Been reading through Dusk’s docs today, and one thing caught my attention.
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I think it’s easy to hear “privacy blockchain” and assume the goal is simply to hide transactions.
But Dusk’s approach seems a bit more nuanced.
The Confidential Security Contract (XSC) standard is built around confidential smart contracts, but the network also supports different levels of visibility. Some activity can remain transparent, while other information can stay shielded.
The part I found more interesting is selective disclosure.
Privacy doesn’t necessarily mean that nobody can ever see anything. In certain financial workflows, information may need to be shared with an authorized party without making it publicly visible to everyone else.
That’s an important distinction.
For something dealing with financial applications, completely hiding everything isn’t always useful. What seems more practical is having control over which information stays private and when specific information can be disclosed.
So when Dusk talks about privacy, I don’t think the best interpretation is simply “everything is hidden.”
It’s more about giving confidential smart contracts a way to handle sensitive information without treating transparency and privacy as complete opposites.
That made me wonder: could selective disclosure become a more important part of how privacy-focused financial blockchains are designed?
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@Dusk_Foundation
I think it’s easy to hear “privacy blockchain” and assume the goal is simply to hide transactions.
But Dusk’s approach seems a bit more nuanced.
The Confidential Security Contract (XSC) standard is built around confidential smart contracts, but the network also supports different levels of visibility. Some activity can remain transparent, while other information can stay shielded.
The part I found more interesting is selective disclosure.
Privacy doesn’t necessarily mean that nobody can ever see anything. In certain financial workflows, information may need to be shared with an authorized party without making it publicly visible to everyone else.
That’s an important distinction.
For something dealing with financial applications, completely hiding everything isn’t always useful. What seems more practical is having control over which information stays private and when specific information can be disclosed.
So when Dusk talks about privacy, I don’t think the best interpretation is simply “everything is hidden.”
It’s more about giving confidential smart contracts a way to handle sensitive information without treating transparency and privacy as complete opposites.
That made me wonder: could selective disclosure become a more important part of how privacy-focused financial blockchains are designed?
@Dusk_Foundation #dusk $DUSK