I’m watching Dusk because the focus feels pretty clear to me: bringing privacy into financial activity on-chain.
What interests me is that Dusk isn’t just talking about private transactions. Its Layer-1 is being built around confidential smart contracts and the XSC standard, which could give financial applications more room to operate without exposing every piece of sensitive information publicly.
I’m still waiting to see how much real usage this can attract, but the direction makes sense to me. If privacy becomes a basic requirement for serious financial applications, Dusk could have an interesting role to play.