Deep research into advanced ZK cryptography
Adoption and development of PLONK (a highly efficient zero-knowledge proof system)
Dusk became known as a research-driven project
Initial experiments were Ethereum-compatible, but limitations appeared
Key realization:
Ethereum could not natively support Dusk’s privacy + compliance vision.
3. Shift to Custom Layer-1 (2019–2020)
Decision made to build a bespoke Layer-1 blockchain
Reasons:
