They always say a mainnet launch is just the beginning. But it feels more like the end of something, doesn't it? The end of speculation about if it will launch. The end of testnet faucets and play money. The end of being judged purely on promises and code commits.
For @Dusk Foundation, Mainnet Day closes the book on a six-year build phase. Now, the market starts writing the next one. And the market is brutally simple: it judges on utility, on adoption, on whether anyone besides the foundation itself finds this tool useful.
All that modular architecture, privacy-by-design, compliance-ready talk… it’s now a finished product on the shelf. Does the industry walk over and pick it up? Or does it stay there, technically impressive but gathering dusy? The clock on that question started ticking the moment the chain went live. The "build it and they will come" fantasy is over. Now comes the hard sell, the slow grind of business development, and the patient wait for the first real, non-incentivized transaction.
