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@Dusk
I have been thinking a lot about how networks handle growing activity, and Dusk does it in a very straightforward way. @Dusk uses as the only token to pay for transaction fees. Every action on the network, whether it's a simple transfer or running a more complex confidential smart contract, requires gas. Users pay this gas in Dusk, which covers the computation costs for validators and helps protect against spam attacks like DDoS. When the network gets busier with more transactions, the demand for Dusk naturally goes up because more fees are needed to process everything.
Higher execution complexity plays a big role too. Things like detailed confidential contracts or multi-step operations use more gas units, so each transaction costs more DUSK. This ties the token's utility directly to real network usage. As load increases and people run more advanced logic, the overall amount of $DUSK needed for fees rises. It's a clean mechanism that links token demand to actual activity without relying only on speculation or external factors.
On the staking side, Dusk's Proof-of-Blind-Bid consensus depends on people locking Dusk so help secure the network. Stakers earn rewards from both new token emissions (spread over 36 years) and the transaction fees collected. When network load grows and execution gets more complex, more fees flow into the system. This increases rewards for those who stake, creating a positive cycle where higher usage makes staking more attractive. It encourages people to hold and participate long term, strengthening the network's security.
Looking at the bigger picture, Dusk keeps refining its gas system to make sure it balances user costs with token value. With DuskEVM live since January 2026, developers can build EVM contracts with privacy features, but more complex code still uses more gas paid in DUSK. As the ecosystem expands through real partnerships like NPEX tokenizing assets, load and complexity will keep rising naturally. This design makes Dusk essential to the network's growth and gives it solid, usage-based demand.
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Privacy That Actually Survives Regulation
I've been following Dusk Network closely, and what stands out is how they solve a real problem: privacy in blockchain that doesn't break regulatory rules. Most chains force full transparency or full anonymity Dusk chooses neither. Using zero knowledge proofs (ZKPs) and homomorphic encryption, Dusk lets users prove compliance and validity without revealing sensitive data. Hedger (Alpha live) already demonstrates this in practice, enabling confidential transactions that remain auditable. For institutions, this means protecting competitive information while meeting MiCA or similar standards. It's not theoretical it's designed to work in the real regulated world.

Confidential Smart Contracts as the Core Engine
The real power comes from confidential smart contracts being native to Dusk. Developers can execute complex logic like private credit agreements or tokenized bond issuance while keeping inputs and outputs hidden. ZKPs ensure everything is correct without exposing details. DuskEVM (mainnet January 2026) brings full Solidity compatibility, so builders don't need to start from scratch. This opens doors for practical DeFi and real world assets (RWAs) where privacy is non negotiable. When combined with native KYC/AML primitives and permissioning, it creates a foundation institutions can trust.

Steady Ecosystem Growth Through Real Partnerships
Dusk's progress feels deliberate and grounded. Mainnet (early 2025) runs Proof-of-Blind-Bid consensus, keeping staking private and secure. Partnerships like NPEX a licensed Dutch exchange have tokenized over €300 million in assets on Dusk under regulated conditions. Chainlink CCIP and DataLink integrations add secure cross-chain composability for RWAs. With DuskTrade (phased launch 2026) on the horizon, Dusk is quietly becoming infrastructure that powers the next wave of innovation where privacy and compliance coexist.
What do you see as the biggest barrier to institutional adoption right now privacy, regulation, or something else?
@Dusk $DUSK #dusk

@Walrus 🦭/acc
Khi tôi gặp phải Sites, tôi nhận ra rằng chúng giải quyết một điểm yếu chính của Web3. Hầu hết các ứng dụng phi tập trung vẫn tiếp tục dựa vào việc lưu trữ giao diện người dùng ở dạng tập trung, tạo ra các rủi ro như ngừng hoạt động, kiểm duyệt hoặc mất quyền kiểm soát. Được xây dựng trên giao thức Walrus và blockchain Sui, Sites Walrus là một nền tảng phi tập trung thực sự, cho phép lưu trữ trang web và giao diện dApp.
Quỹ Sites Walrus.
Các trang Sites đặt tất cả các tài nguyên web, bao gồm HTML, CSS, JavaScript và hình ảnh, trong các khối dữ liệu trong hệ thống lưu trữ phi tập trung Walrus. Điều này dựa trên mã hóa xóa hiệu quả để phân tán dữ liệu trên các nút độc lập với chi phí sao chép thấp, và khả năng sẵn sàng cao cùng độ bền được đảm bảo. Blockchain Sui có các thông tin mô tả, quyền sở hữu và điểm vào được kiểm soát bằng các hợp đồng thông minh, cho phép trang web có thể lập trình và chuyển nhượng như bất kỳ đối tượng nào khác trên chuỗi khối.

Sau khi tôi bắt đầu tìm hiểu về chủ đề các giải pháp lưu trữ phi tập trung một vài năm trước, tôi nhanh chóng nhận ra rằng phần lớn các cuộc thảo luận trong thế giới tiền mã hóa đều xoay quanh tốc độ và khả năng mở rộng, cụ thể là số giao dịch mỗi giây mà một blockchain có thể xử lý. Mặc dù điều này chắc chắn rất quan trọng đối với thanh toán và DeFi, một vấn đề tinh tế hơn nhưng cũng quan trọng không kém mà tôi bị thu hút chính là nhu cầu đảm bảo dữ liệu lớn, không cấu trúc luôn luôn có sẵn mà không cần chi phí truy cập cao và không cần tập trung hóa. Đó là lý do tôi đã dành thời gian tìm hiểu về

Thus, consider you are working on the finance on a blockchain: computerized trades, verifying whether someone can invest, transferring assets between each other, all that code. The issue with most blockchains (such as Ethereum) is that all is out in the open. Anybody can have a look at the details who is trading what, how much, what are the rules within the contract. That is ok with certain things, but in actual finance, no. No way. You do not want people to look over your shoulder and see what is happening in your strategy, or sensitive numbers come out and inundate the entire world.
It is where @Dusk Network fits in. Basically they are the first blockchain to be constructed with ground up and confidential smart contracts privacy is not an add on feature, it is a core feature.

