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I’m watching something quietly revolutionary unfold in the blockchain world, and it goes by the name Dusk. While most cryptocurrency projects chase retail hype or try to replicate what already exists, Dusk took a different path from the beginning. They’re solving a problem that most people outside traditional finance don’t even realize exists: how do you bring the transparency and efficiency of blockchain to regulated financial markets without exposing every transaction detail to the entire world?
The tension between blockchain’s radical transparency and finance’s absolute need for confidentiality has existed since the first Bitcoin block was mined. But I’m increasingly convinced that this tension represents one of the most important unsolved problems standing between blockchain’s promise and its mainstream adoption by institutions. Dusk emerged in 2018 with the specific mission of resolving this tension, and now, seven years later, we’re finally seeing what that vision looks like in practice.
The Genesis of an Idea
Dusk Network was founded in 2018 by a team based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The co-founders Emanuele Francioni and Jelle Pol, along with Pascal Putman, Mels Dees, and Fulvio Venturelli, came together around a shared recognition that existing blockchain architectures fundamentally couldn’t serve regulated financial markets. Francioni took on the role of CEO and tech lead, bringing deep technical expertise in cryptography and distributed systems. Pol became the business director, focusing on partnerships and market development.

The founding team raised over seven million euros in 2018, which was substantial for a blockchain project at that time but modest compared to the billions flowing into some competitors. I’m struck by how this initial funding level forced discipline. They couldn’t afford to chase every trend or pivot constantly. They had to focus on solving one problem exceptionally well, and that problem was creating blockchain infrastructure purpose-built for financial securities.
What makes Dusk’s origin story compelling is the clarity of vision from day one. They weren’t trying to be a general-purpose blockchain that could theoretically do anything. They identified security token offerings and regulated asset tokenization as markets that desperately needed better infrastructure but couldn’t use existing public blockchains because of privacy limitations. Every bank, investment firm, and financial institution operates with the fundamental assumption that transaction details remain confidential. When a company issues bonds or equity, they don’t want competitors watching every movement of capital in real time.
Public blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum violated this assumption completely. Every transaction is visible forever to anyone who cares to look. Privacy coins like Monero and Zcash solved the transparency problem but created new ones around regulatory compliance. If everything is private and anonymous, how do regulators ensure anti-money laundering rules are followed? How do auditors verify that companies are following securities laws? Dusk recognized that the answer wasn’t choosing between privacy and compliance but architecting a system where both could coexist.
The Technical Foundation They Built
Understanding what makes Dusk different requires diving into some technical details, but I’ll keep it accessible. At its core, Dusk is a Layer 1 blockchain, meaning it’s a standalone network with its own consensus mechanism rather than being built on top of another blockchain. This gave the team complete control over every aspect of the system’s design.
The consensus mechanism they developed is called Segregated Byzantine Agreement, or SBA. Without getting lost in the weeds, SBA is a variant of Byzantine Fault Tolerant consensus that’s designed specifically to work alongside zero-knowledge proofs. The mechanism combines aspects of proof-of-stake, where validators lock up tokens to participate in block production, with Byzantine agreement protocols that allow the network to reach consensus even when some nodes are malicious or offline.
But the real innovation in Dusk comes from how they integrated zero-knowledge proof technology at the protocol level. Zero-knowledge proofs are a form of cryptography that allows one party to prove to another that a statement is true without revealing any information beyond the validity of the statement itself. It becomes that you can verify a transaction is legitimate, that all the rules are followed, that the sender has sufficient funds, without revealing who sent what to whom or how much was involved.
Dusk uses an advanced zero-knowledge technique called PLONK, which stands for Permutations over Lagrange-bases for Oecumenical Noninteractive arguments of Knowledge. The name is a mouthful, but what matters is that PLONK allows for efficient zero-knowledge proofs that can be verified quickly. This efficiency is crucial because every transaction on the blockchain needs to be verified by multiple nodes, and if verification takes too long, the entire network slows down.

