On the execution side DuskEVM is the bridge for builders who want familiar smart contract development without learning an entirely new universe. The official documentation shows the public test network is live while the main network status is not marked live yet which is important because it sets expectations honestly.
This execution environment is designed to settle back to the DuskDS layer and it uses a rollup style approach where data is posted in blobs. Today it still carries a temporary finalization model that the team describes as something they plan to upgrade toward much faster settlement. One detail that reveals the target audience is how transaction flow is handled right now.
There is no public mempool so transactions are visible to the sequencer and ordered by fees. That design choice fits a world where order flow leakage and predictable behavior can be exploited and where institutions want more control over execution quality.
