The RWA track has been hyped for so long, but most projects are still just talking on paper. The core issue is simple: as long as on-chain transactions are completely transparent, big money from Wall Street won't come in.
Imagine posting a large order on the blockchain and having the entire network see through it instantly. Front-running bots and counterparties react immediately, devouring your trade in seconds. This "naked running" state is a risk no real institution is willing to take.
That's why Dusk's recently launched Hedger engine is worth paying attention to. It's not conceptual packaging—it's a genuine technical breakthrough that combines homomorphic encryption and ZK proofs at the EVM layer.
Previous privacy solutions were either useless (UTXO models only handle transfers and don't mesh with smart contracts) or painfully slow (proof generation crawls like a snail). Hedger is different this time—it allows smart contracts to directly verify transactions without exposing amounts, with proof generation taking just 2 seconds, as smooth as Web2 experience.
What's more elegant is that Dusk didn't overcorrect. The system maintains complete auditability—regulators can verify when needed, but competitors wanting to see your cards? Not a chance. This is the balance between "trade secrets" and "compliance review."
Once on-chain dark pools truly take off, institutions can post orders on the blockchain with deep obfuscation and hidden intentions, avoiding the risk of being sandwiched while still accessing DeFi liquidity pools. This is the "dignity" institutional trading requires.
Don't just focus on price movements. Infrastructure like this that balances privacy with compliance is the key step in turning RWA from concept into reality.
The RWA track has been hyped for so long, but most projects are still just talking on paper. The core issue is simple: as long as on-chain transactions are completely transparent, big money from Wall Street won't come in.
Imagine posting a large order on the blockchain and having the entire network see through it instantly. Front-running bots and counterparties react immediately, devouring your trade in seconds. This "naked running" state is a risk no real institution is willing to take.
That's why Dusk's recently launched Hedger engine is worth paying attention to. It's not conceptual packaging—it's a genuine technical breakthrough that combines homomorphic encryption and ZK proofs at the EVM layer.
Previous privacy solutions were either useless (UTXO models only handle transfers and don't mesh with smart contracts) or painfully slow (proof generation crawls like a snail). Hedger is different this time—it allows smart contracts to directly verify transactions without exposing amounts, with proof generation taking just 2 seconds, as smooth as Web2 experience.
What's more elegant is that Dusk didn't overcorrect. The system maintains complete auditability—regulators can verify when needed, but competitors wanting to see your cards? Not a chance. This is the balance between "trade secrets" and "compliance review."
Once on-chain dark pools truly take off, institutions can post orders on the blockchain with deep obfuscation and hidden intentions, avoiding the risk of being sandwiched while still accessing DeFi liquidity pools. This is the "dignity" institutional trading requires.
Don't just focus on price movements. Infrastructure like this that balances privacy with compliance is the key step in turning RWA from concept into reality.