Dusk Network is a Layer-1 blockchain built for real financial markets, not just for crypto users. Most blockchains were designed with full transparency, where every transaction and balance is visible to anyone. While this works for open systems, it creates serious problems for finance. In real markets, exposing positions, trade sizes, or counterparties can lead to front-running, unfair advantages, and loss of privacy.
Dusk starts from a different question: what information actually needs to be public for a system to work correctly? The network hides sensitive financial data by default, but still allows the system to verify that transactions follow the rules. This makes it possible for institutions and users to operate on-chain without exposing business-critical information to competitors or observers.
To achieve this, Dusk uses zero-knowledge proofs. These are cryptographic tools that let the network confirm something is true without seeing the underlying data. For example, a transaction can be proven valid without showing the amount or the identities involved. This allows privacy and trust to exist at the same time, instead of being trade-offs.
The long-term goal of Dusk is to bring regulated assets like securities, bonds, and other financial instruments onto blockchain infrastructure. By embedding legal and operational rules directly into the protocol, Dusk reduces reliance on intermediaries and manual oversight. This turns compliance into a technical process instead of a human one, making markets more efficient and less error-prone.
