When blockchain knocks on the door of traditional finance, the conflict between privacy and compliance is always a hurdle that lies in between. The transparency of public chains exposes commercial secrets, while privacy coins struggle to meet regulatory requirements. The trillion-level tokenization market for real-world assets (RWA) urgently needs a foundational solution that can accommodate both.
Dusk Network, born in 2018, precisely targets this pain point with a compliance-focused, privacy-first Layer 1 blockchain. It is built on a modular architecture, embedding cutting-edge technologies like Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKP) and Segregated Byzantine Agreement (SBA) consensus at its core, creating a financial-grade infrastructure that is 'privacy autonomous and auditable'.
Its innovative privacy smart contract (XSC standard) can hide transaction amounts and identities. The Citadel identity framework encapsulates compliance credentials with private NFTs, while the Hedger protocol implements authorized auditing through homomorphic encryption—this combination not only meets the institutions' demand for privacy but also adapts to strict EU regulations such as MiFID II and MiCA.
On the implementation front, Dusk has already made its mark. After the mainnet launch in 2025, it will collaborate deeply with the Dutch compliant exchange NPEX to promote over $300 million in compliant asset tokenization, becoming a benchmark case for RWA tokenization in Europe. Meanwhile, DuskEVM achieves interoperability with the Ethereum ecosystem, and the roadmap planning for Hyperstaking, Zedger, etc., continues to expand its imagination space in areas like institutional DeFi and privacy payments.
In the current era of accelerated integration between blockchain and traditional finance, Dusk Network is reconstructing the underlying logic of financial asset tokenization with a dual engine of compliance and privacy, injecting new momentum into this industry transformation.