I’ll admit it — @Dusk wasn’t on my radar at first either. It sat in that “privacy + regulation” space that a lot of projects talk about, but very few actually build for in a serious way. What changed my view wasn’t a big announcement, it was time. Projects that start in 2018 and keep shipping in the same direction usually aren’t guessing.
The more I looked, the clearer it became that Dusk Network is extremely opinionated. It’s not trying to win DeFi hype cycles or chase retail narratives. It’s designed for financial infrastructure where privacy has to coexist with auditability — not “hide everything,” but reveal what’s needed when it’s required.
Once I stopped judging it by retail adoption speed, the design choices made more sense. Modular architecture. Compliance-aware execution. Systems that assume institutions will eventually show up, not overnight, but when the space matures.
Sure, that path is slower. Regulated finance always is. But speed isn’t the same as relevance.
$DUSK feels like one of those networks that won’t shout for attention —
but might quietly matter when the industry finally grows into itself.
