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In the blockchain space, discussions around privacy often swing between two extremes: total transparency, which is easy to audit but exposes sensitive information, and total opacity, which protects privacy but makes regulated financial operations impractical. The Dusk Foundation takes a middle path: privacy that protects sensitive positions and market intent by default, while allowing verification and auditability when required. This approach is grounded in real-world finance needs, where exchanges, brokers, issuers, and auditors must operate under strict accountability.

The Dusk 2024 whitepaper highlights the challenge of balancing transparency with confidentiality, positioning the network as “privacy-focused” and “compliance-ready,” while targeting transaction finality within seconds. Fast and deterministic settlement is critical for regulated markets, which cannot rely on probabilistic confirmation models. Dusk achieves this using a proof-of-stake protocol where provisioners stake DUSK, deterministic sortition selects block proposers and committee members, and a committee-based voting system ensures rapid, verifiable consensus.

Accountability is further reinforced through attestations and aggregated signatures (BLS), allowing efficient proof of quorum without exposing all transaction details. Incentive structures, including rewards, soft slashing, and penalties for misbehavior such as double voting or invalid block propagation, reinforce security and operational reliability.

In 2025, Dusk introduced a modular architecture to better serve developers and institutions. The stack consists of DuskDS, the base settlement and data layer; DuskEVM, an EVM-compatible execution layer; and a planned privacy-focused DuskVM layer. This modularity enables developers to leverage standard Ethereum tooling and existing EVM applications, while settlement and compliance remain anchored on a Layer 1 foundation purpose-built for regulated finance.

Privacy in the EVM environment is enabled through Hedger, a cryptographic engine built for compliance-ready operations. Hedger combines homomorphic encryption, zero-knowledge proofs, and a hybrid UTXO/account model, allowing private computations, verifiable correctness, and composability across layers. This design supports real-world financial operations such as obfuscated order books, partial fills, allocations, and regulated auditability—ensuring tokenized markets can function efficiently without exposing sensitive positions. Fast proof generation, reportedly under two seconds, also ensures privacy features do not degrade user experience.

Tokenization under Dusk is engineered for confidentiality and regulatory compliance. Hedger allows institutional-scale tokenized assets to maintain privacy while remaining auditable and compliant. Interoperability is facilitated through partnerships, such as with Chainlink and the Dutch exchange NPEX, providing cross-chain settlement capabilities, verified market data feeds, and adherence to compliance standards, enabling regulated assets to move beyond Dusk while preserving issuer controls.

Governance is tightly integrated with the modular architecture. DuskEVM can evolve independently of the base settlement layer, ensuring upgrades do not compromise regulatory guarantees. This separation of settlement and execution supports both scalability and governance flexibility, allowing the network to adapt over time without disrupting compliance assurances.

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Mayoritas investor kripto menghabiskan waktunya memantau grafik harga.

Tapi uang nyata di industri ini didapat dengan memahami infrastruktur.

Ketika Anda melihat apa yang benar-benar hilang dari blockchain saat ini, satu masalah terlihat dengan jelas:

lembaga tidak bisa menggunakan blockchain publik karena terlalu banyak data yang terbuka.

Itulah masalah yang sedang dipecahkan oleh Dusk Foundation.

Dusk tidak mencoba menjadi Layer 1 lain yang dipengaruhi oleh hype.

Ini dirancang untuk penggunaan keuangan nyata.

Bank, broker, dan perusahaan yang diatur tidak bisa beroperasi di jaringan di mana setiap saldo dan transaksi terlihat oleh semua orang. Mereka membutuhkan privasi—tetapi juga membutuhkan kepatuhan. Dusk dibangun khusus untuk realitas ini.

Kebanyakan orang bertemu Walrus dengan cara yang salah.

Mereka mendengar kata 'penyimpanan', membayangkan folder tersembunyi, dan menganggap privasi datang secara gratis.

Walrus hampir secara terbuka jujur tentang tidak bermain permainan itu.

Blobs bersifat publik dan dapat ditemukan.

Jika Anda mengunggah data sensitif tanpa mengenkripsinya terlebih dahulu, Anda tidak kurang beruntung — Anda salah memahami kesepakatannya.

Kesederhanaan ini bersifat budaya.

Ini mendorong model mental yang lebih bersih:

Walrus bukan sebuah brankas.

Ini adalah lapisan persistensi publik yang mengingat apa yang Anda unggah — dan memungkinkan Anda membuktikannya nanti.