One of the main reasons major financial institutions haven’t fully embraced blockchains is that most smart contracts are fully open.
Dusk addresses this with confidential smart contracts: they run on a public chain, but all input data is private by default. This allows businesses to encode compliance rules—like who can trade which assets and when—while keeping sensitive details confidential. The result is a powerful combination of automation and privacy that still accommodates regulators.
This approach fundamentally changes financial applications, turning coded regulations into enforceable legal rules directly on-chain.