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How Hedger adds real confidentiality to apps running on DuskEVM

I’ve been looking closer at DuskEVM, and Hedger is probably the piece that makes the privacy story much more interesting.

The main thing I like is that developers can keep using familiar EVM tooling while adding confidential transaction flows when an application actually needs them. Hedger uses homomorphic encryption alongside zero-knowledge proofs, so sensitive values can stay hidden while the network can still verify that the computation was done correctly.

Think about a trading app. You may not want everyone seeing your balance, order size, or position, but regulators, counterparties, or authorized parties may still need verifiable information. That’s a much more practical model than simply making everything public or trying to make everything anonymous.

I also think this matters for adoption because privacy becomes part of the application workflow instead of being a completely separate environment. Dusk is clearly aiming at regulated financial use cases where confidentiality and auditability have to coexist.

The bigger question for me is whether developers and users actually adopt confidential flows once real liquidity starts moving through DuskEVM. Is Hedger enough to make private EVM finance genuinely practical?$BTC $AVAAI