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Is the foreign trade payment at the end of the year driving you crazy? I saw the real scene of @Plasma in Yiwu.
These past few days, I had dinner with several friends who do foreign trade in Yiwu, and everyone is complaining about the same thing: it's the end of the year, and the payment from abroad is coming back too slowly. Especially now in early 2026, with the pre-Spring Festival stocking up, the capital turnover rate is simply a lifeline. Traditional SWIFT settlements often get stuck, and the fees are outrageously high, which is like cutting flesh for traditional manufacturing industries whose profits are already squeezed to just a few points.

At this point, I was thinking, how many things are there that can truly solve the pain points of the real economy while we're busy speculating on various concepts in the crypto space? It was during this time that I re-evaluated the Plasma project. To be honest, I used to think that Layer 1 public chains were everywhere, what new tricks could they play? But look at the Paymaster mechanism created by @Plasma ; it really understands the heart of traditional businessmen.

For my friend who does foreign trade, asking him to buy ETH for gas fees and remember mnemonic phrases would drive him crazy. What he wants is simple: 'I transfer you 1000U, you receive 1000U,' without any wear and tear in between, and without needing to deal with any fuel tokens. Plasma has achieved this; in its network, USDT transfers can have zero fees and are extremely fast. This is the right way for Web3 to move towards large-scale adoption.

I believe that one of the major undervalued points of the $XPL cryptocurrency is just this. It was not created for speculation; it is meant to enable traditional business owners who don’t understand blockchain to use cryptocurrency just like they use WeChat Pay. While traditional industries are still struggling with 'reducing costs and increasing efficiency,' Plasma has already paved the way. If 2026 is a year of large traditional capital inflow, then this infrastructure with 'zero threshold' attributes will definitely be the biggest dark horse. Don’t just focus on the K-line; pay more attention to what real businesses are using.

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Today at noon, I was taken out for lunch by a guy who does cross-border e-commerce. I originally thought it would be a catch-up, but instead, I listened to him vent for an hour. The current traditional foreign trade is really difficult; prices are competitive domestically, and traffic is competitive internationally. He told me that buying traffic on those traditional large internet platforms is frighteningly expensive, and profits are as thin as a razor blade. After working hard for a year, he realized he was actually working for the platform.

Hearing this, I couldn't help but take out my phone to show him the page of @Vanarchain .

At first, he was like most outsiders, thinking that blockchain is just about speculating on air. I told him, don't just focus on the coin price; you need to look at the logic behind it. The biggest pain point for traditional brands going overseas is that they don't have their own user assets. Users are all in the hands of Amazon and Facebook; they can suspend accounts whenever they want and raise prices whenever they want.

But look at what $VANRY is doing? It is not a public chain designed just for the sake of technology; it is specifically designed for 'mainstream applications.' Especially when I saw their deep cooperation with Google Cloud, I knew this was solid. For traditional bosses like my friend, who want to build a brand and engage in fan economy, Vanar offers a perfect transitional solution: it provides the security of backing from big companies and allows users to truly hold onto their assets through Web3 methods (like NFT memberships and on-chain points).

I have always believed that the next big opportunity in the crypto circle will not be about mutual cuts within the circle, but about who can bring in those anxious physical business owners from outside.

The market is very noisy right now; everyone is chasing rising prices and cutting losses. But I advise everyone, especially those with spare money looking to invest long-term, to study #vanar more. When the traffic dividend of traditional industries is completely exhausted, projects like Vanar that can provide 'low-cost, high-experience' infrastructure will be the bridge connecting the old world and the new world.

After this meal, my friend was already asking me how to download Binance. The logic is that simple; projects that can solve real pain points are the ones with vitality.

Dusk How to prevent prepaid cards from running away

The hot pot restaurant near my home, which had been open for five years, has closed down. The owner cried in the group, apologizing to everyone, saying the funding chain had broken and the membership cards everyone had recharged could not be refunded. There were curses all over the group, but I know the owner is a good person; she really has no money left. This type of prepaid consumption pitfall is everywhere in China. The business did not intend to defraud money, but the misappropriation of funds led to a collapse, harming consumer rights.

