I honestly didn’t expect Dusk to keep my attention for this long.
I started looking into it thinking I’d probably find the usual privacy narrative. But the deeper I went, the more I realized there’s a different idea underneath it.
Phoenix was the first thing that caught me. The way Dusk uses encrypted notes with zero-knowledge proofs means a transaction can be verified without exposing all the sensitive details. That made me stop for a second.
Then I looked at the tech behind it — PLONK, BLS12-381, JubJub, Poseidon, Merkle trees.
That’s when I stopped thinking of Dusk as just another privacy-focused project.
What really got me curious, though, was Hedger.
The combination of homomorphic encryption and ZK proofs for confidential EVM workflows is interesting, especially when you think about trading. If order books can protect someone’s intent while still allowing things to be verified, that solves a problem I don’t think gets enough attention.
Because I don’t necessarily want everything hidden.
I just don’t think everything needs to be exposed either.
For me, the interesting idea is simple:
Prove what matters. Keep the rest private.
I’m still digging into Dusk, and I’m definitely watching to see how much of this actually makes it from impressive technology into real-world use.
#dusk $DUSK @Dusk
I started looking into it thinking I’d probably find the usual privacy narrative. But the deeper I went, the more I realized there’s a different idea underneath it.
Phoenix was the first thing that caught me. The way Dusk uses encrypted notes with zero-knowledge proofs means a transaction can be verified without exposing all the sensitive details. That made me stop for a second.
Then I looked at the tech behind it — PLONK, BLS12-381, JubJub, Poseidon, Merkle trees.
That’s when I stopped thinking of Dusk as just another privacy-focused project.
What really got me curious, though, was Hedger.
The combination of homomorphic encryption and ZK proofs for confidential EVM workflows is interesting, especially when you think about trading. If order books can protect someone’s intent while still allowing things to be verified, that solves a problem I don’t think gets enough attention.
Because I don’t necessarily want everything hidden.
I just don’t think everything needs to be exposed either.
For me, the interesting idea is simple:
Prove what matters. Keep the rest private.
I’m still digging into Dusk, and I’m definitely watching to see how much of this actually makes it from impressive technology into real-world use.
#dusk $DUSK @Dusk