#dusk $DUSK @Dusk I initially thought DUSK’s utility was basically two things: staking and gas. Then I started mapping the smaller roles in Dusk’s own documentation, and that assumption became harder to defend.
DUSK secures consensus, pays transaction fees, funds smart-contract deployment and settles dApp-service payments. Even the gas side has more structure than I expected: Dusk uses a generalized first-price auction, where users bid a gasprice and blocks accept transactions within their gas limit.
But the part I keep coming back to sits outside those obvious functions.
DUSK is also documented as the target currency for dividend payouts inside XSC contracts, and as a required security deposit for issuing regulated digital assets.
That feels different from ordinary L1 utility.
Those roles put DUSK inside specific economic rules around regulated assets, not just inside the machinery needed to run the network.
I still wouldn’t turn that into a demand thesis. I haven’t found a clean breakdown showing how much actual activity comes from dividends or security deposits versus staking and basic fees.
And maybe thats the more interesting gap.
The documentation tells me where DUSK can matter.
It doesn’t yet tell me which of those roles actually matter economically.
#dusk $DUSK @Dusk I Kept coming back to one thing in Dusk’s recent development, and it’s not the cryptography itself. It's the effort to make the same cryptography work harder. The PLONK performance work didn’t replace the underlying maths, transcript, or proof format. Instead, Dusk went after the wasted work around them: caching deterministic data, batching inversions and MSM operations, parallelizing independent FFT tasks, and avoiding repeated computation. The result caught my attention: proving time down 58%, roughly 2.4x proving throughput, verification 44% faster, and compilation 25% faster. But honestly, the numbers are almost secondary. What interests me is what they reveal about the next problem. Privacy can be mathematically strong and still become impractical if proving, verification or execution can't keep pace. I see a similar question in the DuskEVM × DuskDS testing. Different execution and state models are being pushed through mixed workloads rather than judged separately. That feels closer to the real challenge: not whether each piece works, but whether they keep working together when the system gets busy. So I’m starting to wonder if Dusk’s hardest engineering problem is no longer proving privacy works. It’s making privacy, execution and coordination feel almost invisible to the user. That’s probably the more interesting test.
#dusk $DUSK @Dusk I Nā mua koʻu manaʻo i ka ʻāpana hoihoi o Dusk’s Zedger, ʻo ia wale nō ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā waiwai i hoʻoponopono ʻia ma ke kaulahao.
Ma hope o ka ʻeli ʻana, ʻaʻole au i ʻoi aku ka manaʻo ua ʻo ia ka mea paʻakikī.
Loaʻa nā lula i nā palapala hōʻoia (securities) ʻaʻole like me nā token maʻamau. Hiki ke hana a hoʻopau ʻia nā kūlana, pono nā uku (dividends) a me nā hana ʻoihana (corporate actions) e holo pololei, hiki ke kaupalena ʻia nā hoʻoili ʻana, a hiki nō hoʻi ke lilo ka force transfer i ʻāpana o ke ola o ka waiwai.
No laila ʻaʻole hiki i ka compliance ke noho wale ma ke ʻano he papa hōʻike ma waho aʻe o ka ledger.
Pono ia e lilo i ʻāpana o ke ʻano e hana ai ka waiwai. Akā, hana mai kēlā i kahi pilikia hoihoi hou aʻe iaʻu: Inā pono e hōʻoia ʻia (auditable) kahi kūlana i hoʻoponopono ʻia, pehea ka nui o ka ʻike ʻia ʻana o ka wallet?
Pono paha kahi loiloi kānāwai i hōʻoia he kūlana hoʻokahi e noho ana, ua neʻe ʻia, a i ʻole ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia (frozen).
ʻAʻole kēlā e hōʻoia koke i ka hōʻike ʻana i nā shielded notes pili ʻole a i ʻole ka moʻolelo transaction e pili ana iā ia.
ʻO kēia ke hoʻomaka ai ka manaʻo ʻana o ka hoʻolālā (architecture) a Dusk he ʻoi aku ka nuanced.
ʻAʻole paha ka pilikia maoli ka hana ʻana i nā RWAs e kūlike (compliant).
