Many people focus on the ups and downs of token prices but overlook a more important question: What does the Dusk Foundation truly aim to achieve? Instead of obsessing over DUSK's price fluctuations, it’s better to understand it as the "privacy layer" for the future financial internet—similar to how TCP/IP laid the foundation for the traditional internet.

Looking back at the development of the internet, early data transmission was in plaintext, riddled with security vulnerabilities. It wasn't until the advent of SSL/TLS protocols that encryption was added to communications, leading to the explosive growth of e-commerce and online banking. In today’s blockchain world, we are still in the "bare-metal" stage—all transaction details are exposed in the open, clearly visible. This is fatal for enterprise applications, as complex business logic cannot be effectively on-chain.

This is where Dusk’s opportunity lies. It integrates privacy smart contracts, compliance tools, and customizable consensus mechanisms, with a clear core goal: to build a "business data encryption layer" and a "compliance interface layer" for the value internet. This allows enterprises, governments, and institutions to enjoy the benefits of blockchain’s decentralization and immutability while protecting sensitive commercial information and complying with regulatory requirements.

The key is that its prospects depend not only on the development of its own ecosystem but also on whether it can become the essential infrastructure for RWA projects, DeFi protocols, and even gaming applications. Imagine other projects as if they are accessing cloud services, directly leveraging Dusk’s technology stack to offer users privacy transactions or compliance proofs—this is the true value of an "enabler." The network effects and moat of such infrastructure are far more robust than any single application chain.

When you step out of the perspective of a single public chain and look at the entire ecosystem protocol layer, Dusk’s long-term potential truly comes into view.