Most blockchains were designed for openness, not for financial reality. Radical transparency sounds ideal, but in real markets it creates risk. Exposed balances, visible strategies, and traceable behavior are not features for institutions. They are liabilities.
Dusk begins with a different assumption. Privacy is not about hiding wrongdoing. It is about protecting competitive logic while still allowing lawful oversight. Using zero-knowledge proofs and the Phoenix transaction model, Dusk hides transaction values and identities from the public while keeping verifiability intact.
This approach mirrors traditional finance, where regulators have access but competitors do not. Selective disclosure is what allows trust to scale. In my view, this design choice alone positions Dusk closer to real financial infrastructure than most public chains trying to retrofit compliance later.