The network introduced something they call confidential smart contracts through their XSC standard. These are smart contracts that can execute complex logic while keeping the details of that execution private. Imagine a company issuing tokenized bonds where the terms of the bond are programmed into a smart contract. The contract automatically handles interest payments, maturity dates, and ownership transfers. But unlike on Ethereum where every detail would be public, on Dusk these operations happen confidentially while still being verifiably correct.
In early 2023, the team released Piecrust, which replaced their earlier Rusk Virtual Machine. Piecrust can process transactions up to ten times faster than the previous system while simplifying smart contract development. This upgrade was critical because it demonstrated that privacy-preserving smart contracts could achieve performance comparable to or better than traditional transparent smart contracts.
The Dual Transaction Model and Compliance Framework
One of the most thoughtful aspects of Dusk’s design is something they call the dual transaction model, which consists of Phoenix and Moonlight. Phoenix handles completely private transactions where all details are shielded using zero-knowledge proofs. Moonlight provides a more transparent model where certain parties can have selective visibility into transaction details.
This duality solves a practical problem that pure privacy coins never addressed adequately. Sometimes you need complete privacy, like when a company is making strategic acquisitions and doesn’t want competitors to see capital movements. Other times, you need selective transparency, like when an auditor or regulator has legitimate authority to review specific transactions. The dual model lets users and institutions choose the appropriate level of privacy for their specific use case.
They’re also building something called Zedger, which is their framework for compliant asset tokenization. Zedger enables what they call Zero-Knowledge Compliance, where participants can prove they meet regulatory requirements without exposing personal or transactional details. If you’re trying to buy tokenized securities, you need to prove you’re an accredited investor, that you’ve passed KYC checks, and that you’re not on any sanctions lists. Zedger allows these verifications to happen cryptographically without the blockchain itself storing or exposing your personal information.
This compliance framework is designed specifically to work with European regulations including MiFID II, which governs investment services and activities, and MiCA, which is the new Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation. I’m particularly interested in how they’re threading this needle because MiCA demands transparency in financial transactions to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing, while simultaneously requiring protection of user privacy under GDPR and other data protection laws.
The Long Road to Mainnet
The journey from founding in 2018 to mainnet launch took nearly seven years, which in cryptocurrency terms feels like an eternity. Many projects launched, raised millions, and disappeared entirely in that timespan. But I’m convinced this patience and methodical development was necessary for what Dusk is attempting to build.
The team ran multiple incentivized testnets starting in 2024, allowing the community to deploy nodes and test the network under realistic conditions. These testnets attracted thousands of node operators and revealed countless edge cases and potential issues that could only be discovered through real-world usage. Each testnet led to improvements in the code, refinements to the consensus mechanism, and optimizations to the zero-knowledge proof generation and verification.
The mainnet was originally scheduled to launch in April 2024, but the team made the difficult decision to delay. The reason was regulatory, specifically the introduction of MiCA regulations in Europe. CEO Emanuele Francioni explained that they needed to ensure their privacy model would fully comply with the new regulatory framework without compromising their core value proposition. They created a model that provides privacy while addressing the legitimate concerns these regulations target, namely preventing anonymity that could facilitate illegal activity.
On December 20, 2024, they began the mainnet rollout process by deploying the Dusk Mainnet onramp contract on Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain. This allowed existing DUSK token holders to migrate their ERC-20 and BEP-20 tokens to the new mainnet. On December 29, they deployed what they called the Mainnet Cluster. Early deposits became possible on January 3, 2025, and finally, on January 7, 2025, the mainnet officially went live, producing its first immutable blocks.
This phased approach demonstrated maturity and careful planning. They’re not rushing to launch and dealing with problems later. They’re ensuring each component is ready before moving to the next phase. It becomes that the mainnet launch isn’t a single moment but a carefully orchestrated sequence of technical milestones.
