Over the years in the blockchain space, my taste in Layer 1 public chains has become more and more selective. To be honest, with "one-click chain deployment" everywhere now, simply competing on TPS no longer has much appeal. What truly moves me are those that solve real problems with irreplaceable technical designs. That’s also why I’ve developed a strong interest in the Dusk chain.

To put it simply, Dusk is not just a blockchain; it’s more like an operating system tailored for financial privacy. Going through its technical documentation, the integration of Piecrust virtual machine and zero-knowledge proofs indeed has a unique approach. Most projects in Web3 treat privacy as a marketing gimmick or a patch added after the fact. But Dusk is different — privacy is built into the core from the ground up, inherently included.

What does this mean? Smart contracts can directly perform logic operations on encrypted data. In other words, we can run complex business matching, blind auctions, or even payroll distribution on-chain, with minimal data risk. Just imagining this space gets me a little excited.

Holding $DUSK feels like conducting a "technological faith" experiment for me. When the market isn’t doing well, seeing the development team still pushing code on GitHub and the testnet gradually refining — that sense of participation is far beyond what buying meme coins can offer. I understand clearly that real technological implementation takes time, and from code to ecosystem explosion is a long process. But just look at those core technical indicators, the potential of $DUSK has always been there.