How can a Layer 1 blockchain project truly integrate users into the ecosystem? Dusk provides an interesting answer.

Since 2018, the project has focused on the core pain point of privacy, building a public chain that supports regulated financial infrastructure. Its modular architecture allows it to serve completely different scenarios, such as institutional DeFi and real-world asset tokenization, while the built-in privacy auditing features directly address users' biggest concerns when operating on the chain.

Interestingly, the project team did not choose a traditional top-down management approach but instead opened the door. Users can directly submit improvement proposals—someone suggested optimizing the consensus mechanism, and after the foundation evaluated its feasibility, it integrated the idea into the product. Contributors can also share in the benefits brought by ecosystem growth. Last year, there was a cross-chain privacy challenge, where the foundation directly allocated tokens as a reward pool, attracting a large number of developers. As a result, not only did the ecosystem become more feature-rich, but a group of truly dedicated loyal users also emerged, whose engagement far exceeds that of ordinary token holders.

This logic is even more evident at the governance level. The DAO mechanism allows token holders to vote on how funds are used, and each decision is followed by a transparent public report, making fund flows clear and traceable. This visibility can significantly enhance trust. More practically, when market volatility hits, users and the foundation often organize online sharing sessions to exchange strategies and stabilize community morale, creating a sense of joint risk resistance.

Of course, there are some issues. Some users feel the technical barrier is quite high, and the project team’s approach is very direct—providing targeted one-on-one support to turn obstacles into opportunities for deeper relationships. In the long run, this deep collaboration mode between users and the project not only ensures sustainable ecosystem growth but also opens a new path in the privacy finance field: users are no longer passive asset holders but genuine partners.