The Token Economics and Utility
The DUSK token sits at the center of the entire ecosystem, serving multiple crucial functions. Understanding the tokenomics helps clarify how the network creates sustainable value and aligns incentives for all participants.

The total supply is capped at one billion DUSK tokens. The initial distribution allocated forty-one percent to public and private sales, twenty-five percent to the team, fourteen percent to the foundation reserve, seven percent for ecosystem development, seven percent for marketing, and six percent combined for advisors and other allocations. Team and advisor tokens follow vesting schedules to ensure long-term alignment.
DUSK functions primarily as the staking token for network security. Validators must stake DUSK to participate in the consensus mechanism, and they earn rewards for honestly proposing and validating blocks. Interestingly, Dusk uses reward slashing rather than stake slashing, meaning validators who misbehave lose their earned rewards but not their staked capital. This creates accountability while being less punitive than systems where misbehavior can result in losing your entire stake.
The token is also used to pay transaction fees on the network. For simple operations, fees might be minimal, but complex smart contract executions require more substantial fees that get paid in DUSK. This creates fundamental demand for the token that scales with network usage.
Governance represents the third major utility. Token holders will be able to vote on protocol upgrades, parameter changes, and decisions about ecosystem fund allocation. This decentralized governance hasn’t fully launched yet, but it’s part of the roadmap for making Dusk genuinely community-owned rather than controlled exclusively by the founding team.
The emission schedule is designed to provide rewards to early participants while controlling long-term inflation. The system follows a thirty-six-year emission model with periodic reductions every four years, similar to Bitcoin’s halving schedule but stretched over a longer timeframe. This extended emission period is intended to ensure validator rewards remain meaningful even as the network matures.
With the mainnet launch, they introduced something called Hyperstaking, which is one of the more innovative aspects of the token model. Hyperstaking allows smart contracts to implement custom logic for handling stakes. Think of it like account abstraction for staking. You could create staking contracts that implement referral programs, where people who bring new stakers earn a percentage of the rewards. You could build privacy-preserving staking where your stake amount isn’t publicly visible. You could create liquid staking derivatives where you receive a token representing your staked DUSK that can be used in DeFi applications while your actual DUSK continues earning staking rewards.
The Ecosystem Taking Shape
A blockchain without applications is just expensive infrastructure running in the cloud. What ultimately matters is whether people build useful things on top of the foundation. Dusk is starting to see real ecosystem development, particularly around the use cases they designed for from the beginning.
The partnership with NPEX represents one of the most significant validations of Dusk’s approach. NPEX is pioneering Europe’s first blockchain-driven securities exchange, and they’ve chosen Dusk as their underlying infrastructure. All assets under NPEX management, which exceeds three hundred million dollars, are being tokenized on Dusk. This isn’t a pilot program or proof of concept. These are real financial assets being brought on-chain and traded through a regulated exchange operating on Dusk’s network.
This partnership demonstrates exactly what Dusk was built for. NPEX needs the efficiency and transparency of blockchain settlement, but they also need to comply with every European financial regulation, protect client confidentiality, and maintain institutional-grade security. Dusk provides all of these requirements in a way that existing blockchains simply couldn’t.
They’re also developing Dusk Pay, which is described as a privacy-first payments platform. Dusk Pay will partner with stablecoin issuers to provide users with an all-in-one payment solution for everything from gaming transactions to business settlements. The idea is to make digital payments as easy and private as handing someone cash, but with all the benefits of blockchain technology like instant settlement, cryptographic security, and programmability.
The Q1 2025 roadmap includes the launch of Zedger Beta, which will open up the asset tokenization platform for testing with partners. Zedger focuses on privacy-preserving compliant asset tokenization, issuance, and management. I’m watching this closely because asset tokenization represents one of the largest opportunities in all of blockchain. The ability to tokenize real estate, private equity, bonds, commodities, and virtually any other asset type could fundamentally transform how these markets operate.
