Dusk: Building a Trusted Foundation for Compliance and Privacy in On-Chain Finance In the path of blockchain technology embracing traditional finance, the gap between transparency and privacy compliance has always been a core obstacle. Since its inception in 2018, Dusk Network has precisely targeted this pain point, aiming to become a Layer 1 infrastructure designed specifically for regulated financial markets. It is not just another general-purpose chain pursuing high throughput, but a dedicated financial chain that natively integrates institutional-grade compliance and transaction privacy. Its mission is to provide a trusted on-chain channel for trillions of dollars of real-world assets (RWA) such as stocks and bonds, as well as institutional financial applications, that meets global regulatory audit requirements while protecting trade secrets, thereby building a solid bridge connecting traditional finance and the crypto ecosystem. Dusk's core innovation lies in its seemingly contradictory yet ingeniously unified design of "auditable privacy." Through cryptographic technologies such as zero-knowledge proofs, it encrypts all details of on-chain transactions by default, ensuring the complete protection of sensitive information such as transaction amounts and participant identities. However, unlike completely anonymous systems, Dusk incorporates a unique "selective disclosure" mechanism, allowing legally authorized regulators to conduct compliance audits and trace specific transactions when necessary. This achieves a technical unification of privacy and anti-money laundering regulatory requirements at the protocol level. Simultaneously, its modular architecture allows developers to quickly configure compliant components according to different regulations such as the EU's MiCA, significantly lowering the barrier to building compliant financial applications. Based on this dual advantage, Dusk demonstrates clear and irreplaceable value in two major areas. First, it serves as the ideal underlying layer for compliant tokenization of Real-World Assets (RWAs), providing end-to-end privacy protection and audit support for traditional assets from issuance and circulation to liquidation. Second, it provides a secure "regulatory sandbox" for traditional financial institutions exploring compliant DeFi. Dusk's practical path proves that blockchain does not necessarily have to choose between transparency and anonymity; its technology can be an enabling tool to enhance the efficiency and credibility of the existing financial system, providing a key paradigm for the digital future of the financial industry. @DuskFoundation $DUSK #Dusk