Okay, this one actually stopped me mid scroll. DuskEVM's testnet went live on August 10, per the official announcement. Solidity and Hardhat support, gas paid in DUSK, settlement routed back to DuskDS.
I went back through older posts to see how the privacy side of this stacks up. Hedger, the engine behind Dusk's confidential smart contracts pitch, opened alpha testing back on November 6, 2025. That test ran on Sepolia, a separate Ethereum test network, not on Dusk's own chain.
I don't think that gap is a problem by itself. Building the execution layer and the privacy layer on separate tracks is a normal way to test complex cryptography before merging it into a live environment.
What I noticed is different: the August 10 announcement is entirely about general EVM tooling. It doesn't reference Hedger, and I couldn't find any official source confirming when, or whether, the two come together on the same testnet.
Here's my own estimate. If DuskEVM's testnet has been live for three days and the privacy engine's public timeline hasn't moved since last November, that's roughly nine months where the two headline pieces of a privacy blockchain for financial applications haven't been shown running on the same rails.
EVM compatibility on its own already helps builders. Solidity and Hardhat lower the barrier for anyone coming from Ethereum, and that's real progress regardless of what happens with Hedger next.
I'll be checking back for whichever update closes that gap.
@Dusk_Foundation #dusk $DUSK
I went back through older posts to see how the privacy side of this stacks up. Hedger, the engine behind Dusk's confidential smart contracts pitch, opened alpha testing back on November 6, 2025. That test ran on Sepolia, a separate Ethereum test network, not on Dusk's own chain.
I don't think that gap is a problem by itself. Building the execution layer and the privacy layer on separate tracks is a normal way to test complex cryptography before merging it into a live environment.
What I noticed is different: the August 10 announcement is entirely about general EVM tooling. It doesn't reference Hedger, and I couldn't find any official source confirming when, or whether, the two come together on the same testnet.
Here's my own estimate. If DuskEVM's testnet has been live for three days and the privacy engine's public timeline hasn't moved since last November, that's roughly nine months where the two headline pieces of a privacy blockchain for financial applications haven't been shown running on the same rails.
EVM compatibility on its own already helps builders. Solidity and Hardhat lower the barrier for anyone coming from Ethereum, and that's real progress regardless of what happens with Hedger next.
I'll be checking back for whichever update closes that gap.
@Dusk_Foundation #dusk $DUSK