We’re also seeing the development of Lightspeed, which is a Layer 2 solution compatible with Ethereum that settles transactions on the Dusk mainnet. This is strategically important because it connects Dusk to the massive Ethereum ecosystem while providing the privacy and compliance features that Ethereum alone cannot offer. Developers can build applications using familiar Ethereum tools and Solidity smart contracts, but when those applications need privacy or regulatory compliance features, they can leverage Dusk through Lightspeed.
The integration with decentralized KYC and AML through their Citadel tool represents another critical piece of infrastructure. Citadel uses zero-knowledge technology to prove that users have passed KYC and AML checks without storing or exposing their personal information on-chain. This reconciles privacy with regulatory compliance, satisfying regulations like GDPR, DORA, MiFID, and MiCA simultaneously.
The Real-World Asset Opportunity
Understanding Dusk requires understanding the broader context of real-world asset tokenization, which is emerging as one of the most important applications of blockchain technology. The RWA market exceeded six billion dollars in 2024, and projections suggest it could reach ten trillion dollars by 2030. This growth is being driven by recognition that tokenization offers compelling advantages over traditional asset management.
Fractional ownership is perhaps the most obvious benefit. Assets that were previously indivisible like commercial real estate properties worth millions of dollars can be divided into thousands or millions of tokens. This allows regular investors to own pieces of assets that were previously accessible only to institutions or the extremely wealthy. A twenty-five-year-old saving for retirement could own a fraction of a commercial building in Manhattan alongside a sovereign wealth fund.
Liquidity enhancement is equally significant. Markets for things like fine art, private equity, or commercial real estate are notoriously illiquid. It can take months or years to find buyers for these assets at fair prices. Tokenization simplifies the trading process and potentially increases liquidity by creating markets where these assets can be traded twenty-four seven on blockchain exchanges with instant settlement.
But realizing these benefits requires infrastructure that can handle regulated securities trading. You can’t just tokenize a building or a bond and start trading it without considering securities laws, investor protection regulations, tax implications, and compliance requirements. This is where most RWA projects stumble. They build the tokenization part but can’t solve the compliance and privacy challenges that institutions require.
Dusk was designed specifically for this use case. The confidential smart contracts allow companies to issue securities privately while maintaining the audit trails regulators require. The zero-knowledge compliance framework proves investors are qualified without exposing their personal information. The dual transaction model provides privacy where needed and selective transparency where required by law.
Major financial institutions are paying attention. BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has expressed strong interest in real-world asset tokenization. Ondo Finance, which focuses on bringing traditional financial products on-chain, is seeing enormous traction. The tokenization of US Treasury securities alone represents a multi-billion-dollar market that’s just beginning to develop. As these institutional players look for blockchain infrastructure that can handle their requirements, Dusk’s privacy plus compliance approach becomes increasingly relevant.
The Challenges They Cannot Ignore
I’d be dishonest if I presented Dusk’s path forward as guaranteed success. The project faces significant challenges, some technical, some competitive, and some regulatory. Understanding these challenges is essential for evaluating whether Dusk can achieve its ambitious goals.
Competition remains fierce across multiple dimensions. Ethereum dominates the smart contract space with overwhelming network effects. Solana has captured mindshare for high-performance applications. Newer Layer 1 blockchains launch constantly, each claiming to solve the scalability trilemma or offer some novel feature. In the specific niche of privacy-focused blockchains, projects like Monero and Zcash have been operating for years with established user bases and battle-tested technology.
What differentiates Dusk is the specific combination of privacy and compliance focused on financial applications. But this narrow focus could be either an advantage or a limitation. If regulated asset tokenization becomes the massive market that projections suggest, Dusk is well-positioned to capture substantial value. If that market develops more slowly than expected, or if institutions ultimately decide they prefer Ethereum with additional privacy layers, Dusk’s specialized approach might not matter.
