Why Dusk Is Really About Control Not Just Privacy.
Most people think Dusk is special because of privacy but that is not the full picture. The real value of Dusk is control. It lets users decide what information is shared who can see it and at what time. Most blockchains give only two options everything is public or everything is hidden. That is not how real finance works. Dusk stays in the middle. Transactions can stay private by default but can still be checked later when rules trust or compliance require it. This is the space where real financial activity actually happens.
If you look at how DUSK is used today you will notice something important. A lot of the activity is not happening on the native chain. Much of it moves through wrapped tokens exchanges like Binance and short transfers between custodians. This shows the market currently sees DUSK more as a trading asset than a settlement network. There is movement but not routine use yet.
That gap is the real opportunity. The next phase is not about hype or high yields. It is about boring repeated actions. Regular contract use asset issuance and compliance friendly transfers that happen again and again because they work. If that starts Dusk stops being a trend and becomes infrastructure. And real infrastructure grows quietly by replacing what no longer works.