This generation seems to be stuck between two financial worlds. On one side is the old routine of traditional finance—rigid barriers, fixed settlement cycles, a bunch of intermediaries, and opaque information. On the other side is the early wild growth of the crypto world—promises of freedom accompanied by chaos, decentralization that also exposes privacy.

For a long time, I’ve been wondering, is there no third way? Not the dull, traditional financial model, nor the reckless, unrestrained growth of early crypto. There should be a solution that maintains clarity and transparency, truly protects privacy, and comes with a legal backbone.

It wasn’t until I saw the practice of the Dusk ecosystem that I felt I found the answer. This is not just another public chain chasing high TPS, but a redefinition of the "essence of finance." Dusk uses cryptographic technologies like zero-knowledge proofs to tightly integrate institutional-level compliance requirements with Web3’s privacy demands. It may sound abstract, but to use a metaphor: moonlight can both illuminate the earth (data verifiability, process compliance) and gently guard the privacy details of every transaction under the moon.

In this way, compliance is no longer a shackle to innovation but becomes part of the infrastructure; privacy is not an excuse to hide illegal activities but a genuine right to protect asset sovereignty and data sovereignty. This is the balance that the financial world needs.