#dusk 's mainnet didn't launch in a vacuum. It launched into the broader, often irrational, crypto market. This presents a unique early test: how does a fundamentally-driven project behave during a market-wide tantrum?
If Bitcoin dumps 20% next week, what happens to activity on #dusk ? Does development stop? Do the few early liquidity pools dry up completely? Or does the work continue, uncorrelated to the noise?
This is a test of conviction. It separates projects whose value is purely speculative and tied to BTC's movements from those that are building a separate, intrinsic utility. For a chain targeting real-world assets and institutions—entities that theoretically care more about regulatory clarity and tech than crypto's daily volatility—its resistance to pure hype cycles will be a feature.
Watching #dusk 's on-chain activity during the next big market downturn will tell us more about its true resilience than any green day ever could.
