In the development of crypto finance, privacy protection and regulatory compliance are often seen as two conflicting goals. On one hand, users need transaction privacy and data security; on the other hand, financial institutions and regulators require complete audit trails.

Dusk Foundation, a blockchain research organization focused on compliant finance and privacy protection, is using technological means to break this deadlock. Their developed Dusk Network is positioned as the world's first Layer 1 public chain that achieves privacy and regulatory collaboration. The core innovation lies in adopting the Isolated Byzantine Agreement (SBA*) and zero-knowledge proof technology, allowing transactions to maintain privacy while being verifiable by regulatory agencies through authorized channels.

This solution is specifically optimized for strict regulatory frameworks such as the EU's MiFID II and MiCA. Unlike consumer-facing applications, Dusk Network focuses on enterprise and institutional infrastructure services, mainly applied in scenarios like medical settlements and sensitive data transactions in commercial cooperation. Its low latency and anti-monitoring data transmission capabilities make these originally difficult-to-onboard business scenarios possible.

To some extent, this represents a direction for the next generation of public chains—no longer pursuing extreme "completely anonymous or fully transparent," but instead finding a precise balance between privacy and compliance, truly opening the door for institutional users to blockchain applications.