I was going through some Dusk updates today and caught myself asking a pretty simple question: what would make me believe the network is really gaining traction? 🤔
The more I thought about it, the answer wasn’t another feature or another announcement. It would be seeing financial products actually being used on the network.
Dusk is building for a very specific kind of activity. Regulated assets need privacy, but they also need rules around who can see and verify information. That makes the problem much harder than simply putting a token on a blockchain.
What caught my attention is that Dusk is trying to handle those requirements at the infrastructure level. If that works well, it could give institutions a way to use blockchain without having to choose between keeping everything private and making everything visible. 🔐
But I think the real story will come from what happens when more builders and financial players start using it. Are assets actually being issued? Are transactions happening regularly? Are applications creating activity that lasts?
Those are the signs I would personally watch.
The technology is interesting, but I want to see it become something people actually depend on.
That is where I think the next chapter for @Dusk gets interesting. 👀
I was reading about Dusk again last night and found myself thinking about what really makes a blockchain useful after the technology is already there. 👀
It is easy to get excited about features, partnerships and new infrastructure. But eventually, people have to actually use the network. That is where things get much more interesting to me.
Dusk is trying to build around a very specific group of users: financial institutions dealing with regulated assets. The network brings together privacy, controlled access to information and onchain settlement, which are all important when you are dealing with securities and other real world assets.
But having those tools is only the starting point.
What I want to see next is more real activity around the things Dusk was built for. More issuers using the infrastructure. More financial assets being handled onchain. More applications finding a reason to stay there instead of simply testing the technology.
DuskEVM is another part I’m keeping an eye on because it could make the network easier for existing EVM developers to explore. 🔐
For me, that is when the bigger picture starts becoming clear. Not when people talk about what the network could do, but when we can actually see people using it.