I remember watching a few infrastructure tokens where transaction count kept climbing, but the token never seemed to capture much of that activity. At first I assumed more usage was enough. Over time that started to look different. The type of usage matters.

That’s why I’m interested in a possible “Confidential Gas Premium” around $DUSK .

With DuskEVM, applications can run familiar EVM workflows, while Hedger is designed to bring confidentiality into workflows where financial information cannot simply sit in public state. If an institution repeatedly chooses private execution for investor data, balances or sensitive transactions, that activity should become more interesting than generic gas consumption.

I’d almost separate the gas into two buckets: ordinary execution and privacy-driven execution.

The retention problem is whether applications keep paying for that confidentiality after incentives and early experimentation fade. Spoofed activity could make raw transaction numbers look healthy. Token dilution or weak liquidity could also overwhelm genuine fee demand while traders price the privacy narrative first.

From a trader’s perspective, I’d become more constructive if confidential gas grows as a share of recurring DuskEVM activity while $DUSK supply is actually being absorbed.

Otherwise, gas is just activity.

I’d watch what users repeatedly pay to keep private.

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