The regulatory environment remains uncertain despite all the progress with MiCA and other frameworks. Regulations are still evolving, and different jurisdictions take different approaches. What’s compliant in Europe might not work in the United States or Asia. The confidential nature of Dusk’s transactions could come under scrutiny from regulators who remain skeptical of privacy features in blockchain systems. Even though Dusk’s privacy is designed to be compatible with regulatory oversight, explaining this distinction to policymakers who may not understand the technical details presents an ongoing challenge.
Technical execution risk always exists with ambitious blockchain projects. The zero-knowledge proof systems are mathematically sound, but they’re also complex and computationally intensive. Bugs in cryptographic implementations can be catastrophic. The network needs to scale to handle potentially thousands of transactions per second if institutional adoption occurs. The confidential smart contracts need to be not just secure but also easy enough for developers to work with. Each of these represents an ongoing technical challenge where execution matters enormously.

Market timing is another wildcard. Dusk spent six years building infrastructure for a market that’s still in very early stages. If institutional adoption of tokenized assets accelerates rapidly, they’re positioned perfectly. If adoption comes more slowly, they’ll need to sustain development and operations through potentially years of slower growth. The token price volatility we’ve seen, with DUSK reaching an all-time high of one dollar nineteen cents in December 2021 before declining significantly, reflects market uncertainty about both the project’s prospects and the broader tokenization opportunity.
The Vision for Tomorrow
Looking forward, I see several possible trajectories for Dusk, and the outcome likely depends on factors both within and beyond the team’s control. In the optimistic scenario, real-world asset tokenization becomes the transformative application of blockchain that many predict. Financial institutions adopt Dusk as the infrastructure of choice for issuing and trading tokenized securities because it’s the only platform that provides both the privacy they require and the compliance frameworks regulators demand.
In this future, the NPEX partnership expands, and we see additional regulated exchanges launching on Dusk. Companies begin routinely issuing tokenized bonds, equity, and other securities on the platform. Retail investors gain access to investment opportunities previously available only to institutions. The Zedger platform becomes the standard for compliant asset tokenization, the same way Uniswap became the standard for decentralized token swaps.
The Dusk Pay payments infrastructure gains adoption, becoming a preferred method for private digital transactions. The Hyperstaking features create vibrant secondary markets around staked DUSK, with liquid staking derivatives and sophisticated yield strategies emerging. The DuskEVM Layer 2 connects to the broader Ethereum ecosystem, allowing developers to build privacy-preserving versions of popular DeFi protocols.
There’s also a middle path where Dusk finds a niche but doesn’t achieve the grand vision of becoming the dominant infrastructure for regulated finance. Maybe they become the go-to chain for certain types of tokenized assets in certain jurisdictions while other solutions win elsewhere. Maybe they capture the European market due to their MiCA compliance but struggle to expand into other regions. This would still represent meaningful success even if it falls short of the most ambitious goals.
And obviously there’s a pessimistic scenario where Dusk fails to gain sufficient traction. Maybe institutional adoption of blockchain-based asset tokenization happens more slowly than anticipated, and by the time the market matures, competitors have caught up on privacy and compliance features. Maybe regulatory changes make the entire approach unworkable. Maybe technical challenges prove insurmountable at scale. The history of technology is littered with well-engineered solutions to important problems that nonetheless failed to achieve market adoption.
The Broader Implications
Stepping back from Dusk specifically, the project raises important questions about the future relationship between blockchain technology and traditional financial systems. For years, the cryptocurrency community has operated with an anti-establishment ethos, positioning itself as an alternative to traditional finance rather than a complement. But the reality is that traditional financial markets represent hundreds of trillions of dollars in assets and serve billions of people. Transforming these markets is perhaps more consequential than replacing them.
