After studying for so long @Dusk , I realized that we shouldn't view the hacking of the Scroll founder's Twitter as an isolated incident, but rather we should delve deeper into why our method of confirming identity remains so primitive and fragile in a Web3 world with billions in assets, and how Dusk's Citadel protocol aims to fundamentally solve this century-old problem.
Brothers, today I saw the news that the Scroll co-founder's Twitter was hacked. To be honest, I'm not surprised at all, and I even feel a bit sad. This is the current state of Web3 we are in: we are dealing with billions of dollars in decentralized finance on the chain, yet we have to rely on a centralized and bug-ridden Web2 social software (Twitter/X) to confirm whether the project team has issued airdrops or contract addresses. It's like you have stored gold bars in a vault, but the key to the vault door is a plastic toy key.
This time it's Scroll, next time it might be Vitalik, and the time after that it could be any prominent figure you follow. In this dark forest where 'account hacking equals running away,' Dusk's value has not only been underestimated; it has been completely ignored by the market. Everyone is focused on Dusk's privacy transaction but forget that Dusk is also the last line of defense for Web3 security.
1. Trust Collapse: The Deadlock of the Web2 Identity System
We must acknowledge a cruel fact: today's Web3 is built on castles in the sand. We trust a project often because we trust the founder's Twitter account. As long as hackers gain access to that account (whether through credential stuffing or insider threats), they can publish fake contracts and instantly siphon away tens of millions of dollars.
Why is this happening? Because we lack a 'native on-chain, immutable, privacy-protecting identity layer.'
On Ethereum or other L2s, you are just an address starting with 0x, or a profile picture on Twitter. You cannot self-verify your identity, nor can you prevent others from impersonating you. But in the Dusk ecosystem, such basic errors simply do not happen.
Dusk is not just about issuing a token; it has built a digital identity protocol called Citadel from the ground up. In the Dusk network, identity is defined not by a Twitter account but by cryptographic proofs. If Scroll uses Dusk's technology, when the founder publishes a message, a 'zero-knowledge proof' can be generated through Citadel. This proof will tell everyone: 'This message indeed comes from the founder and has been signed with a private key,' and even if a hacker steals the Twitter account, without the founder's local private key, they cannot generate this proof.
This is Dusk's dimensional blow to the Web2 identity system.
2. Citadel Protocol: Putting a Bulletproof Vest on Your Identity
Many people do not understand what Citadel is for, thinking it is just a KYC (Know Your Customer) tool. Wrong! Completely wrong!
Citadel is the crown jewel of Dusk. It uses zero-knowledge proof technology to achieve a seemingly paradoxical function: 'It can prove who you are without revealing who you are.'
Back to the issue of Scroll being hacked. If future Web3 social and governance are built on Dusk, the process would be as follows: the project party registers an institutional identity on the Dusk chain. When they release announcements, it will automatically include a verification signature on the Dusk chain. Users do not need to guess whether this Twitter is real; they just need to check whether the Dusk verification green light is on in their browser plugin.
If it shines, it is the real body; even the King of Heaven cannot forge it.
If it doesn’t shine, no matter how many Twitter followers there are, it is a fake.
Dusk is transforming the concept of 'trust' from trusting 'human nature' (trusting Twitter's security team, trusting the founder not to click on random links) to trusting 'mathematics.' Mathematics does not lie, and mathematics cannot be hacked.
3. The Institution's Urgent Need: Without an identity layer, there is no RWA.
This hacking incident has scared not only retail investors but also large institutional money outside the market. Just think about it, if Goldman Sachs or JPMorgan wanted to issue tens of billions of bonds on-chain and the bond prices collapsed because an intern's Twitter was hacked, who can bear that responsibility?
So, I have always emphasized that the 300 million euro partnership involving tangible assets (RWA) that Dusk is working on is of extremely high value. Because only public chains like Dusk, which have a compliant identity layer, can allow institutions to feel secure entering the market.
What do institutions need? It is 'confirmation of rights.' On Dusk, both the asset issuer and the trading party are compliant entities certified by Citadel. Even if hackers break into their social media or even their servers, as long as they do not obtain the private key on the Dusk chain, the assets cannot be moved, and false messages cannot be sent out.
Dusk provides a 'financial-grade secure environment.' This is fundamentally different from public chains that exist only for speculating on meme tokens. Scroll was caught 'running naked' this time, while Dusk had long put on a full set of Iron Man armor.
4. Endgame Simulation: From 'Account' to 'Sovereignty'
Brothers, this incident is a watershed moment. It will force the entire industry to think: what kind of Web3 do we really need?
Should we continue to live in fear on Twitter and Discord, or migrate to networks like Dusk that have a native identity layer?
The future entry point of Web3 will definitely not be Twitter, nor will it be a MetaMask wallet, but a one-stop identity protocol like Dusk's Citadel. It protects your privacy, safeguards your assets, and more importantly, it takes the right to explain 'who you are' back from Musk and hands it back to you.
This is Dusk's ambition—data sovereignty.
Do not think that Dusk is just an old coin. In today's climate of increasing security anxiety, Dusk, with its seven years of accumulated technical foundation, is the real safe haven. The lessons from Scroll are painful, but they have also illuminated the path for Dusk.
Don't wait until your account is also hacked before you remember how good Dusk is.
