home for your funds; the reason to swap is usually where you plan to spend.

This pair pays BCH to an address in your own wallet. There is no exchange account in between, and nothing is held for you after the swap.

Bitcoin Cash accepts addresses in three forms. The full CashAddr form starts with bitcoincash:q. The same address with the prefix dropped starts with just q. The legacy form starts with 1 and is identical in style to an old Bitcoin address.

Use CashAddr whenever you can. Electron Cash and Cashonize both show it by default, and it cannot be mistaken for a Bitcoin address. A legacy address is accepted, but it is easy to paste one from a BTC wallet by mistake, and BCH sent to an address that only a Bitcoin wallet watches will not show up there.

A Bitcoin address starting with bc1 or 3 is not a Bitcoin Cash address and is refused. Neither is your Dash X address. If your clipboard holds the wrong one, the first few characters give it away, so check them before you confirm the swap.

Send the DASH from a wallet whose keys you hold, such as Dash Core on desktop or DashPay (formerly Dash Wallet) on mobile. Copy one of its X addresses into the sender field. DashPay also lets you pick a username, but the swap needs the X address itself, not the name.

Dash produces a block about every 2.5 minutes, and the deposit is usually confirmed within a few minutes. Your wallet sets the network fee in DASH, and for a normal transfer it is a small part of the amount.

Send the exact quoted amount as one transaction to the deposit address shown for this swap. If you want to follow it, paste the transaction ID into Blockchair. Sending from an exchange withdrawal is possible but unwise, because that withdrawal leaves from a pooled address and a refund may not find its way back to you.

On this pair the slow part comes at the end. The Dash deposit confirms in a few minutes, and once it does, most swaps finish within minutes. The BCH is then broadcast to your address straight away.

Bitcoin Cash blocks average about ten minutes, so the first confirmation can take a while and a full set of confirmations takes about 10 to 20 minutes. During that time Electron Cash or Cashonize may show the incoming BCH as unconfirmed or pending. That is the normal state of a fresh Bitcoin Cash transfer, not a sign that something went wrong.

The payout transaction is visible on Blockchair's Bitcoin Cash explorer from the moment it is sent. If you can see it there, it is on its way into a block. Waiting a little is all it needs; sending another DASH deposit will not speed it up.

Both coins pay their own network fees, so the BCH you receive can be spent at once with no other coin needed. Neither side uses a memo or destination tag. The two lines that differ most are the address prefix and the block interval: an X address on one side and a CashAddr on the other, and blocks that come about four times as often on Dash as on Bitcoin Cash. Blockchair covers both chains, which keeps checking simple.

The exchange box shows the BCH you receive after fees for the DASH you enter, priced from aggregated liquidity from leading crypto markets. That quote keeps following the market right up to the confirmation of your DASH. The minimum and maximum for DASH to BCH are shown in the box too.

The swap asks for no account, email or ID. GhostSwap is a no-KYC crypto exchange, and this pair runs on your Bitcoin Cash address, your Dash sender address and the deposit.

If a swap cannot be completed, the coins are refunded to the sender address you entered. Keep that X address in a wallet you control. Your swap ID opens a status page that follows both legs. If the DASH is confirmed and the status has stood still for a long time, email support@ghostswap.io with the swap ID and the Dash transaction ID.