If you take a close look at Dusk Network’s tech, you’ll see why people are calling it a game-changer for on-chain finance. It’s a Layer-1 blockchain, but the real trick is how it splits things up: DuskDS handles settlement, while DuskEVM runs execution. This means developers can launch EVM-compatible dApps that come with privacy built right in, thanks to zero-knowledge proofs and homomorphic encryption running through the Hedger module.

What does that get you? Confidential transactions, for starters. With the Phoenix model, the system hides transaction amounts and links using commitments and nullifiers. At the same time, it still allows selective disclosure when audits come up. So, it’s not just private—it’s also designed to fit strict rules like MiFID II and GDPR. When it comes to regulated tokenization, Zedger steps in. It can enforce things like whitelists and split balances (transferable versus voting) right at the protocol level. Dusk uses Sparse Merkle-Segment Tries to manage all this efficiently and keep user data private.

This isn’t just theory, either. Dusk has real momentum. Their partnership with NPEX brings €300 million in tokenized assets from a fully licensed Dutch exchange. On top of that, integrating Chainlink’s CCIP lets them move real-world assets across chains with live data feeds. Right now, there are about 500 million $DUSK in circulation. Their Succinct Attestation consensus pushes out roughly 8,600 blocks every day, so you get fast, committee-based PoS finality.

Dusk isn’t just laying down rails for DeFi—they’re building compliant, private infrastructure that actually works for institutions and scales without cutting corners.@Dusk #Dusk