Every link in the ecosystem chain depends on the adjacent links for support. Wolves eat sheep, sheep eat grass, and grass needs sunlight. Remove any one part, and the entire system collapses.

Digital finance is also following this path. Technology drives application implementation, privacy wins user trust, compliance frameworks connect with the real world, and user participation is necessary to activate the market. It sounds smooth, but in reality, it’s a covert battle—privacy and compliance are like two predators fighting for survival space, resulting in an increasingly fragile chain. Many are forced into a dead end: either exposing flaws under transparency or hiding in the dark to evade regulation. Neither option is acceptable.

Since 2018, Dusk has been pondering one question: can privacy and compliance no longer be opposed? It is a complete Layer 1 blockchain infrastructure, with a simple core idea—these two elements do not have to be predator and prey in the food chain; they can actually promote each other.

**Modular architecture is the foundation**

For any ecosystem to last, the underlying layer must be flexible and diverse. Dusk’s approach is to break down those complex blockchain components—consensus mechanisms, transaction execution, privacy protection, fund settlement—into independent modules that can be freely combined. Developers have a box of building blocks, and can assemble whatever they want.