For many developers, the hardest part of building on a new chain is not finding an idea. It is rebuilding the entire toolset around that idea.
That is what makes the developer path being built by @Dusk_Foundation interesting.
DuskEVM is designed to let builders work with familiar languages and tools such as Solidity, Vyper, Foundry, Hardhat, viem and ethers. Developers can create EVM applications without abandoning the workflow they already understand.
The more important part, however, is what happens beneath that familiar execution environment.
DuskEVM uses $DUSK for gas, while transaction batches and state commitments connect to DuskDS for consensus, deterministic settlement and data availability. DuskVM provides another path for developers building closer to the L1 using Rust and WebAssembly.
This creates a useful architectural choice. A team can begin with familiar EVM development or work directly with Dusk’s native environment, while settlement remains connected to the same underlying network.
DuskEVM is currently in testnet, so this is still a builder story in progress. But the direction is worth watching: reduce the cost of learning a new environment without treating the settlement layer as an afterthought.
To me, that makes Dusk less about asking developers to start from zero and more about giving familiar tools a different foundation.
#dusk
That is what makes the developer path being built by @Dusk_Foundation interesting.
DuskEVM is designed to let builders work with familiar languages and tools such as Solidity, Vyper, Foundry, Hardhat, viem and ethers. Developers can create EVM applications without abandoning the workflow they already understand.
The more important part, however, is what happens beneath that familiar execution environment.
DuskEVM uses $DUSK for gas, while transaction batches and state commitments connect to DuskDS for consensus, deterministic settlement and data availability. DuskVM provides another path for developers building closer to the L1 using Rust and WebAssembly.
This creates a useful architectural choice. A team can begin with familiar EVM development or work directly with Dusk’s native environment, while settlement remains connected to the same underlying network.
DuskEVM is currently in testnet, so this is still a builder story in progress. But the direction is worth watching: reduce the cost of learning a new environment without treating the settlement layer as an afterthought.
To me, that makes Dusk less about asking developers to start from zero and more about giving familiar tools a different foundation.
#dusk