@Dusk didn’t rush to market. Founded in 2018 in Amsterdam by Emanuele Francioni, JellePol, and Pascal Putman, the project spent roughly six years in R&D before mainnet went live in January 2026.
Funding stayed lean throughout — around $1M raised across early seed rounds from
backers including Bitfinex, Blockwall Ventures, RR2 Capital, and others a fraction of what many L1s raise
That’s context worth having when evaluating how far the tech has come.
$DUSK ’s current chapter — NPEX, Quantoz, Chainlink, 21X — represents years of groundwork finally shipping.
#dusk
Funding stayed lean throughout — around $1M raised across early seed rounds from
backers including Bitfinex, Blockwall Ventures, RR2 Capital, and others a fraction of what many L1s raise
That’s context worth having when evaluating how far the tech has come.
$DUSK ’s current chapter — NPEX, Quantoz, Chainlink, 21X — represents years of groundwork finally shipping.
#dusk
