DUSK Tokenomics: Understanding the Economics Behind $DUSK — the part that made me pause wasn't the emission curve or the staking yield, it was where the token actually captures value. Dusk Network #dusk $DUSK @Dusk builds its whole pitch around confidential settlement, but the token's demand mechanism doesn't discriminate by privacy mode at all. Gas on DuskEVM is paid in DUSK whether a transaction runs through the transparent default path or opts into Phoenix shielding, and staking rewards accrue the same way regardless of which mode dominates throughput. So the economic engine is indifferent to the exact feature being marketed as the differentiator. If most activity stays on the transparent rail, as the current default suggests, the token still earns its keep through ordinary gas and staking flows, not through a privacy premium anyone is actually paying. It made me wonder whether the tokenomics were ever designed around confidential usage specifically, or just around chain activity in general, with privacy sitting alongside as a feature rather than a revenue driver. Does value capture here even need the privacy narrative to hold up?