In January 2026, the official launch of the DuskEVM mainnet became a key turning point in the privacy finance track. This privacy computing layer, compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine, not only breaks the long-standing developer threshold that has constrained the development of privacy public chains but also achieves a qualitative leap in the 'technological accumulation - ecological explosion - value closed loop', allowing privacy protection to transition from a laboratory concept to large-scale commercial applications, opening a new development stage for Dusk Network.
The core breakthrough of DuskEVM lies in solving the core contradiction between privacy technology and ecological compatibility. As a fully compatible application layer with the EVM standard, it allows developers familiar with Solidity to migrate mature applications from the Ethereum ecosystem to the Dusk network without learning complex cryptography, with migration costs close to zero. More importantly, these applications can obtain native privacy protection through the Hedger protocol without additional modifications—transaction data is encrypted by default while retaining audit interfaces, perfectly balancing privacy needs with regulatory requirements. This 'out-of-the-box' privacy compliance capability has completely activated the developer ecosystem. By late January 2026, over 20 institutional-level applications have been deployed based on DuskEVM, covering multiple core scenarios such as compliant DeFi, RWA markets, and private fund tokenization.
Behind the implementation of technology lies the collaborative empowerment of the underlying architecture. Dusk's innovative 'Piecrust VM+DuskEVM' dual VM architecture achieves a dual guarantee of performance and compatibility: Piecrust VM, as the native zero-knowledge virtual machine, enhances ZK computing performance by 10 times, compressing settlement finality to 2-3 seconds, suitable for high-frequency financial trading; DuskEVM focuses on ecological expansion, opening up a connection channel with the Ethereum ecosystem, allowing privacy technology to reach a broader range of users and applications. This modular design enables Dusk to retain the technical advantages of a native privacy public chain while possessing the ecological vitality of mainstream public chains, laying a solid foundation for scalable applications.
The closed-loop of the economic model transforms technological value into sustainable ecological power. Dusk's Hyperstaking mechanism deeply binds the value of DUSK with ecological activity—verification nodes must stake a large amount of DUSK to participate in SBA consensus, with the current staked amount exceeding 200 million, accounting for 36% of the total supply. More importantly, staking rewards do not come from simple token issuance, but from the sharing of on-chain transaction fees and zero-knowledge proof computation costs, where the fees generated from the clearing of regulated financial assets constitute the core source of income. This 'demand-driven' incentive model anchors the value of $DUSK to real ecological activities, achieving a 583% increase within 30 days, transforming technical expectations into ecological hard currency.
The landing of DuskEVM marks the entry of privacy finance into the era of scalable applications. It proves that privacy technology and ecological compatibility are not in opposition, and that perfect integration of the two can be achieved through technological innovation. With the continuous influx of developers, the ongoing enrichment of application scenarios, and the accelerated access of institutional assets, Dusk's ecological value will continue to rise, while $DUSK, as the ecological native token, will capture long-term and sustainable value dividends in this wave of scalable privacy finance.#Dusk $DUSK @Dusk 
