The Real Bottleneck May Be the Gap Between Builders and Institutions
At first, I thought the biggest breakthroughs in infrastructure came from building something entirely new. Then I looked at how the internet evolved. The core network kept doing its job while new layers made it easier for more people to build on top. That made me look at Dusk a little differently lately.
Dusk separates DuskDS, its settlement and data layer, from DuskEVM, the EVM execution layer. At first I assumed this was simply about attracting Ethereum developers with familiar tooling. The more I read, the more interesting the deeper tradeoff became.
Dusk can potentially keep its specialized settlement, privacy, and financial infrastructure underneath while making application development more accessible through an EVM environment. But this could also create a coordination challenge.
Developers may move faster than institutions, while institutional adoption depends on privacy, settlement certainty, and regulatory workflows that take much longer to mature.
Perhaps I'm focusing on the wrong thing, but the interface between these layers could eventually matter more than either layer alone. If builders can use familiar tools without losing access to Dusk's specialized infrastructure, the architecture becomes interesting.
Still, I'm not sure the hardest question is whether settlement and execution can be separated. The deeper question is whether both layers can evolve independently without eventually creating friction between the people building applications and the institutions expected to use them.
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At first, I thought the biggest breakthroughs in infrastructure came from building something entirely new. Then I looked at how the internet evolved. The core network kept doing its job while new layers made it easier for more people to build on top. That made me look at Dusk a little differently lately.
Dusk separates DuskDS, its settlement and data layer, from DuskEVM, the EVM execution layer. At first I assumed this was simply about attracting Ethereum developers with familiar tooling. The more I read, the more interesting the deeper tradeoff became.
Dusk can potentially keep its specialized settlement, privacy, and financial infrastructure underneath while making application development more accessible through an EVM environment. But this could also create a coordination challenge.
Developers may move faster than institutions, while institutional adoption depends on privacy, settlement certainty, and regulatory workflows that take much longer to mature.
Perhaps I'm focusing on the wrong thing, but the interface between these layers could eventually matter more than either layer alone. If builders can use familiar tools without losing access to Dusk's specialized infrastructure, the architecture becomes interesting.
Still, I'm not sure the hardest question is whether settlement and execution can be separated. The deeper question is whether both layers can evolve independently without eventually creating friction between the people building applications and the institutions expected to use them.
@Dusk
#dusk #BitcoinStrongestWeekSinceMarch2023 #AnthropicIPOCouldTopSpaceXRecordReportsSay #NvidiaAIServerPricesRiseOver15% #BSTREndsCantorSPACGoPublicPlan
$DUSK
$UAI
$TUT
