I remember 2018 pretty clearly. That was the year I first realized most blockchains weren’t built for the world they claimed they wanted to change. Everyone talked about institutions, real assets, serious finance but the moment compliance or privacy came up, the conversation got awkward. Either everything was transparent to the point of being unusable, or privacy meant breaking the rules quietly and hoping no one noticed.
That tension never really went away. I’ve watched projects stall because regulators showed up, or users lost trust because “privacy” turned out to be selective. That’s the problem Dusk keeps pulling me back to.
When I started following @Dusk , what clicked wasn’t marketing it was intent. Dusk feels like it accepted early on that regulated finance isn’t optional. Instead of bolting compliance on later, it treats privacy and auditability as things that must exist together. Not as enemies. Not as compromises.
The solution isn’t flashy, but it’s honest: build a Layer 1 where institutions don’t have to pretend, and users don’t have to sacrifice dignity. That’s why I see $DUSK less as speculation and more as infrastructure quietly waiting for the rest of the industry to mature.
That patience might be its real edge.