Dusk represents a pragmatic approach that acknowledges financial regulation exists for legitimate reasons while arguing that blockchain can help achieve regulatory goals more efficiently. Anti-money laundering requirements exist because money laundering is genuinely harmful. KYC regulations exist because terrorist financing and sanctions evasion are real threats. Privacy regulations exist because individuals have a right to control their personal information. The question isn’t whether these goals are worthwhile but whether there are better tools for achieving them.
Zero-knowledge cryptography offers a genuine technological advancement in this regard. For the first time, it becomes possible to prove compliance with regulations without creating honeypots of sensitive personal information that become targets for hackers. It becomes possible to have transactions that are private to outside observers but auditable by authorized parties. This isn’t just incrementally better than existing systems; it’s fundamentally different in ways that could reshape how we think about financial privacy and oversight.
If Dusk succeeds, the implications extend beyond their specific blockchain. They’ll have demonstrated that privacy and compliance can coexist, which changes the conversation around blockchain regulation globally. They’ll have proven that institutional-grade financial applications can run on public blockchain infrastructure while meeting all regulatory requirements. This could accelerate adoption of blockchain technology across the entire financial services industry.
A Personal Reflection on What We’re Witnessing
As I follow Dusk’s development, I’m reminded that we’re living through the early stages of a fundamental technological transition. The digitization of financial assets isn’t just about making existing processes slightly more efficient. It’s about reimagining how ownership works, how markets function, and who can participate in financial opportunities.
For most of human history, ownership was physical. You owned a piece of land, a share certificate printed on paper, a gold coin you could hold in your hand. The twentieth century saw ownership become increasingly abstract, with most assets existing as entries in databases controlled by banks, brokers, and other intermediaries. Blockchain represents the next evolution, where ownership is cryptographic, where the asset itself exists as code, and where transfer happens through mathematics rather than institutional gatekeepers.
But this transition only happens if we can build systems that work for everyone, not just cryptocurrency enthusiasts. Systems need to be compliant with law, protective of privacy, secure against attack, and understandable to regular people. Dusk is one attempt to build such a system, focusing specifically on the regulated financial markets that represent the largest opportunity and perhaps the highest difficulty.
The mainnet launch in January 2025 marks the beginning rather than the end of this journey. The technology is now live and operational, but the hard work of driving adoption, proving utility, navigating regulation, and scaling to meet demand lies ahead. Years from now, we’ll look back at this period and see it either as the foundation of transformed financial markets or as an ambitious experiment that taught valuable lessons but ultimately fell short.
What I find meaningful is that the experiment is happening at all. Someone needed to try building blockchain infrastructure that takes privacy and compliance equally seriously. Someone needed to spend six years developing advanced cryptographic systems and carefully designed economic mechanisms rather than rushing to launch with incomplete solutions. Someone needed to engage with regulators, understand their concerns, and build systems that address those concerns technologically rather than dismissing them.
Whether Dusk ultimately succeeds in its mission, the work they’re doing advances our collective understanding of what’s possible at the intersection of blockchain technology, financial regulation, and cryptographic privacy. The confidential smart contracts, the zero-knowledge compliance frameworks, the dual transaction models, these innovations will inform the next generation of financial infrastructure regardless of which specific blockchain ends up hosting it.
Looking Toward an Uncertain Future
The story of Dusk and the DUSK token is still being written. The mainnet launched just weeks ago. Most of the roadmap features are still under development. The ecosystem partnerships are just beginning to bear fruit. The regulatory landscape continues evolving in ways that could help or hinder the project. Market conditions remain volatile, affecting both token prices and investor sentiment.
What we can observe is that the fundamental problem Dusk addresses is real and growing. Financial institutions need blockchain’s efficiency, transparency, and programmability, but they also need privacy, compliance, and regulatory certainty. Existing public blockchains don’t provide this combination. Dusk is one of the few projects attempting to solve this entire problem rather than just pieces of it.