If @Dusk Network were involved, the outcome might have been completely different.
Imagine if the membership card for the hot pot restaurant were running on an intelligent contract on the Dusk chain. The funds recharged by consumers would not go directly into the owner's private pocket but would be locked in a custodial contract on the chain.

First, designated funds for designated purposes. If the owner wants to use this money, she must have corresponding consumption verification records.

Second, transparency and traceability with privacy protection. Consumers can see that the total amount in the fund pool is healthy, but the owner does not need to publicly disclose her daily transaction details.

Third, programmable liquidity. If the store really cannot continue operating, the intelligent contract can automatically trigger a liquidation procedure to proportionally refund the remaining money to the consumers holding tokens, rather than turning into a bad debt.

$DUSK plays the role of a fair and immutable digital intermediary here. It protects the consumers' wallets while also helping the owner prove her innocence. This code-based trust is more effective than any verbal promise.

Watching the owner's helpless apology in the group, I am even more convinced that the future of Crypto lies not in speculation, but in life. The compliant and privacy-focused financial rules that Dusk is building will eventually permeate every corner of our experiences with hot pot, haircuts, and fitness, making society a little less hostile and providing a bit more peace of mind. This is the most down-to-earth application.

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Give time a policy

On weekends, I visited the antique market and ran into Old Li having a fit in the store. It turns out he spent a lot of money on a Qing Dynasty porcelain vase, which was identified as a high imitation, and his years of savings were wasted. In this circle, authenticity relies entirely on word of mouth; appraisal certificates can also be bought. This destruction of wealth due to information asymmetry happens every day.

Seeing Old Li's pained expression, I wondered if Dusk Network could provide insurance for this ancient industry?

In the RWA plan of @Dusk , there is a very interesting application scenario: the digital identity of high-value collectibles. What if we put the microscopic physical characteristics of the vase on the blockchain, generating a unique NFT identity card? That’s not enough; antique trading emphasizes the concept of藏, where buyers and sellers don’t want to flaunt their wealth. Dusk's privacy layer, the Citadel protocol, comes into play.

During transactions, sellers can present a zero-knowledge proof to buyers: this vase has been endorsed by three authoritative experts, and its physical fingerprint matches the original data on the blockchain, but there’s no need to expose who currently owns the vase to the public or disclose the specific transaction price. This ensures both authenticity and confidentiality.

Moreover, for those who cannot afford an entire antique, Dusk can facilitate fractional trading. Old Li's genuine vase can be split into 1000 parts, allowing more people to share in the appreciation of the artwork by holding assets on $DUSK .

Technology should not be cold and indifferent; it should heal the wounds of ordinary people like Old Li who suffer from a lack of trust. What Dusk is doing is providing a policy for time, allowing beautiful things to be passed down and exposing scams. This is my understanding of technology for good.

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Xiao Zhang is my friend at a large company, 34 years old this year, with increasingly thinning hair and a growing sense of anxiety. As the year ends, although the company has issued stock options, those options are like a carrot dangling in front of a donkey; they vest over four years and become void if you leave the company, plus it depends on whether the company can go public. Xiao Zhang smiled wryly and said: this option is just a big pie chart I drew; in the eyes of the company, I am just a consumable.

This kind of indentured servitude-style equity incentive is a common problem in traditional workplaces. But in Dusk Network's RWA vision, the company's equity incentives can take on a completely different form.

If the company issues flow payment options using the XSC standard of @Dusk . First, transparency in rights confirmation. Xiao Zhang's options are assets on the blockchain, written in a smart contract, so the boss can't back out, nor does he need to care about anyone's opinions. Second, real-time vesting. There's no need to wait four years; as long as Xiao Zhang works for a day, the corresponding tokens will automatically be credited to his wallet. Third, privacy protection. Xiao Zhang doesn't need to let his colleagues know how many options he has, nor does it need to be publicly disclosed across the internet; Dusk's ZK technology protects his salary privacy. Fourth, and most importantly, liquidity. If Xiao Zhang urgently needs cash, he can mortgage these vested option tokens through compliant DeFi protocols to get cash, without having to wait for the long-awaited day when the company goes public.

