Dusk is a Layer 1 built for regulated financial infrastructure where privacy is treated as a core feature, not a bonus. I’m drawn to it because most public chains make finance feel exposed. If every transaction is visible, strategies can be copied, investors can be targeted, and normal users lose the comfort of privacy. Dusk tries to solve that without ignoring compliance. They’re focused on a design where transactions can be confidential through zero knowledge proofs, while still allowing auditability and controlled disclosure when a legitimate regulator or auditor needs proof that rules were followed.
The system is modular. The base network aims to provide settlement, consensus, and finality that fits financial markets, and the execution side is built to support smart contracts and developer friendly building. That structure matters because markets need predictable settlement, and builders need familiar tools to ship applications.
How it gets used is straightforward. Teams can build financial apps, compliant DeFi, or tokenized real world assets on top of the network, choosing between public or private transaction styles depending on what the application needs. Over time, the long term goal looks bigger than one product. They’re aiming to become a foundation where regulated assets can be issued and traded on chain with privacy, clear rules, and real market readiness. I’m watching because this direction feels like the bridge between crypto innovation and real world finance.