Dusk employs Segregated Byzantine Agreement (SBA) consensus—a permissionless PoS variant with statistical finality and blind bidding to prevent Sybil attacks. Recent DuskEVM launch ports Ethereum contracts seamlessly, blending EVM speed with native privacy via PLONK proofs and Secure Tunnel
$DUSK Switching (STS) for anonymous communications. Developers use Rust for contracts, supporting use cases like confidential payments, stealth addresses, and ring signatures. Node operators stake dusk rewards based on uptime, securing the network against breaches while enabling instant, irrevocable settlements. This positions Dusk for enterprise adoption, from banks tokenizing assets to DAOs handling private votes