Four privacy contracts-chain, but privacy is for whom to see?
I was bored today, so I went digging into Dusk’s ecosystem. The official Dusk data page lists the projects in its ecosystem. I counted—there are 4. A Layer 1 mainnet launched nearly 8 months ago, yet its ecosystem only has 4 projects. I checked multiple data platforms—Dune, DeFiLlama, Footprint—everything I could find. The result was either blank, or those same 4 contracts showing up again and again. I didn’t believe my own eyes, so I switched to another browser and searched again—same outcome. @Dusk
Four contracts, spread across different networks, and most are still in testnet stage. A privacy-focused chain with fewer than even two digits of ecosystem projects—privacy for whom? Who is using your privacy? If developers don’t come and users don’t come, then who exactly is this privacy blockchain protecting? Is it protecting the privacy of empty air?
Compare with other L1s that launched around the same time: they have at least dozens or hundreds of ecosystem projects. Flip through their DApp lists for three pages and you still can’t finish. On Dusk’s side, you turn one page and it’s already over—you also have to count several testnets.
Some might say, “Dusk focuses on institutions, so it doesn’t need many DApps.” But the number 4 contracts isn’t even close to a “starting stage”—it’s more like “hasn’t started.” If there are no developers and no early users, then what will institutions come to use? Who will provide services? Who will use it? A chain without an ecosystem is like a luxury apartment complex that nobody lives in. You install the best door locks and the most expensive surveillance system, but you’re protecting an empty apartment. What value does privacy have for an empty unit?
NPEX’s partnership is Dusk’s biggest selling point, but one partnership can’t support a whole chain. I went through the community and, besides NPEX, I couldn’t find a second credible enterprise-level partnership. If by the end of this year Dusk’s contract count is still below double digits, then I really won’t be able to fool myself anymore. A privacy chain that nobody uses has no meaningful privacy—you need people to come use it first, and only then does privacy need to be protected. Now there aren’t even people, and privacy has become self-congratulation.
The current state of the four contracts makes it crystal clear to me—that ecosystem hasn’t truly started. Users haven’t arrived yet, and no matter how good the door lock is, it won’t help.
#dusk $DUSK
I was bored today, so I went digging into Dusk’s ecosystem. The official Dusk data page lists the projects in its ecosystem. I counted—there are 4. A Layer 1 mainnet launched nearly 8 months ago, yet its ecosystem only has 4 projects. I checked multiple data platforms—Dune, DeFiLlama, Footprint—everything I could find. The result was either blank, or those same 4 contracts showing up again and again. I didn’t believe my own eyes, so I switched to another browser and searched again—same outcome. @Dusk
Four contracts, spread across different networks, and most are still in testnet stage. A privacy-focused chain with fewer than even two digits of ecosystem projects—privacy for whom? Who is using your privacy? If developers don’t come and users don’t come, then who exactly is this privacy blockchain protecting? Is it protecting the privacy of empty air?
Compare with other L1s that launched around the same time: they have at least dozens or hundreds of ecosystem projects. Flip through their DApp lists for three pages and you still can’t finish. On Dusk’s side, you turn one page and it’s already over—you also have to count several testnets.
Some might say, “Dusk focuses on institutions, so it doesn’t need many DApps.” But the number 4 contracts isn’t even close to a “starting stage”—it’s more like “hasn’t started.” If there are no developers and no early users, then what will institutions come to use? Who will provide services? Who will use it? A chain without an ecosystem is like a luxury apartment complex that nobody lives in. You install the best door locks and the most expensive surveillance system, but you’re protecting an empty apartment. What value does privacy have for an empty unit?
NPEX’s partnership is Dusk’s biggest selling point, but one partnership can’t support a whole chain. I went through the community and, besides NPEX, I couldn’t find a second credible enterprise-level partnership. If by the end of this year Dusk’s contract count is still below double digits, then I really won’t be able to fool myself anymore. A privacy chain that nobody uses has no meaningful privacy—you need people to come use it first, and only then does privacy need to be protected. Now there aren’t even people, and privacy has become self-congratulation.
The current state of the four contracts makes it crystal clear to me—that ecosystem hasn’t truly started. Users haven’t arrived yet, and no matter how good the door lock is, it won’t help.
#dusk $DUSK