This is true respect for laborers. $DUSK is not just a financial tool; it is also the key to reconstructing production relations. Looking at Xiao Zhang's anxious face, I really hope that Dusk's compliant equity system can enter the mainstream view sooner. Let every contributor truly own their future, rather than living in the big pie of PPT. This is the humanitarian concern I see in Web3.

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Not long ago, I visited the traditional Chinese medicine market in Bozhou, Anhui. The scene was truly spectacular, but also quite chaotic. Some unscrupulous vendors, for profit, sell inferior products as if they are high quality and even use sulfur fumigation. An elderly traditional Chinese medicine doctor sighed to me: 'Good herbs lead to good medicine. Now the source is all chaotic, and we dare not prescribe.

Trust is the lifeblood of the traditional Chinese medicine industry. In the world of blockchain, what we lack the most are trust tools; what we need is a compliant carrier for implementation. The technical characteristics of Dusk Network are tailor-made for the traceability of such high-value, non-standard products.

If we can tokenize the rights of authentic medicinal materials through the XSC standard of @Dusk , every batch of medicinal materials—from cultivation, harvesting to processing—will have all data on-chain and immutable. But this is still not enough; there are many trade secrets in the traditional Chinese medicine supply chain that manufacturers are unwilling to disclose. Dusk's privacy features are impressive here: manufacturers can prove to consumers and regulatory authorities that their medicinal materials meet heavy metal content compliance and originate from authentic sources, but do not need to disclose specific process parameters and upstream farmer lists.

This not only solves the trust issue but also protects trade secrets. More importantly, Dusk's instant settlement capability allows the most vulnerable group of farmers to receive payment at the moment of delivery, rather than being left with a promise to pay.

I think, if one day, every medicinal ingredient we brew can be traced back to its source through the Dusk network, how reassuring that would be. The value of $DUSK lies in guarding this scent of medicine that has been passed down for thousands of years, right? This is much more meaningful than pulling a few upward lines on an exchange. Let technology return to life, return to reverence for tradition; this is the best story Dusk has to tell us.

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Who moved my steering wheel?

While I was stationed at the logistics park, I met truck driver Lao Liu. He had just completed a long haul, and his eyes were bloodshot. Lao Liu complained to me that it's now too difficult to drive trucks; not only are the freight rates low, but more importantly, he is trapped by the platform's algorithm. The platform has control over all his driving data, order habits, and frequently traveled routes, and then uses this data to exploit him, sending him orders with increasingly lower prices.

I've been driving for ten years, and this steering wheel is in my hands, but how did this data become the chain that binds me? Lao Liu's plain words reveal the truth of data hegemony.

This is the tragedy of the Web2 era, where data producers have become slaves to data. And this is precisely where Dusk Network can shine. The underlying logic of Dusk is to return data to the users. Just imagine, if future logistics platforms are built on Dusk: Lao Liu's driving data would be a high-value RWA stored in his own encrypted wallet, rather than on the platform's servers.

When insurance companies want to set Lao Liu's car insurance rate, he can generate a safe driving certificate through the Citadel protocol at @Dusk . It proves that I have had no accidents in the past year and my average speed is stable. The insurance company verifies this certificate, gives Lao Liu a discount, but they can't access Lao Liu's specific travel trajectory. When freight owners want to find reliable drivers, Lao Liu can present his on-time delivery certificate to directly receive high-priced orders, without the platform taking a cut from the data difference.

In this system, $DUSK is not just a gas fee; it is Lao Liu's weapon to reclaim his data rights. Technology should empower workers with more dignity, not make them more passive. Looking at Lao Liu's tired sleeping face, I sincerely hope that Dusk's technology can soon be popularized in the logistics industry, allowing every person holding a steering wheel to grasp their own destiny. This is how Web3 should be; this is technology with a human touch.

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Everyone is shouting about how 'it's hard to do business in reality', perhaps because we are still using the old map to find new lands.

This morning, while having tea at the tea house, I overheard a few traditional trade bosses at the next table. They were all sighing. Everyone understands the current market situation; traditional industries in the country are too 'competitive'. Previously, one could make money through information asymmetry, but now it’s all about cutting costs with fierce competition. The news is constantly shouting about 'digital transformation' and 'AI empowerment', but for most real industry bosses, it feels like reading a foreign language. They know it’s good, but they just don’t know how to implement it, let alone how to monetize it.

