I’m interested in Dusk because it doesn’t pretend finance works like social media. In real markets, not everything can be public, but not everything can be hidden either. Dusk is a Layer 1 blockchain built around that reality.
They’re designing infrastructure for regulated financial use cases, where privacy is required but accountability still exists. Instead of exposing balances and transactions to everyone, the system is meant to protect sensitive data while allowing verification when regulators or auditors need access.
The focus is on compliant DeFi, institutional applications, and tokenized real-world assets. I see this less as a “retail crypto chain” and more as backend financial plumbing. They’re trying to make on-chain finance usable for organizations that operate under rules, not just experimentation.