Dusk is a Layer 1 blockchain protocol capable of powering privacy-preserving smart contracts that satisfy business compliance criteria. The network is secured by Succinct Attestation (SA), a novel and fast Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus protocol with settlement finality guarantees, an important requirement for financial use cases. This opens up new opportunities for communities and organizations who are looking to embrace blockchain for their business and use it to address the inefficiencies of traditional finance.

We envision a liberated financial industry that provides equal opportunity for organizations of all sizes to secure capital, trade assets, and access a full spectrum of financial services. We execute on this vision by advancing the first permissionless blockchain for the issuance, trading, and management of programmable digital assets that keeps confidential information private and meets today’s industry compliance standards.