The first part of Evolution is what Duffield calls the world's first decentralized Application Programming Interface (API), or DAPI.

Duffield explains that the DAPI will enable other people or programs to query Dash's blockchain data as though they had access to a full node themselves – without having to actually run one. The data returned by the DAPI will be pulled from a randomly selected quorum of Dash'smasternodes.

"Developers don't need to download, validate, or store the 10GB blockchain, yet they still have the same security as a full node and much better privacy."

- Evan Duffield

CoinTelegraph caught up with Duffield to ask him to expound on the ideas behind the world's first DAPI.

CoinTelegraph: For those unfamiliar with exactly how an API works – much less how it could be called "centralized" – please explain what an API does.

Evan Duffield: APIs, or Application Programming Interfaces, are how useful libraries and services are made accessible to outside programs and companies. For example, a company like PayPal has an API, which will allow you to send funds to anyone else in the world and automate payments using the API.