I’ve been looking into @Dusk and the first thing that hit me is how different the focus is compared to most chains. A lot of projects compete on speed, hype, or “ecosystem size,” but Dusk is built around something finance actually needs: privacy that still stays verifiable.
The reason this matters is simple. On most blockchains, everything is public by default. Anyone can track wallets, follow transfers, and map activity over time. That might be fine for open systems, but for real financial use-cases it becomes a deal-breaker. Institutions can’t run strategies in public, businesses don’t want treasury moves exposed, and normal users don’t want their full financial life visible forever. I’m seeing Dusk as a direct response to that problem.
What they’re trying to do is let financial activity happen onchain while keeping sensitive details protected. The network can still confirm that a transaction is valid, but it doesn’t need to reveal the full information to the entire world. They use privacy tech like zero-knowledge proofs, which basically means “prove it’s correct without showing everything behind it.” That’s the core concept and it’s honestly the only way regulated onchain finance can scale in the long run.
The way I understand it, Dusk is aiming for financial applications where compliance and privacy both matter. Things like tokenized assets, settlement flows, and structured markets that need confidentiality without losing trust. Validators still secure the chain and transactions still finalize like a normal blockchain, but the privacy layer changes what outsiders can see.
I’m not looking at Dusk as another “DeFi chain.” I’m looking at it as infrastructure for when onchain finance becomes serious enough that privacy isn’t optional anymore.