#dusk $DUSK I used to think adding more validators automatically made a blockchain harder to attack. Then I started looking at the other side of that equation: every additional observer can also increase the surface through which transaction behaviour becomes visible.
That is where @Dusk gets interesting to me. The real problem is not simply whether 100 or 1,000 validators can confirm a transaction. It is what they can learn while doing it. Take a simplified example: if 1,000 validators each have access to the same observable transaction pattern, the network has created up to 1,000 potential observation points. Even if only 2% of those participants can meaningfully correlate activity, that is still about 20 potential analysts looking at the same financial behaviour. So the usual “more validators = more security” equation feels incomplete. Security matters, but institutional users also care about what validators, observers and competitors can infer from their activity. @Dusk is interesting because it tries to make privacy part of the underlying transaction and validation architecture rather than treating it as a cosmetic privacy feature. The unresolved question for me is simple: as more real financial activity moves onchain, will decentralization still be measured mainly by how many validators we have, or by how little sensitive information those validators actually need to see? @Dusk #Dusttfountion
#dusk $DUSK @Dusk The DUSK NETWORK BLOCK STATUS FLOW, explains how a new block becomes final on the network. It is a straightforward journey that starts with a “new block” and goes through several stages to make it secure, final, and immutable.
At the beginning of the process, a new block is created. After that, it can go one of two paths.
If it is the first new block in the chain, it is immediately “Attested.” Then, when the next block after it is also confirmed, this first block gains “Confirmed” status. Finally, it becomes “Final” when the block before it has itself become final.
The second path is for blocks that have been followed by more blocks. These blocks are “Accepted.” To be final, they have to go through a more rigorous verification process. They have to wait for the number of blocks that follow them to double in order to become “valid.” This process makes the network much more secure.
#USJulyCPI&PPIDueThisWeek US July CPI & PPI: The real test for the market this week
US inflation data could have a significant impact on the direction of the market this week. The July CPI is due today, August 12, while the PPI will be released tomorrow, August 13.
In June, the CPI fell 0.4% month-on-month, while the annual rate was 3.5%. Now the market's attention is not only on the headline number but also on Core CPI, services prices and producer prices.
If the CPI comes in softer than expected and the PPI also shows a decrease in price pressures, then the hope for interest rate easing could be strengthened. On the other hand, the strong data could re-emphasize the inflation problem for the Fed.
To me, the real question is not whether the CPI will go up or down, but rather in which direction do the CPI and PPI together force the Fed to take the next step?