Most privacy projects ask you to trust them. Nillion's Dusk is trying to remove that part, and it went live on Ethereum mainnet on 28 September.

What I find more interesting is who gets to build on it. Nodes are open to anyone, and rewards depend on how much you stake. Nillion also shipped a node kit and an SDK, so developers can create a Covenant or run a node without touching the cryptography themselves. For me, that open door is what separates a real network from a closed demo.

That matters because encrypted execution only becomes useful once developers build on it. Think of a sealed auction bid that stays private until the auction condition is met. Or a payment that only releases when a set condition is satisfied.

I'd also separate two ideas. Removing a single trusted party isn't the same as removing every trust assumption. Covenant resolution still depends on the node set doing its job correctly, so reliability is what I'd watch as usage grows.

It's early, too. The testnet release started with price-based conditions for select assets and a 30-day window. Early adopters will probably hit some rough edges, and honestly, that feedback is how this kind of infrastructure gets better over time. So I see mainnet as a starting line, not proof that every use case is solved.

What should Nillion prioritise after Dusk?

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