Dusk Network's mainnet activation on January 7, 2026, followed by DuskEVM mainnet in the second week, marks a significant step toward privacy-preserving yet programmable infrastructure. DuskEVM enables developers to deploy standard Solidity smart contracts that settle confidentially on the DuskDS base layer, which handles consensus, data availability, and settlement using zero-knowledge techniques. This modular separation allows Ethereum-compatible tooling to integrate more easily while inheriting native privacy features, making it suitable for applications requiring both confidentiality and regulatory alignment in tokenized real-world assets and compliant DeFi.
