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W kroku wskazującym na zbieżność dezentralizowanej pamięci masowej i nowoczesnej infrastruktury sztucznej inteligencji, Yotta Labs ogłosiła przyjęcie protokołu Walrus w celu zapewnienia przechowywania danych dla swoich dużych, dezentralizowanych obciążeń AI. Ta współpraca podkreśla rosnące zapotrzebowanie na bezpieczne, skalowalne i wydajne rozwiązania przechowywania danych, zdolne do wspierania następnej generacji aplikacji AI.
Dlaczego protokół Walrus?
Obciążenia AI, zwłaszcza te dezentralizowane lub rozproszone, generują ogromne ilości danych, które muszą być niezawodnie przechowywane, dostępne i aktualizowane. Tradycyjne rozwiązania chmury obliczeniowej, choć szybkie, są często kosztowne, centralizowane i podatne na przestojów, co może utrudniać wydajność i spowalniać trening modeli AI.

Dekentralizowane przechowywanie danych rewolucjonizuje sposób przechowywania i udostępniania danych w Web3. Ale pod powierzchnią każdej sieci przechowywania kryje się kluczowe pytanie: co dokładnie przechowują węzły? W protokole Walrus właśnie tu pojawia się magia kodowania erasure RedStuff.
Budownicze elementy przechowywania
W przeciwieństwie do tradycyjnych systemów przechowywania, w których węzły mogą przechowywać pełne kopie plików, Walrus używa sliverów — małych, zakodowanych fragmentów większych zestawów danych.
Sliver to pojedynczy fragment pochodzący z:
kodu wiersza, lub

Główny problem, który rozwiązuje RedStuff
Każdy system rozproszonego przechowywania musi rozwiązać trzy wzajemnie sprzeczne cele:
Wysoka dostępność (dane zawsze można pobrać)
Niska nadmiarowość (przechowywanie nie jest nieprzyjemnie kosztowne)
Wytrzymałość na zdrajców (węzły mogą być złośliwe, nie tylko nieaktywne)
Większość systemów oferuje kompromis w jednym z nich:
IPFS → tanio, ale bez gwarancji
Filecoin → gwarancje, ale ogromne obciążenie nadmiarowości
Arweave → stały, ale nieefektywny i archiwalny
RedStuff rozwiązuje wszystkie trzy jednocześnie.
Dlaczego proste kodowanie zamiennikowe nie wystarcza
Klasyczne kodowanie zamiennikowe (Reed–Solomon)

What MiCA Actually Targets (Important Context)
MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation) does not regulate blockchains directly.
It regulates:
Crypto-Asset Service Providers (CASPs)
(exchanges, custodians, brokers, issuers)
Crypto-assets offered to the public
Market integrity, disclosure, and consumer protection
This distinction is critical:
MiCA does not ban privacy technology — it regulates how it’s used.
The Big MiCA Fear: “Privacy Coins Are Banned”
This is a misinterpretation.
MiCA does not explicitly ban privacy coins, but it requires CASPs to:
Identify senders and recipients
Comply with AML / CFT (via the Travel Rule)
Provide transaction traceability when legally required
Why this hurts many privacy chains:
Full anonymity
No selective disclosure
No compliance hooks
Why this does not kill Dusk.
Dusk’s Key Advantage: Selective Privacy
Dusk was designed for regulated finance, not anonymity absolutism.
Dusk supports:
Privacy by default
Disclosure by authorization
This matches MiCA’s intent perfectly:
Protect users’ data — but allow regulators lawful access.
In practice:
Transactions can be private on-chain
Compliance data can be proven via zero-knowledge proofs
Regulators can audit without public exposure
This is exactly what MiCA wants.
Identity & AML Under MiCA
MiCA requires CASPs to:
Identify customers (KYC)
Monitor transactions
Report suspicious activity
Ethereum approach:
KYC off-chain
Public on-chain activity
Dusk approach:
Identity proofs via ZK
On-chain logic enforces rules
Personal data stays off-chain
Result:
Dusk enables GDPR-friendly compliance:
No mass data leakage
No permanent public identity trails
No on-chain doxxing
This is a huge regulatory plus in the EU.
Transfer Restrictions & Securities Law
MiCA overlaps with:
MiFID II
MiFIR
DLT Pilot Regime
Dusk directly supports:
Whitelisted investors
Jurisdiction restrictions
Lock-ups and vesting
Corporate actions (dividends, voting)
Via Confidential Security Contracts (XSC), these rules are enforced on-chain, not through intermediaries.
This makes Dusk suitable for:
Regulated security tokens
Tokenized equities & bonds
EU-compliant RWA platforms
Dusk’s Silent Strength
MiCA integrates the FATF Travel Rule, requiring:
Sender & receiver info for transfers via CASPs
Most privacy chains:
Cannot comply without breaking privacy
Dusk:
Prove compliance without revealing data publicly
How?
Zero-knowledge proofs confirm:
Identity exists
Counterparty is authorized
Transfer meets regulatory thresholds
No raw personal data is exposed on-chain.
Stablecoins & EMTs on Dusk
MiCA tightly regulates:
Asset-Referenced Tokens (ARTs)
E-Money Tokens (EMTs)
Dusk is well-suited because:
Issuers can enforce redemption rules
Supply controls can be audited privately
Regulators can inspect issuance flows
This makes Dusk a strong candidate for:
MiCA-compliant EUR stablecoins
Regulated settlement tokens
Strategic Outcome for Dusk
MiCA may actually strengthen Dusk’s position:
Forces non-compliant privacy coins off EU exchanges
Makes Ethereum-based RWAs legally complex
Creates demand for privacy-preserving compliant infrastructure
Dusk becomes:
A compliant privacy layer for Europe’s on-chain financial markets
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Dusk Network presents Citadel, a zero-knowledge proof KYC solution where users and institutions are in control of sharing permissions and personal information. The framework can be used for all claim-based KYC requests and puts users in total control of what information they are sharing and with whom while being completely compliant and private at the same time.
How does it work
Dusk Network is the first to integrate zero-knowledge technology KYC in a Layer-1 (L1) blockchain. It is a key feature of Dusk itself to implement it in its privacy-preserving protocol. Using the Citadel framework, an entity that is able to handle private information - for example, the company Dusk who is compliant with all necessary regulations and is allowed to handle private information, or a company that is verified to do KYC on behalf of institutions - can provide a list of requirements for their KYC verification. The user who needs to complete the KYC is able to provide the necessary information, share how long their information can be stored and can withdraw access to their data. The company will authenticate the data, which will be privately stored in the Dusk blockchain. To simplify: it is using non-fungible token (NFT) technology, where instead of an art piece, a license is created.