ʻO ka pilikia paha, ʻo ka hana ʻana i ka compliance i pololei loa. Hōʻoia i ka ʻōlelo i hoʻoponopono ʻia. Mālama i nā mea a pau ma waho o kēlā ʻōlelo i hūnā ʻia.
No ka mea, i ka wā e lilo ai ka hōʻike ākea i koho maʻalahi, hiki i ka privacy ke nalo me ka ʻole o ka protocol e koho pono e wehe aku. Ke hoʻi mau nei au i kēlā palena.
Hiki iā Dusk ke hoʻolilo i nā waiwai i hoʻoponopono ʻia i auditable me ka ʻole e hōʻike pono ʻole i ka poʻe e paʻa ana iā lākou?
Ni deede wo @TermMax FT’s FT/XT be ati ro pé, dáa, eyi kun fun ọna míì láti ṣàtòjọ àwọn oṣuwọn ìgbésẹ̀ gbígbèsè.
lẹ́yìn náà ni mo bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í rò nípa gbèsè fúnra rẹ̀, ó sì yí ojú ìwòye mi padà.
àjọṣe náà rọrùn gan-an:
1 FT + 1 XT = 1 gbèsè token.
FT fúnni ní ẹtọ iye tí a ti dá sílẹ̀ ní ìparí, nígbà tí XT jẹ́ apa kejì ti ipò kan náà.
Ohun tí ó mú ojú mi fò ni ohun tí ó ṣẹlẹ̀ nígbà tí eyi bá pàdé ìbéèrè ìṣúná gidi.
alábàárà lè di apá iye tí a ti dá sílẹ̀, nígbà tí olùgbésè lè yà apá míì náà sọ́tọ̀ kí ó lè ta á fún ìṣànwò owó (liquidity).
èyí dàbí pé ó tobi ju fífi yí bí a ṣe ń ṣàlàyé anfani (interest) ṣe lọ.
Ìwọ ń ṣe ẹtọ gbèsè náà ní kí ó tú síi sí àwọn apá.
Mo fẹ́ràn ìrònú yẹn. ṣùgbọ́n mo ṣì kò dá mi lójú nípa ohun kan: ṣe é ń sọ ìgbésí ayé ìṣúná rọrùn fún àwọn olùgbò, tàbí ó kan rọ̀kòṣe ìṣòro sí kí wọ́n mọ̀ àwọn ohun-ini méjì ju ọ̀kan lọ?
Ti ṣe ro pe apakan lile ti fífi ìwé-ìṣọ̀kan (securities) sí lórí ẹ̀wọ̀n (chain) ni dídá aami ìtọ́ka (token) nìkan.
Lẹ́yìn tí mo wo jinlẹ̀ sí @Dusk , mo ń bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í rò pé ìṣòro tó le jù ni yíyàn ohun tí ó yẹ kí a rí kedere àti ohun tí ó yẹ kí ó dúró ní ìkọ̀kọ̀.
Ààbò ìpamọ́ (regulated security) nílò àwọn ìlànà.
Tàbani ẹnì kọ̀ ni ó lè gbà á? Ta ni ó lè yí i padà (transfer) sí? Ṣe a fọwọ́ sí olùfowó níwò yẹn? Ṣe a lè fìdí ìní (ownership) mulẹ̀ nípa òfin tàbí dápadà gba?
Ṣùgbọ́n èyí kò túmọ̀ sí pé gbogbo ènìyàn gbọ́dọ̀ rí àwọn àlàyé owó ìnàwó olùfowó yẹn.
Ìyẹn ni ibi tí ìṣàkóso Dusk di ẹni tí ó mú mi nífẹ̀ẹ́ sí i.
Pẹ̀lú XSC àti smart contracts tí ó fi ìkọ̀kọ̀ pamọ́, ìlépa kì í ṣe ìparí gbogbo nìkan láti pa ohun gbogbo mọ́. Ó sún mọ́ ìfihan yiyan (selective disclosure).
Àwọn nẹ́tíwọ́ọ̀kì lè fọwọ́si pé àwọn ìlànà kan ni a ṣẹ́ nígbà tí ìwádìí tó ní ìfura bá a ṣe wà ní ìkọ̀kọ̀.
