2026-01-10 05:21:46

Every blockchain wants a thriving ecosystem, but there's a fundamental issue here:

As infrastructure, it must be stable and reliable, as "boring" as water and electricity; but as an ecosystem, it also needs excitement, change, and room for imagination. These two needs seem to always be at odds.

DUSK's approach is quite interesting. It doesn't try to balance both at once but clearly prioritizes.

**First is proving its irreplaceability**

Options for institutional assets and sensitive transactions are limited to begin with—this is a narrow but extremely critical track. Dusk aims to become the top choice in terms of technical completeness and compliance friendliness—like a company choosing Oracle database, not because it's flashy, but because it's stable, secure, and reliable.

Its ecosystem starting point isn't about chasing user numbers but about creating a few heavyweight benchmark cases. Using small-town stories to unlock a big market.

**Second is precise deployment of ecosystem funds**

$9.88 million may not seem huge, but the direction is very clear. This isn't about throwing money to create false prosperity but about catalyzing the most critical foundational components—cross-chain bridges, privacy DEX, data oracles.

Without these underlying facilities, the ecosystem is meaningless; with them, true innovators will come in to build.

**Finally, layered ecosystem imagination**

The future might look like this:

The bottom layer consists of a few serious, high-value institutional applications. Digital bond issuance, private equity trading platforms—these are Dusk's core. Although this layer may seem "boring," it determines the entire chain's stable cash flow and credit foundation.

The upper layer is built on this liquidity, representing an innovative ecosystem—where excitement and opportunities truly happen.

This layered logic actually solves that paradox: it's not about making one thing do two jobs at once, but about having the bottom layer responsible for reliability and the top layer responsible for excitement.

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ZKSherlock

· 7h ago

actually... the layering approach here kinda makes sense, but ngl the "institutional boring vs flashy apps" split feels like they're just rebranding the same infrastructure problem. like, you still need the cryptographic primitives to hold up under pressure—zero-knowledge proofs aren't gonna magically scale just because you slapped a governance token on top

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SchrodingerWallet

· 01-10 05:51

Finally, someone has clarified this paradox. The path of being boring at the core but valuable is indeed more solid. But 9.88 million is really not much. How long can it support building infrastructure? Wait, this logic is actually the old trick of traditional finance. Is DUSK trying to turn blockchain into enterprise services? I like this idea, but who will ensure the "buzz" at the ecosystem's upper layer? Will a stable foundation truly attract innovators, or will it just be playing by itself? Institutional-grade applications sound sexy, but I wonder if they will just become another thing nobody cares about.

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MidnightSeller

· 01-10 05:51

I agree with this idea, but when it comes to leveraging 9.88 million to tap into a big market... it still depends on execution. There are too many pitfalls in the privacy DEX space.

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RealYieldWizard

· 01-10 05:49

Not engaging in false prosperity, 9.88 million precisely targeted at the core, this is the proper way to do things. Stable at the bottom, active at the top, layered thinking is indeed ruthless. --- On the line of privacy DEX + oracle, Dusk has really found a clue. Compared to burning money to attract fans, this kind of hardcore infrastructure is the only way to retain institutional big players. --- There are hardly any options for institutional assets; whoever is stable wins. It seems Dusk is trying to follow the Oracle route—boring but holding the key to the pulse. --- The layered logic is well grasped; treating the bottom layer as utilities and the top layer as entertainment allows the chain to survive longer. But the real test is whether it can attract innovators. --- 9.88 million is not much, but the direction is correct. Much more reliable than those ecological funds that go all-in. The key is how much institutional-level applications can be mobilized later. --- From the analogy of Oracle databases, it’s clear that Dusk has no intention of following hot trends; it purely aims to build the infrastructure of infrastructure.

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wrekt_but_learning

· 01-10 05:49

The underlying layer is responsible for the boring, while the upper layer handles the interesting. This approach is indeed clear... But is $9.88 million really enough to move a big market? I need to see the execution capability.

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