Privacy has never been free, but for Dusk, the cost is becoming the moat of $DUSK.
Every privacy transaction requires generating complex ZK proofs, and the gas fees are frighteningly high, but all this gas is burned, leaving nothing behind. Once RWA really gets going, institutions will frequently adjust their billions in assets and dividends, and the burning speed will only increase; this is the deflation driven by real demand.
The most ruthless aspect of Dusk is that it combines 'privacy' and 'compliance': the transaction details are completely hidden from the outside, yet regulators can verify everything is legal. NPEX directly brought 300 million euros worth of securities here, aimed at this setup.
Other chains either run naked or are pure black boxes, and institutions shake their heads at them. Once DuskEVM goes live, compliant privacy is ready to use right away.
The market is still asleep, prices are wobbling at low levels, but when institutional demand fully wakes up, we’ll see what happens.