Nínú àwọn ọja ìnáwó, ìyàtọ̀ yẹn ṣe pàtàkì.
Bánkì lè fẹ́ kí àwọn agbára agbẹjọ́rò (regulators) jẹ́risi ìbámu rẹ̀ láì ṣe àfihàn gbogbo iṣẹ́ ìtajà rẹ̀ sí gbogbo ènìyàn ní gbangba.
Ṣùgbọ́n ó wà ní ìdákẹ́jẹ kan.
Àwọn ìpẹ̀yà-ìmọ̀ (zero knowledge proofs) àti ìṣẹ́-ìṣe tí a fi ìkọ̀kọ̀ pamọ́ ń fi ìṣòro cryptographic kun àti iṣẹ́ ìṣirò (computational work). Ìpamọ́ sí i túmọ̀ sí amáyédẹrù amáwà (infrastructure) tó le si fún àwọn alára ẹrọ (developers) láti kọ́ àti tọ́jú.
Nítorí náà, mi ò wo Dusk ní rò pé, “ìpamọ́ ni a ń yanjú owó ìṣètò tó dá lórí ìlànà.”
Mo ń béèrè nkan tó ṣe pàtàkì jù:
Ṣe Dusk lè wá ìwọ̀ntúnwọ̀nsì tó tọ́ láàárín ìpamọ́, ìbámu (compliance), lílo rọrùn (usability) àti ìbáṣiṣẹ́ aláìlera (decentralization)?
Nítorí tí ó bá lè ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, ọja tó ní ìdánilẹ́kọ̀ọ́ (interesting product) lè má ṣe jẹ́ blockchain aládàákọ ìkọ̀kọ̀.
Ó lè jẹ́ blockchain kan tí alaye tó tọ́ fi hàn sí àwọn ènìyàn tó tọ́ ní àkókò tó tọ́.
Mo ti lo lati wo $DUSK , mo si ro pe ibeere ńlá ni: nígbà wo ni àwọn ilé iṣẹ́ nikẹyìn máa lo ó?
Lẹ́yìn tí mo lo àkókò lórí olùṣàwárí náà, tí mo sì tún da díẹ̀ nínú rẹ̀ sílẹ̀ fúnra mi, mo ń béèrè ohun tó yàtọ̀ sí i ní báyìí.
bí àwọn ilé iṣẹ́ bá dé, èwo ni ìbéèrè gidi tó máa dá sílẹ̀ fún DUSK?
Mo fẹ́ràn ìmọ̀ràn tó wà lẹ́yìn nẹ́tíwọ́ọkì náà. Ìpamọ́, ìfihàn yíyàn (selective disclosure), Ẹ̀jẹ̀mí (Confidential) Security Contracts, àti ìtọsọ́nà EVM—gbogbo rẹ̀ dáa fún ìṣúná tí a ṣàkóso.
ṣùgbọ́n lẹ́yìn náà mo wo ohun tó ń ṣẹlẹ̀ lórí òn-chen.
Àwọn bulọọki ń tẹ̀síwájú láti yí, ṣùgbọ́n iṣẹ́-ṣiṣe náà ṣì ń dà bíi pé ó ti di púpọ̀ sílẹ̀ pẹ̀lú staking. DeFi liquidity kéré, àti ànfààní NPEX náà kò tíì yí padà sí ìṣẹ́gun ìpinnu (settlement) tó rọrùn àti tí mo fẹ́ rí.
staking náà tún yà mí lẹ́nu. 90% nìkan ló di active lẹ́sẹ̀kẹsẹ̀, nígbà tí ó kù máa ń dúró níbi tí a kò fi sílẹ̀. Lẹ́yìn náà, ó tún ní ìgbà ìbàṣepọ̀ (maturity) fún block 4,320 ṣáájú tí stake tuntun lè kópa nínú ìṣàkóso consensus.
Nígbà yẹn ni ó fi hàn sí mi:
DUSK lè ní amáyè (infrastructure) kí o tó ní ìlò gidi.
Títí iṣẹ́-ṣiṣe gidi yóò fi ń bẹ̀rẹ̀ láti hàn, mo rò pé ààlà yẹn ṣe pàtàkì ju ìtàn (narrative) lọ.