The Dusk mainnet has been running for half a year—its technology is solid now, but applications haven’t quite caught up yet. That’s the biggest suspense.
Recently I saw an article where the author said they have a habit: whenever a project says “mainnet is live,” they automatically assume it means “you can start observing now,” because they’ve seen too many projects where, even six months after mainnet went live, nobody is using them.
So the author sat on the Dusk chain and watched for three days. The conclusion is: it really is running. The decentralization of the validator nodes looks reasonably good, the staking amount reached a level that doesn’t look like it’s staged, the block height increases steadily, the block production interval is normal, it’s not fake volume someone is generating themselves—there are genuinely users interacting.
Mainnet is stable—this is the first step.
But having a stable mainnet is only the first step. The author also said that there still aren’t many on-chain applications. While DuskEVM has gone live, the number of ecosystem projects still lags far behind Ethereum’s Layer 2s. Whether developers come—and whether they can stay—will be the next key.
@Dusk
Another analytical article pointed to the same issue. At first, the author thought DuskEVM was “just another EVM chain.” But after deeper research, they found something interesting: what happens when the familiar EVM layer connects to a privacy infrastructure designed around regulated finance? Financial applications can’t assume transparency is a feature. Large institutions may need to prove that transactions are valid without revealing complete holdings.
Dusk’s technical architecture really does address this problem. The Hedger module introduces a confidential EVM workflow using homomorphic encryption and zero-knowledge proofs. But the architecture solves the question of “can it be built,” not the question of “is anyone using it.”
Dusk started in 2018, and only went live on the mainnet earlier this year—six years in between. Taking six years to launch the mainnet suggests they’re not in a rush to “cut,” and that the technical foundation is solid. But between technical solidity and ecosystem prosperity, there’s still a long road.
What we need to observe next isn’t how many code updates happen, but the Gas and settlement demand generated once real-world assets start calling these facilities. Only when transaction volume rises can DUSK’s value capture truly be realized.
Mainnet is stable—this is a good start. But where are the applications, where are the developers, and where is the transaction volume—those are the key questions ahead. I’ll keep observing and see what happens once the STOX platform truly gets going.
#dusk $DUSK
Recently I saw an article where the author said they have a habit: whenever a project says “mainnet is live,” they automatically assume it means “you can start observing now,” because they’ve seen too many projects where, even six months after mainnet went live, nobody is using them.
So the author sat on the Dusk chain and watched for three days. The conclusion is: it really is running. The decentralization of the validator nodes looks reasonably good, the staking amount reached a level that doesn’t look like it’s staged, the block height increases steadily, the block production interval is normal, it’s not fake volume someone is generating themselves—there are genuinely users interacting.
Mainnet is stable—this is the first step.
But having a stable mainnet is only the first step. The author also said that there still aren’t many on-chain applications. While DuskEVM has gone live, the number of ecosystem projects still lags far behind Ethereum’s Layer 2s. Whether developers come—and whether they can stay—will be the next key.
@Dusk
Another analytical article pointed to the same issue. At first, the author thought DuskEVM was “just another EVM chain.” But after deeper research, they found something interesting: what happens when the familiar EVM layer connects to a privacy infrastructure designed around regulated finance? Financial applications can’t assume transparency is a feature. Large institutions may need to prove that transactions are valid without revealing complete holdings.
Dusk’s technical architecture really does address this problem. The Hedger module introduces a confidential EVM workflow using homomorphic encryption and zero-knowledge proofs. But the architecture solves the question of “can it be built,” not the question of “is anyone using it.”
Dusk started in 2018, and only went live on the mainnet earlier this year—six years in between. Taking six years to launch the mainnet suggests they’re not in a rush to “cut,” and that the technical foundation is solid. But between technical solidity and ecosystem prosperity, there’s still a long road.
What we need to observe next isn’t how many code updates happen, but the Gas and settlement demand generated once real-world assets start calling these facilities. Only when transaction volume rises can DUSK’s value capture truly be realized.
Mainnet is stable—this is a good start. But where are the applications, where are the developers, and where is the transaction volume—those are the key questions ahead. I’ll keep observing and see what happens once the STOX platform truly gets going.
#dusk $DUSK
