Dusk

Dusk is a Layer 1 blockchain designed to deliver an innovative Financial Market Infrastructure (FMI) for the native issuance, clearing, and settlement of regulated financial assets such as stocks and bonds. With a focus on speed, privacy, and efficiency, Dusk facilitates on-chain settlement that adheres to the highest institutional standards. By eliminating the need for intermediaries like Central Securities Depositories (CSDs), Dusk offers a streamlined and Decentralized Market Infrastructure (DeMI).

Utilizing zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) and other advanced cryptographic primitives, Dusk enables the creation of a disintermediated financial market for the seamless issuance, clearing, settlement, and trading of securities. This cryptographic foundation ensures that financial applications involving real-world assets (RWAs) comply with legal frameworks, making Dusk particularly suited for regulated financial markets.

All products issued on Dusk’s platform are fully compliant with the European Union’s MiFID II and MiFIR regulations, as well as compatible with the DLT Pilot Regime Regulation. Dusk also provides baked-in compliance with MiCA and GDPR.

Dusk employs an innovative PoS-based consensus mechanism, known as Succinct Attestation. Dusk is powered by zero knowledge proofs, and achieves flexibility through its multiple transaction models.

Simply put, Dusk is a privacy-enabled and regulatory-compliant decentralized ledger paves the way for decentralized market infrastructure.