#dusk $DUSK @Dusk I’m always a little wary when a blockchain talks about privacy in the financial domain. Privacy sounds appealing, but in regulated markets, too much privacy sometimes becomes a different problem: who can verify, when can they verify, and based on what mechanism?
DuskEVM caught my attention in the way they don’t try to turn privacy into a completely sealed black box. With Hedger, EVM workflows can use homomorphic encryption and zero-knowledge proofs to create a form of privacy that can be reviewed when needed. In concept, this is a more practical approach: data doesn’t necessarily have to be disclosed to everyone, but it also doesn’t disappear from the ability of authorized parties to audit it.
However, I think the hardest part still lies beyond the technology. Zero-knowledge proofs or homomorphic encryption can solve many technical challenges, but to become infrastructure for real financial markets, DuskEVM still needs to demonstrate stable operation, reasonable costs, and compliance with very specific legal requirements.
So I’m not yet convinced that Dusk’s programmable privacy is the final solution. But if the DuskEVM mainnet can truly turn this idea into a reliable operating system, that would be an important step worth observing.
DuskEVM caught my attention in the way they don’t try to turn privacy into a completely sealed black box. With Hedger, EVM workflows can use homomorphic encryption and zero-knowledge proofs to create a form of privacy that can be reviewed when needed. In concept, this is a more practical approach: data doesn’t necessarily have to be disclosed to everyone, but it also doesn’t disappear from the ability of authorized parties to audit it.
However, I think the hardest part still lies beyond the technology. Zero-knowledge proofs or homomorphic encryption can solve many technical challenges, but to become infrastructure for real financial markets, DuskEVM still needs to demonstrate stable operation, reasonable costs, and compliance with very specific legal requirements.
So I’m not yet convinced that Dusk’s programmable privacy is the final solution. But if the DuskEVM mainnet can truly turn this idea into a reliable operating system, that would be an important step worth observing.