We all get privacy wrong when we talk about crypto. We jump straight to the cypherpunk dream—complete anonymity. Off-grid. Untouchable.
What if that's not the only version of privacy that matters? What if there's a professional version?
That's the switch #dusk seems to have flipped. Their privacy isn't about hiding from everyone. It's about selective transparency. Think of it like a confidential meeting room in a glass-walled corporate office. The room is private, but everyone knows the meeting is happening, who called it, and that it's following company rules.
The privacy is in the contents, not the fact of the transaction. This is the privacy that businesses and funds actually need. They don't want to be ghosts; they want to operate efficiently without showing their hand to every competitor on the open ledger.
This reframe is everything. It turns privacy from a rebellious feature into a professional tool. It goes from being a red flag for regulators to a potential green one—a way to meet reporting standards more efficiently.
So when they run a public leaderboard, it's almost like they're practicing what they preach. "Look, here's a totally transparent, public game. And over there, being built with the same base tools, are private, compliant financial rails." They can point to the public fun to explain the private seriousness.
It's a clever way to demystify a concept that usually lives in the shadows.
