Dusk Foundation is a Layer 1 blockchain built for a simple but difficult goal: bringing real finance on chain without breaking privacy or regulation. I’m drawn to Dusk because it doesn’t treat transparency as a religion. They’re building a system that understands how finance actually works.
On Dusk, transactions are private by default. Balances and participants are not exposed to the public, yet the network can still verify that rules are followed. This is done using zero knowledge proofs, allowing compliance without surveillance.
Regulators and authorized parties can audit when required, while everyone else sees only what they need to see.
The system is modular. Settlement and security live at the core, while different execution environments sit on top. This lets developers choose between privacy native contracts or familiar EVM tools without changing the foundation.
They’re not building for hype cycles. They’re building infrastructure meant for institutions, tokenized assets, and long term financial use. If blockchain is going to support real markets, systems like this matter.