If you compare traditional asset custody with modern privacy protection, you'll see how big the difference is. Traditional solutions are like transparent display cases, where everything is laid out for everyone to see. The Dusk ecosystem does things differently — they are building a system that allows regulators to see your compliance proof, while competitors see nothing.

By the end of 2025, the trend in the crypto market has become quite clear. It’s no longer just a phase of hype; we are truly entering the application implementation stage. Especially as the MiCA framework is gradually rolled out in Europe, institutional investors have a pressing need to bring real-world assets onto the blockchain. But they want more than just moving assets onto the chain; they need to do so while protecting privacy, and be able to quickly settle and transfer assets. This challenge is precisely the direction Dusk has been researching over the past few years.

How inefficient are traditional clearing systems? Settlement cycles like T+2, T+N are basically standard. The root cause isn’t that the technology can’t handle it, but that trust mechanisms are too complex to design. Dusk has completely changed this logic with the Piecrust VM — a virtual machine. The core is the introduction of zero-knowledge proof technology — you don’t need to submit raw data, only a "mathematical proof of data correctness." This allows compliance verification and ownership transfer to be completed instantly during the transaction. How fast can it be? This is the competitive advantage it has over general-purpose public chains like Ethereum.