I see Asch as a project that offers easy and convenient application development platform for programmers. It provides all necessary tools and components like SDKs, API and libraries that supports apps development with JavaScript and DBMS.
They employ sidechain technology to form an ecosystem of Developers who can interrelate with one another for better Dapps development. Each Developer is a host connected to the sidechain via nodes. Dapps developed in this way is made downloadable to the users who belong to the ecosystem. Most of these apps are plug and play in nature.
XAS is the coin used in Asch project with which all transactions are made. For mining XAS and for transaction confirmation, it make use of DPOS and PBFT.
Using Asch project will make the use of Dapps a commonplace when it becomes more adopted. Until now, the project is yet to be known universally.