The team has demonstrated ability to execute technically, launching a sophisticated mainnet after years of development. They’ve secured meaningful partnerships with regulated financial institutions like NPEX. They’ve navigated complex regulatory requirements in Europe, adjusting their timeline to ensure compliance rather than rushing ahead recklessly. They’ve built substantial technical infrastructure including confidential smart contracts, zero-knowledge proof systems, and novel consensus mechanisms.
Whether these accomplishments translate into long-term success depends on countless factors, many outside anyone’s control. But as someone watching the blockchain space evolve, I’m convinced that solving the privacy and compliance challenge for financial applications is one of the most important problems anyone is working on. If blockchain is going to transform how financial markets operate rather than remaining a niche technology for speculation, projects like Dusk need to succeed.
The next few years will tell us whether specialized privacy-preserving infrastructure can compete with general-purpose blockchains. Whether zero-knowledge compliance frameworks will be accepted by regulators and institutions. Whether the real-world asset tokenization market will grow as rapidly as projections suggest. Whether Dusk can scale technically, build a thriving ecosystem, and navigate the inevitable challenges that emerge.
As we stand here in early 2026, Dusk exists as potential waiting to be realized. The technology works, the partnerships are forming, the regulatory compliance is in place, but the big questions about market adoption and long-term viability remain open. I’m watching this experiment unfold because the answers matter tremendously, not just for DUSK token holders but for anyone interested in how blockchain technology might reshape our financial systems in the decades ahead.

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Kisah uang sedang berubah di depan mata kita. Saya menyaksikan sesuatu yang luar biasa terungkap di ruang blockchain, dan itu disebut Plasma. Ini bukan hanya proyek cryptocurrency lain yang membuat janji besar tentang mengganggu keuangan. Sebaliknya, Plasma mewakili tanggapan yang bijaksana terhadap masalah yang sangat spesifik yang telah tumbuh diam-diam selama bertahun-tahun: infrastruktur blockchain yang ada tidak dirancang untuk ekonomi stablecoin besar yang kita jalani hari ini.
Ketika saya pertama kali mulai melihat Plasma dan token aslinya XPL, saya menyadari bahwa proyek ini muncul dari pengamatan mendasar yang entah bagaimana terlewatkan oleh orang lain. Stablecoin telah menjadi salah satu aplikasi paling sukses dalam semua cryptocurrency, dengan lebih dari dua ratus dua puluh lima miliar dolar yang beredar pada awal 2025. Namun, dolar digital ini bergerak di seluruh jaringan blockchain yang dibangun sebelum siapa pun membayangkan skala seperti itu. Hasilnya dapat diprediksi: biaya tinggi, penyelesaian lambat, dan pengalaman pengguna yang tetap sangat kompleks bagi siapa pun di luar komunitas crypto.

Lanskap digital yang kita huni saat ini tidak mirip dengan internet dua puluh tahun yang lalu. Kita sedang mengalami transformasi di mana dunia virtual, ekonomi permainan, dan teknologi blockchain bersatu menjadi sesuatu yang sepenuhnya baru. Di tengah evolusi ini, terdapat Vanar Chain, sebuah proyek yang muncul dengan visi tunggal: menjadi infrastruktur dasar untuk metaverse dan pengalaman bermain game yang akan disebut rumah oleh jutaan orang.
Memahami Vanar memerlukan langkah mundur untuk melihat gambaran yang lebih luas tentang apa yang dijanjikan teknologi blockchain dan di mana ia gagal. Platform blockchain awal memberikan desentralisasi dan keamanan, tetapi mereka kesulitan memenuhi tuntutan aplikasi modern. Permainan dan dunia virtual membutuhkan sesuatu yang berbeda. Mereka memerlukan transaksi yang sangat cepat, biaya minimal, dan kemampuan untuk menangani ribuan interaksi secara bersamaan. Jika Anda pernah melihat sebuah permainan membeku pada saat penting atau menunggu beberapa menit untuk transaksi sederhana dikonfirmasi, Anda memahami masalah yang ingin diselesaikan oleh Vanar.