Use case

If you open a bank account, you need to KYC and share personal information with your bank. If you then decide to do stock trading, you'll need to open an account with a brokerage service, where you will alsohave to do KYC/Anti-Money Laundering (AML). You will either have to share the same information with them or your bank will provide it to them. If you buy a house and get a mortgage, you will also have to offer a lot of KYC/AML/personal information. All these players will keep your information and store it, which both has a big impact on your privacy and puts you at risk of data leakage. Instead, if you use Citadel, you would store your data with one party who is only able to store and verify data, and other services can opt to accept the licenses and use that as KYC/AML proof.
This significantly reduces risk and privacy exposure. In a fully on-chain world, you can buy regulated assets simply by providing a license that you're in compliance with the requirements of the trading platform. You can borrow money from a lending service by providing a license that meets their KYC and AML requirements. You can loan out money and get yield, simply by providing the license. No need to share personal information with the three parties. For safety measures, a quarterly confirmation of the correctness of all the provided data in the license could help data stay up to date.
Cost-reducing compliance
Banks and financial institutions are often complaining that new regulations like the Travel Rule and other Anti-Money Laundering measures are costly operations, costs that are also charged to the customer. The processes to meet the requirements are tedious, time-consuming, and involve many unnecessary parties, making the process even more challenging. Citadel as an SSI protocol can provide the basis for a KYC service that could eliminate the need for financial institutions to do KYC/AML themselves and/or with third parties. It can significantly reduce the cost of gathering, protecting, and renewing client information. A KYC provider built on Citadel will speed up processes and information is always up to date, real-time accessible, and privacy-preserving. With Citadel, the client will be fully in charge of their own details, without unnecessary information duplication and a reduced risk of information leakage.
Next to digital identity verification like in the use case above, Citadel can be used for privacy-preserving transactions and global compliance.
Additional uses
This is just one way that Citadel can be used. Citadel offers much more than can be described in a single article, so expect more information and use cases in the future.
Citadel offers access to services without having to share personal data or information. This is practical, efficient, and preserves privacy for users. We’re so used to having to share and expose our personal data to gain access to services that it’s hard to imagine not needing to do this.
It has benefits for companies and provides relief from GDPR which is currently a heavy burden for companies to bear. By allowing users to access services and membership etc without sharing their identity or data, there is nothing that needs to be “forgotten” to comply with GDPR. This will be a huge relief for companies operating in the EU.
It offers protection from hacks and data leakages. From LastPass to Celsius to the countless hacks and leaks you won’t have heard of, companies simply won’t have this data so there’s nothing to hack. This is good for institutions as it makes them more secure and is good for users who don’t have to trust a 3rd party to look after their most important data.
Citadel changes the relationship between users and providers and eliminates the need to swap your identity for access, and the security and management needed to keep that identity private. And it does so in a way that is compliant to regulations, providing a real and necessary solution to the challenges users and companies face, and will continue to face as more and more parts of life go online.

