I was reading through Dusk’s docs and one small detail stuck with me: being on a privacy-focused network doesn’t necessarily mean everything you do is private. My first assumption was that privacy would simply be the default everywhere. Instead, Dusk seems to treat privacy more like a choice depending on what you’re doing. For financial applications, I can see the logic. Not every transaction needs to be hidden, and sometimes information needs to be visible for things like auditing or compliance. Phoenix can keep transaction details private while still allowing selective disclosure through view keys.
What I find more interesting is how this could affect Dusk’s actual market value rather than just its technology story. Privacy becomes useful when it protects sensitive financial activity without making the system impossible to verify, and that balance could matter if real financial applications start bringing liquidity onto the network. But the token still has to deal with the usual crypto reality: market cap, trading volume, circulating supply and future supply pressure matter just as much as the idea itself. A strong privacy model doesn’t automatically create demand for the token. For me, the interesting question is whether actual usage eventually creates enough organic demand to support the network beyond speculation... that part is still unfolding.
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