Today I want to discuss an interesting counterintuitive phenomenon: the true advantage of Dusk may not lie in zero-knowledge proof technology itself, but in its ability to make privacy a standard feature of transactions, not an optional add-on.

Many blockchains claim to support privacy, but the typical approach is—privacy features are optional, like plugins; users can choose whether to use them, and the ecosystem is often too lazy to build around them. As a result, these privacy tools become mere decorations.

Dusk takes a different approach. It makes privacy verification a foundational infrastructure. Transactions operate under a "information layering" rule from the very beginning: specific data can remain private, but the system must be able to prove that you haven't cheated or violated rules. When needed, it also supports selective data disclosure. It may not sound very sexy, but this is exactly what institutional users care about—process confidentiality with verifiable results.

Therefore, my attitude towards this project has always been quite cautious. It’s not suitable for attracting retail investors through hype or storytelling; instead, trust is built through repeated product deliveries. Only when DuskEVM and transaction modules enable developers to build smoothly, and project teams can truly deploy and go live, followed by a batch of traceable compliant assets and transaction data, will it truly move from theory to practice. Otherwise, no matter how perfect the design, it remains just a theoretical scheme.