The working protocol is powered by the workings of its consensus, SBA. The validators on the network lock up their DUSK tokens instead of using the computational power to validate the blocks. The validation of the blocks is divided into 3 phases, Block generation, block reduction, and block agreement.

Unlike Bitcoin which follows a typical layering of blocks after every transaction, DUSK validators work together to work on a specific block. They further create a certificate for the block to ensure that the block isn’t breaking any rules. To carry out the operations seamlessly, it uses the SBA mechanism which is an upgrade over the underlying Proof-of-Stake(PoS). It combines various decentralized functionalities and picks up the most honest nodes.

The main feature of SBA is that once the certificate is created then, it cannot be reversed as the voting power is transitional among all the validators in the Dusk Network. This is done to decrease the finality time. Additionally, the network also uses a native confidential smart contract system to provide privacy and decentralization which is driven by zk-proofs.

What Makes Dusk Network Unique-Uses Cases?

Decentralization

The network aims to be largely decentralized by promoting smaller players to participate in the consensus rather that allowing the resource concentration from staking pools.