At the beginning of the new year, Dusk Network reaches a key milestone—DuskEVM mainnet is officially live. What does this mean? Simply put, Dusk has evolved from a privacy-focused Layer 1 into a platform capable of running a full EVM ecosystem. For developers, this is quite practical: no need to learn a new language, Ethereum projects can be directly migrated and run. Transactions are settled on a high-performance Layer 1 with low fees and high throughput, which is a tangible advantage.

But the real black technology is the Hedger module. It does something quite extraordinary: any EVM transaction can switch to privacy mode. How is this achieved? Zero-knowledge proofs combined with homomorphic encryption, hiding transaction amounts, sender, and receiver—all while allowing selective disclosure of information during audits. It sounds complex, but the actual use case is very clear— for institutions, transacting on a fully transparent blockchain is like committing suicide. Competitors can see your positions, transfer limits, and trading counterparts, exposing all business secrets. Dusk’s "Controllable Privacy" addresses this pain point: privacy protection and compliant auditing can be achieved simultaneously.

In practice? DuskTrade has launched, claiming to be the first RWA flagship application. In deep collaboration with the Dutch regulated exchange NPEX, which is licensed, so all on-chain assets have legal backing. Over 300 million euros worth of real securities have been tokenized—stocks, bonds, and various financial instruments. This is not just a proof of concept; these are assets that can actually be traded. This is what RWA should look like when it matures.