I was thinking that this sense of anxiety is actually an opportunity for Crypto, which is also why I’ve been keeping an eye on @Vanarchain recently.

Let’s not just think about trading coins when it comes to blockchain. Look at the current trends; traditional giants need not just to issue a coin to profit off the masses, but a truly capable underlying infrastructure that can support high-frequency interactions, low costs, and smooth integration with mainstream internet. Traditional public chains are too high a barrier for those brands wanting to engage in metaverse marketing or establish on-chain membership systems. The gas fees alone can deter 90% of users.

This is the logic behind my optimism for $VANRY . It’s not just an L1 chain; it’s more like a 'low-resistance bridge' for traditional businesses to access Crypto. Especially with their collaboration with traditional tech giants like Google Cloud, along with their deep involvement in entertainment, gaming, and brand IP fields, isn’t this just to solve the problem of 'difficulty in entering the circle' for traditional industries?

When the real economy is looking for new growth poles, whoever can smoothly bring Web2 users into Web3 will be the winner of the next cycle. For us in trading, sometimes we can’t only focus on the K-line; we also have to pay attention to this major shift in industry fundamentals.

If you are also looking for a project that can break the 'virtual-real barrier', it might be worthwhile to study #Vanar more. In this noisy market, even if you don’t make trades, understanding the business logic behind this 'infrastructure' is a form of cognitive monetization.

Review this week's interpretation of the "14th Five-Year Plan" suggestions by major authoritative institutions in the "China Daily". The keywords are surprisingly consistent: "industrial upgrade" and "anti-involution". Traditional industries such as textiles and light manufacturing are undergoing painful digital transformations, trying to reduce costs and improve efficiency through AI and smart manufacturing. However, many overlook the elephant in the room: the friction costs of capital flow.

When our factories are already using generative AI to optimize production scheduling, why do we still have to endure T+3 settlement time and high transaction fees for cross-border payments? This is precisely the singularity where traditional industries collide with Web3.

This is the core logic behind my optimism for the @Plasma ecosystem. Unlike those projects that are still speculating on air, Plasma defines itself as "Layer 1 born for stablecoins". It addresses one of the most painful pain points in traditional trade: gas fees. Under the architecture of $XPL , USDT transfers can be zero-fee. For traditional foreign trade companies with thin profit margins, being able to settle in US dollars as effortlessly and quickly as sending a WeChat message means a lot for cash flow.

Plasma is not just a public chain; it is becoming the settlement layer for traditional finance (TradFi) entering the crypto world. Through its Bitcoin-anchored security, it provides the necessary trust foundation for conservative traditional industry funds. When the physical industry is seeking the ultimate solution for "cost reduction and efficiency improvement", blockchain payment facilities are the necessary path.

If AI is the brain of manufacturing, then an efficient stablecoin network is its vascular system. Paying attention to $XPL is not just about focusing on a token, but also on the future of digital settlement in the real economy. #Plasma

The flexibility of Dusk Network is reflected in its unique dual transaction models: Moonlight and Phoenix.

These two models correspond to two different needs in the financial world. The Moonlight model is account-based, similar to Ethereum. It is transparent, easy to audit, and suitable for compliance scenarios that require public transparency, such as the shareholder register of listed companies and public charitable donations.

On the other hand, the Phoenix model is UTXO-based, similar to Zcash. It completely conceals the sender, receiver, and transaction amount using cryptographic commitments and nullifier mechanisms. This is suitable for situations that require a high degree of business confidentiality, such as institutional positions, dark pool trading, and payroll distribution.

In the @Dusk network, users and developers can seamlessly switch between the two models based on business needs. This design reflects Dusk's profound understanding of financial complexity. It does not force users to adopt one model but instead provides a toolbox. Institutions can conduct compliance reporting in the Moonlight model while protecting core business interests in the Phoenix model. This dual-track system is key to Dusk's ability to attract both regulators and free market participants, and it is also its core competitive advantage that distinguishes it from other 'one-size-fits-all' privacy chains.

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