My reason for following DUSK is simple, yet also "not simple"—it's not because of the price surge, but because a technical blog I read in 2024 completely changed my perspective. At that time, its newly proposed PlonkUp zero-knowledge proof system directly addressed a long-standing pain point in the crypto space: can privacy and scalability really be achieved together? The answer is yes.

During that period, the market was still chasing various concept tokens, but DUSK didn't do much promotion. Instead, it quietly did one thing—building technical interfaces for traditional finance to create digital assets. This contrast made it stand out as particularly unique.

More than a year later, things changed. In early 2026, the RWA market size directly surpassed $20 billion. Traditional financial giants like BlackRock and Goldman Sachs entered the scene one after another. Only then did I realize that DUSK had long laid out its groundwork. It didn't rely on flashy marketing; instead, it relied on the "privacy + compliance" killer combo, which organically built the infrastructure for institutions to enter the RWA space. This logic actually reveals the truth of the digital economy—only when technology truly meets real-world needs can its value be recognized.

Looking at its technical architecture, every design addresses the real pain points of institutional asset onboarding. The PlonkUp zero-knowledge proof is a key part of this. It solves not just privacy issues, but more importantly, enables privacy computing to operate at scale—something that has always been a necessity for institutions handling large-scale financial data.