This year, regulatory environmental protection measures are becoming increasingly strict, and the blockchain industry has entered a new stage—compliance is no longer optional but a fundamental requirement for survival.

Among many Layer1 protocols, there is a particularly unique approach. Its logic is as follows: traditional financial institutions want to go on-chain, but what are the core pain points? Business secrets and audit requirements are often at odds. On one hand, they need to protect transaction privacy from being disclosed; on the other hand, they must meet regulatory audit demands. This contradiction seems irreconcilable, but the emergence of Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZK-Proofs) has changed the game.

Simply put, ZK technology allows you to prove to auditors that your data is genuine without revealing the specific data. It's like you don't need to open your bank account for others to see, but you can provide a proof saying "I indeed have this much money." This balancing act is difficult to achieve on standard public blockchains because most are designed to be fully transparent.

At the token level, DUSK serves as the network's fuel, handling both transaction fees and consensus maintenance. But the real growth driver comes from the explosion of the RWA (Real-World Asset) track—securities, bonds, real estate, and other tangible assets all want to go on-chain, but compliance issues have been a bottleneck. To address this, the privacy-preserving contract (PSC) standard has been introduced, allowing asset issuers to customize compliance logic. In other words, you can choose which information to keep private and which to make transparent according to your needs, directly reducing the technical difficulty of integrating traditional assets into Web3.

From a valuation perspective, DUSK's value derives from the scarcity of its ecosystem. It is not just a trading tool but also a key to entering the regulated financial world. The intersection of privacy computing and institutional adoption is precisely the next hot spot. If you're paying attention to this direction, it's worth keeping an eye on.