Ada teknologi yang lahir karena sesuatu yang baru menjadi mungkin, dan ada teknologi yang lahir karena sesuatu yang lama menolak untuk bekerja lebih lama. Dusk termasuk dalam kategori kedua. Asalnya tidak terkait dengan kegembiraan, tetapi dengan gesekan. Ia tumbuh dari ketidaknyamanan yang semakin dirasakan oleh institusi, pengembang, dan regulator yang melihat janji blockchain tetapi tidak dapat mendamaikannya dengan kenyataan hukum, privasi, dan tanggung jawab. Saya tidak sedang menggambarkan satu momen penemuan. Saya sedang menggambarkan sebuah realisasi panjang bahwa transparansi saja tidak cukup.

Plasma tidak dimulai sebagai produk yang dimaksudkan untuk dipasarkan atau jaringan yang dimaksudkan untuk diberi merek. Ini dimulai sebagai pertanyaan yang menolak untuk pergi. Apa yang terjadi ketika sistem desentralisasi benar-benar bekerja dan orang-orang mulai menggunakannya? Bukan ribuan, bukan pengguna awal, tetapi jutaan pengguna yang bertindak pada saat yang sama. Saya melihat bahwa Plasma muncul dari pertanyaan tidak nyaman tetapi jujur ini, yang dihindari oleh banyak sistem blockchain awal karena jawabannya tidak nyaman.
Untuk memahami Plasma dengan baik, akan sangat membantu untuk membayangkan lingkungan emosional di mana ia pertama kali dicetuskan. Teknologi blockchain telah membuktikan bahwa kepercayaan dapat didistribusikan. Nilai dapat bergerak tanpa perantara. Aturan dapat ditegakkan oleh kode. Namun, seiring dengan meningkatnya antusiasme, demikian pula kemacetan. Jaringan melambat. Biaya meningkat. Tindakan sederhana menjadi mahal dan tidak dapat diprediksi. Pengembang terpaksa memilih antara desentralisasi dan kegunaan. Plasma lahir dari penolakan untuk menerima bahwa trade-off ini tidak dapat dihindari.

Cara termudah untuk salah paham tentang Vanar adalah dengan menggambarkannya sebagai proyek blockchain. Deskripsi itu secara teknis benar, tetapi secara emosional salah. Vanar tidak dimulai sebagai upaya untuk meningkatkan throughput transaksi atau merancang mesin virtual yang lebih baik. Ini dimulai dengan frustrasi yang tenang yang dibagikan oleh orang-orang yang membangun dunia digital yang merasa bahwa infrastruktur di bawah mereka tidak memahami apa yang mereka coba ciptakan. Saya tidak berbicara tentang grafik atau protokol. Saya berbicara tentang dunia yang seharusnya terasa hidup, namun dibangun di atas sistem yang memperlakukan setiap interaksi seperti entri buku besar keuangan.

Dusk dibangun untuk situasi di mana kegagalan blockchain bukanlah ketidaknyamanan tetapi tanggung jawab. Realitas tunggal itu mengubah segalanya tentang bagaimana jaringan dirancang, diuji, dan disempurnakan. Alih-alih mengoptimalkan untuk kecepatan perhatian atau daya tarik spekulatif, Dusk fokus pada operasi yang benar di bawah batasan yang tidak pernah dirancang untuk ditangani oleh sebagian besar blockchain publik.
Pada intinya, Dusk mengatasi kelemahan struktural di ruang blockchain. Buku besar publik bekerja dengan baik ketika transparansi dapat diterima dan eksperimen didorong. Mereka gagal ketika kerahasiaan, akuntabilitas regulasi, dan ketepatan yang dapat diterapkan diperlukan pada saat yang sama. Dusk ada untuk mengisi celah itu, dan perkembangan terbaru menunjukkan pergeseran yang jelas dari validasi konsep ke penguatan sistem.