Excellent review. I do think Steem could ultimately wipe Dash of the map entirely.

Yes, Steem is decentralized. More so than Dash? Possibly. Some aspects, sure. But there are many ways to compare (and then some more as it comes to programming technicals I can't even account for, but developers such as yourself @good-karma may have much better understanding of).

It should be acknowledged that both systems could be said to have theoretical weaknesses relating to centralization. But frankly, so far all crypto currencies I know of have similar issues and we're still in early development. Risk is present in every case.

Steem is developing faster, with more determination and with a better supporting structure than I've seen in any other crypto-project so far, in the form of the social network itself.

I expect this more advanced form of Cooperative Agorism (as compared to the early Bitcoin/Litecoin model) to ramp up significantly over the next decade. Number of cryptocurrency uses and coexisting communities will increase. Voluntary syndication between these and increasing network stability should follow. -Sideways or slowly declining price moves in Bitcoin would likely help keep focus on alternatives and could speed up that process significantly. Either way, we are making tremendous progress and can expect governments around the world to take very serious counter measures.

Expect skilled competition paid for with money that was taken from you in taxes. Expect subversion. But if we take the measures necessary, expect to win and reap great rewards!