Source: Early report on Dusk Foundation’s launch (July 2018)
This historical article covers one of the first major announcements from the Dusk Foundation: the launch of the Dusk Network, a decentralized communication and data-sharing infrastructure secured by a privacy-oriented cryptocurrency. The project was designed to:
Enable surveillance-free communication between peers, keeping users anonymous and protecting free expression.
Support encrypted transmission of text, images, and video without censorship or monitoring.
Build a privacy-oriented consensus algorithm (Segregated Byzantine Agreement) and networking layer that obfuscates IP addresses and prevents tracking.
The Dusk Foundation — organized as a not-for-profit blockchain research entity — governed fundraising and development of this network with a mission to protect privacy as a fundamental right for business, personal freedom, and secure communication.