Their zero knowledge proofs (actually, more specifically, something called PLONK, which is extremely efficient) allow the contract to execute its code and show that it is "yeah everything is alright, conditions were satisfied, limits were not exceeded, etc" but not to indicate what the numbers or details are. You do not have to pour sensitive details into the ocean to demonstrate that you are abiding by the rules of regulators or auditors. It is the selective disclosure: reveal what you have to reveal, conceal the rest.
They also possess this so called Confidential Security Contract (or XSC) standard, which was tailored to the needs of tokenized securities, such as digital stocks, bonds, real world assets. You can write the coolest programs with XSC, which include automatic dividends, voting rights, corporate actions, all automatically on chain. And it eliminates middlemen such as custodians, such that the shareholders literally own their stuff themselves. Even trades may be negotiated privately (under the name of Smart Bulletin Boards) and afterwards settled safely no one knows about the back and for of a negotiation process until its completion.
Two ways of transacting with the dusk, one is Phoenix (full privacy, shielded, hidden balances, etc.) and the other one is Moonlight (public transactions when secrecy is not needed). Choose your own style, super flexible.
They use this VM (Rusk, currently being redesigned to run on Piecrust, in order to be fast enough) under the hood, which is specifically designed to execute these zero knowledge proofs, making it in fact useful when running confidential applications.
And the token $DUSK , is applied to stake to have everything secured, to pay gas (paying it particularly in case of the private operations) and governance so the incentives coincide.

The thing that struck me in particular is how this is applicable in the real world. The traditional finance system is such that full transparency would kill a deal due to leakage or competition. Too secretive and you will get your affairs into trouble with the regulators. Dusk strikes that honey hole of privacy, where it counts, evidence and conformity where it must be evidence and conformity. It is as though blockchain has finally come to reason like real finance experts.
Therefore, that is why I believe that confidential smart contracts can be a big disrupter of tokenized securities and even DeFi segments, so that they can be used with large players without all the exposure risks.
Thanks to the team of the @undefined foundation, which is driving this privacy first movement.
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@Walrus 🦭/acc
what I wanted to discuss today is something that I have been thinking about in the recent past how Walrus works are actually driven by in a sustainable manner. In my personal experience ripping the protocol mechanics apart, the token is a key focus of coordinating the incentives among the nodes, the delegators, and the users.
To be connected and process data blobs, storage nodes need to stake WAL and compete with each other to be delegated more information to earn more money. Consistently good performance in terms of on chain availability checks will get them a share of user paid storage fees, which are passed out uniformly across epochs. This forms a straight correlation between uptime, quality and profit.
To everyday holders, delegation will enable the involvement without an incurred infrastructure, and give them proportional income in assisting network safety. The system incorporates such mechanisms as possibility to slash poorly behaved and burn penalty on over movement of the stake, further aligning the system.
It is balanced by governance: the staked $WAL holders participate in voting on important parameters, e.g. pricing changes or upgrades to the protocol, allowing the community to influence the evolution without being controlled centrally.
It is an equilibrium design usage fund that rewards, stakes are secured and governance provides flexibility. Practically, such an arrangement is very much comfortable with long term reliability in decentralized storage.
How would you think these incentives would increase with Walrus?
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@Dusk Network addresses a core limitation in today's Web3 landscape: the absence of native, practical support for confidential smart contract execution. Public blockchains excel at transparency and immutability, but they expose every detail of transactions and contract states. This makes them impractical for regulated financial use cases where data sensitivity is critical. Dusk was engineered from the beginning to close that exact gap.
The platform's strength lies in its privacy architecture. It combines zero-knowledge proofs with homomorphic encryption to enable confidential smart contracts. These contracts process complex financial logic while concealing inputs, outputs, and intermediate values. Hedger, in its Alpha phase, brings this capability to EVM environments, allowing developers to maintain familiar workflows without sacrificing privacy.
Confidential execution opens realistic pathways for institutional DeFi and real-world asset tokenization. Dusk embeds compliance tools directly into the protocol: automated KYC/AML checks, permissioned execution, and built-in reporting. This design supports alignment with regulatory standards such as MiCA in the EU. Tokenized equities, bonds, or private credit can be issued, managed, and settled on-chain with institutional safeguards intact.
Network progress has been consistent and focused. Mainnet launched in early 2025 using Proof-of-Blind-Bid consensus, which secures staking through anonymous, ZKP-verified bids to prevent targeted attacks while preserving decentralization. DuskEVM reached mainnet in January 2026, delivering full Solidity compatibility. Developers can deploy standard contracts that benefit from Dusk's confidential execution and Layer-1 settlement.
Adoption is demonstrated through meaningful partnerships. The collaboration with NPEX, a licensed Dutch exchange with MTF, Broker, and ECSP status, has tokenized more than €300 million in assets on Dusk under regulated conditions. Chainlink integrations via CCIP and DataLink provide secure cross-chain transfers and verified data feeds, enabling compliant composability for tokenized RWAs.
Dusk provides the missing piece in Web3: confidential smart contracts that are programmable, auditable, and designed for real regulatory environments. This focused development supports sustainable institutional involvement without compromising on privacy or decentralization principles.
How do you see confidential smart contracts shaping the next phase of regulated DeFi?
Have you reviewed Hedger or the DuskEVM capabilities in detail?
$DUSK #dusk