In the current Web3 user experience, the presence of blockchain is very strong. We need to manage private keys, be concerned about whether the gas fee is sufficient, remain vigilant against phishing links, and understand what Layer 1 and Layer 2 are. This extremely high cognitive barrier and poor user experience are the biggest obstacles to the mass adoption of blockchain. If the financial world of the future really operates on blockchain, then for the end user, blockchain should be invisible, just like how we use the internet every day but most people do not need to understand how the TCP/IP protocol works.
The ultimate vision of Dusk Network is to become such an invisible financial infrastructure. The Dusk team understands that to enable billions of users and millions of enterprises around the world to adopt Web3 technology, the technology itself must step back behind the scenes. Future users should have an experience using financial applications built on Dusk that is no different from using current banking apps or stock trading software.
Imagine a future scenario. A small to medium-sized enterprise owner in Europe wants to apply for a supply chain loan. They open what seems to be an ordinary fintech app and submit the application. In the background, this app is actually running a decentralized application on the Dusk network. Through Dusk's Citadel identity protocol, the business owner unknowingly completes compliant identity verification without uploading sensitive documents. Their business operation data is encrypted, packaged into a zero-knowledge proof, and sent to liquidity providers on the chain. The liquidity providers are several large banks; they verify the business's credit status through Dusk's privacy smart contracts and automatically issue the loan. The funds are instantly credited as a stablecoin on the Dusk chain, but the business owner sees only the euro balance in the app. Throughout the process, there are no complex wallet addresses, no gas fee prompts, and no confusing blockchain terminology. Everything happens seamlessly.
To achieve this invisible user experience, Dusk has made significant innovations in its underlying technology. First is account abstraction and unified identity. Through the Citadel protocol, users can control their on-chain identity using biometric technology like Face ID without directly managing private keys. Secondly, high performance and low cost. Dusk's Piecrust virtual machine and Succinct consensus mechanism ensure second-level transaction confirmations and extremely low fees, minimizing the friction of blockchain. Finally, native compliance. Application developers no longer need to integrate complex third-party compliance services because compliance capabilities are already built into Dusk's protocol layer; they only need to focus on optimizing the front-end user experience.
A truly mature technology must return to simplicity. The current blockchain industry is filled with flashy innovations and obscure terms, which precisely indicates that the industry is still in its early, rough stage. Dusk has chosen a path less traveled; it does not seek to create hype on stage but is committed to building a powerful, secure, compliant, and silent underlying network behind the scenes. When one day in the future, global financial assets circulate efficiently on the Dusk network and the vast majority of participants do not even know the name Dusk, that will be the true moment of success for Dusk. Because the highest praise for infrastructure is that people cannot live without it in their daily lives yet hardly feel its presence.