2026-01-10 08:23:25

Many technical teams working in compliant finance want to migrate to privacy public chains, but the bottleneck is often not the consensus mechanism, but the programming language — a problem that is severely underestimated.

I have personally experienced: as soon as zero-knowledge proofs are involved to protect data, engineering teams have to put aside their current tasks to learn Circom, Leo, or Rust. How high is this learning curve? It’s enough to cause many promising projects to fail. Commercially speaking, time is cost, and few companies can afford the expense of starting over.

It wasn’t until I carefully examined Dusk Network’s technical architecture that I realized someone has truly thought through this issue. Dusk Network doesn’t arrogantly throw a bunch of unfamiliar tools at developers; instead, through a dual-layer design — the consensus layer (DuskDS) and the execution layer (DuskEVM) — it allows you to continue using familiar Ethereum toolchains. Industry-standard tools like Hardhat and Foundry work just as before, and Solidity contracts audited on Ethereum can be deployed directly with zero fuss.

This is not just about compatibility; it reflects a genuine understanding of developers’ needs. When privacy public chains start to seriously focus on "developer experience," the ecosystem can truly take off.

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ILCollector

· 19h ago

Hey, this pain point really hits home. Many teams have given up because of the steep learning curve.

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NFTragedy

· 01-11 04:26

You've hit the nail on the head. The choice of development language has indeed been severely overlooked. I've seen many projects collapse because of this issue.

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Degen4Breakfast

· 01-11 02:58

You're absolutely right. That's one of the reasons why privacy chains haven't gained much traction. Very few teams can afford the learning curve involved.

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GasFeeTherapist

· 01-10 08:53

Honestly, this is the core pain point. No one has pointed it out so directly before. Forcing Solidity developers to learn Circom really is torture; many projects have directly died on the learning curve. Dusk's approach is indeed counterintuitive, but it depends on whether the real data can support these promises.

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NewDAOdreamer

· 01-10 08:50

To be honest, the learning curve has indeed killed many projects. The idea behind Dusk is really comfortable—no need for everyone to tear everything down and relearn from scratch. Solidity developers can jump right in, which is a practical design. However, using EVM compatibility might mean facing the same old issues as Ethereum... While the development experience is good, whether the ecosystem can truly grow still depends on the application layer.

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token_therapist

· 01-10 08:37

Developer experience has indeed been neglected for too long, and a steep learning curve can really kill a project. Thinking about direct migration with Solidity is quite thoughtful, but will there still be pitfalls when actually using it? It seems that many privacy chain designs are still stuck on "I have black technology" and haven't considered human factors. This is true competitiveness—don't always think about surpassing Ethereum; focus on improving the experience first.

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WagmiOrRekt

· 01-10 08:34

Haha, finally someone hit the nail on the head with this issue. Learning that Circom stuff is really a killer; many teams have been stuck and unable to move forward because of this hurdle.

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RugDocScientist

· 01-10 08:24

Damn, finally someone dares to say this. Most privacy chains are really just self-indulgent, not considering the developers' needs. Using this design directly in Solidity is brilliant, saving the trouble of learning a whole new system. By the way, is Dusk's recent move aimed at competing with Ethereum's ecosystem appeal? Are the compliant finance side still on the sidelines? It seems the migration wave isn't as fast as expected. Developer experience is indeed the bottleneck for privacy chains. Without solving this issue, they are destined to remain niche.

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Layer3Dreamer

· 01-10 08:23

theoretically speaking, if we model developer friction as a recursive function where each unknown language compounds the state-transition cost... yeah, this actually hits different. the dual-layer architecture here feels like someone finally understood the interoperability vector between compliance teams and privacy infrastructure.

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