On January 7th, DUSK Network officially launched the DuskEVM mainnet. This launch builds upon the mainnet migration in December and now truly opens the door for developers and institutions.

What are the highlights of the new network? Simply put, it can handle real assets(RWA) and smart contracts while protecting privacy. This is not common in the current blockchain world. Most privacy public chains either take an aggressive approach (privacy first) or compromise on compliance, with few projects achieving both.

Community reactions to this direction have been quite positive. The core focus is on two aspects: whether the compliance features of the new network can attract institutional participation, and whether its practicality can truly be implemented.

Regarding privacy technology, the Phoenix transaction model used by DUSK is worth breaking down. It’s not just simple mixing or hidden addresses, but a scheme based on confidential transactions and one-time ring signatures. It can hide the sender, receiver, and transaction amount, while cryptographically ensuring transaction validity and double-spend prevention. It sounds complex, but for users, it means: transactions are completely private, yet verifiable on-chain.

More importantly, this privacy primitive has been standardized and integrated into DuskEVM, making it as easy for developers to call as using a normal API. You don’t need to be a cryptography expert to add powerful privacy features to your DeFi protocols or asset tokenization products. This significantly lowers the development barrier.

From an ecosystem perspective, this is the reason why DUSK can go far. Privacy technology itself is not valuable; what matters is how many applications are willing to build on top of it. If DuskEVM truly allows institutions and developers to use privacy features as naturally as breathing, then the competitive landscape of Layer-1 blockchains will see new variables.