Dusk (Token DUSK) is a privacy-first Layer 1 public blockchain established in 2018, focusing on regulated decentralized finance. Its core mission is to bring institutional-grade assets and real-world assets (RWA) on-chain to achieve economic inclusivity. The project raised $140 million in funding, with investors including Maven 11 and Blockground Capital, and in 2020 raised $124 million through an IPO, with a steadily increasing valuation.
Technically, it adopts the Separate Byzantine Agreement (SBA) consensus and zero-knowledge proof technology stack, integrating Bulletproofs + MLSAG signatures, PLONK proof systems, etc., to build a privacy-preserving smart contract platform called Rusk, which can hide transaction amounts and identities while complying with regulations through a "single source of truth" mechanism. Core products include the zero-trust custody solution Dusk Vault, the payment infrastructure Dusk Pay, and the compliance KYC solution Citadel.
The ecological landing results are significant, collaborating with the licensed Dutch exchange NPEX to promote a €300 million security tokenization project, integrating Chainlink oracles to enhance on-chain security infrastructure, with the zero-trust custody solution officially implemented. Currently, the market capitalization is approximately $28.1 million, and after the mainnet upgrade, it will further expand functionalities such as DEX and cross-chain bridges, becoming a benchmark for compliant RWA infrastructure connecting traditional finance and Web3.