In September 2020, Dusk Network reached an important turning point—not through a protocol upgrade or consensus change, but through a strategic investment from iFinex Inc., the parent company of Bitfinex. The investment, totaling over US$1 million, was aimed at accelerating the development of a regulated security token exchange built on Dusk’s privacy-preserving blockchain infrastructure.
This move marked a clear signal to the market: Dusk was positioning itself as infrastructure for compliant, real-world financial assets, not just another privacy-focused blockchain.
Why iFinex’s Investment Was Significant
iFinex operates at the intersection of cryptocurrency exchanges, liquidity, and regulated financial infrastructure. Its backing of Dusk was less about speculation and more about strategic alignment.
The investment supported The Tokenizer, a project designed to bring regulated security issuance and trading on-chain, using Dusk’s unique combination of:
Confidential smart contracts
Programmable compliance
Privacy-preserving transaction logic
At a time when regulators were increasing scrutiny on blockchain-based finance, this approach stood out.
The Tokenizer: Bridging Regulation and Privacy
The Tokenizer aimed to solve a fundamental problem in tokenized finance:
How can securities be issued and traded on-chain while complying with regulations—without exposing sensitive investor or transaction data?
Most public blockchains expose balances, transfers, and counterparties by default. This transparency is incompatible with many regulatory and institutional requirements.
Dusk’s solution was to embed compliance directly into confidential smart contracts, allowing rules to be enforced cryptographically rather than through public disclosure.
How the Investment Accelerated Dusk’s Ecosystem
1. From Concept to Infrastructure
The iFinex funding helped turn regulated tokenization from a theoretical use case into deployable infrastructure.
2. Institutional Credibility
Backing from a major exchange operator validated Dusk’s technology for financial institutions, issuers, and regulators.
3. Clear Market Positioning
Dusk differentiated itself from both:
Pure privacy coins (often incompatible with regulation)
Transparent blockchains (often unsuitable for securities)
Instead, it positioned itself as privacy-enabled compliance infrastructure.
Strategic Impact Beyond Capital
The importance of the iFinex investment lies not just in the capital deployed, but in strategic direction. It reinforced Dusk’s focus on:
Security token issuance
Regulated secondary markets
Confidential financial smart contracts
This direction influenced Dusk’s roadmap in subsequent years, shaping its evolution toward MiCA-aligned, institution-ready blockchain solutions.
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As Dusk Network’s protocol evolves towards the next phase of Testnet, unique opportunities arise for those passionate (and savvy) enough to get involved in the process. The rolling Incentivized Testnet will be accompanied by a multitude of initiatives, each adding to the security of the network and opening the doors to compensation for participants but also educating the community on what is required to be a participant within the Dusk Network protocol. If you’re looking to spend your time strengthening the financial framework of the future while racking up rewards, keep reading to find out more.
The Shape of Mainnet
Rolling Incentivized Testnet is a sign of things to come; a crash test dummy version of the final mainnet. Its sole purpose is to be pushed to its absolute limits, every nook and cranny patched and rendered waterproof to prevent any unwanted behavior, incompatibilities, or openings for exploitation. This testnet is the mold that dictates the shape of our mainnet. There can be no room for errors. That’s where the incentivization comes in.
A campaign such as the one mentioned below is part of the incentives that ensures testnet is properly stress tested. It represents an invitation for all those who are technically inclined to go in and set up their first Provisioner Node on our testnet. Furthermore, it is an opportunity for long-term supporters to actively participate in the security of our testnet by running a provisioner, thereby verifying blocks as they’re created.
The activities outlined in this post will be the bedrock for the launch of our Incentivized Testnet, but they are not the end of the story! Expect more opportunities, like Learn 2 Earn campaigns, hackathons, and bug bounty programs in the later stages of the Dusk Network rolling ITN. Community Node Campaign The launch of the rolling ITN will positively impact our testing KPIs, our efficiency in disseminating upgrades to our protocol, and even the fairness of our token distribution. We believe that the introduction of incentive mechanisms consistent with our mainnet will ultimately benefit the consensus timelines and educate the community.
@Dusk #dusk $DUSK

Świat kryptowalut ciągle oscyluje między dwoma podstawowymi, często sprzecznymi, ideałami: przejrzystością a prywatnością. Choć publiczne księgi jak Bitcoin i Ethereum oferują nieprzeciętną przejrzystość, część projektów znana jako "kryptowaluty prywatne" pojawiła się, by spełnić oryginalny wizję cyfrowego pieniądza cyfrowego — nieśledzonego, wzajemnie zastępczego i prywatnego. Jednak trajektoria tych aktywów napotkała znaczne turbulencje. Czyli co dzieje się z kryptowalutami prywatnymi, a co oznacza ta zmieniająca się scena dla projektu takiego jak Dusk Network?

Te przepisy mają na celu wprowadzenie jasności i nadzoru w branży kryptowalut poprzez wprowadzenie wymogu licencjonowania wymian i dostawców portfeli, a także wymaganie rejestracji informacji o nadawcy i odbiorcy transakcji, niezależnie od wysokości transakcji. W świetle tych zmian pojawiły się pytania dotyczące skutków dla Dusk i podobnych firm kryptowalutowych działających z protokołami skupionymi na prywatności w UE, przy następujących warunkach jako podsumowanie:
- Wszystkie wymiany i dostawcy portfeli muszą być licencjonowane.