How far can blockchain go? Ultimately, it still depends on the consensus mechanism. A good consensus design determines whether a chain truly balances performance, security, and fairness.

Dusk uses an independently developed SIEVE consensus protocol—specifically tailored for privacy financial scenarios. Essentially, it’s a sophisticated variant of PoS.

What makes this protocol impressive? The key lies in the privacy proposal system. Each time a block is produced, the selected proposer (block creator) remains anonymous. They don’t reveal their identity; instead, they prove to the network via zero-knowledge proofs, “I have been legitimately chosen,” and then submit an encrypted block candidate. The subsequent process is handled by an open validator committee—they run a Byzantine consensus process called “Reduction” to reach agreement on the encrypted block, and only then decrypt and release the block.

What are the benefits of this approach? Here are a few core advantages:

First, MEV (Miner Extractable Value) is essentially eliminated. Because the proposer’s identity is kept confidential and transaction contents are encrypted, malicious nodes can’t perform front-running or sandwich attacks—they simply don’t know the transaction order.

Second, security is significantly enhanced. DDoS attacks targeting proposers are nearly impossible because attackers cannot pre-lock onto a target.

Additionally, transaction fairness is guaranteed—all qualified transactions are treated equally, and no one can use special tactics to jump the queue. This is true fair competition.

Looking further ahead, Dusk’s sharding roadmap is also very clear—achieving horizontal scalability through sharding technology. Multiple privacy shards can process transactions in parallel, ultimately supporting high-throughput financial applications. As a $DUSK holder, you participate in network security through staking and share in the network’s growth dividends.

Starting from the most fundamental layer—the consensus layer—every design choice in Dusk points toward a single goal: building a financial settlement layer that is fast, secure, and truly protects user privacy and transaction fairness. This isn’t a minor tweak; it’s a thorough overhaul of the consensus layer.