🚨 Mainnet Launch Update 🚨

A message from our CEO, Emanuele Francioni:

"After careful evaluation, we’ve made the decision to extend the public testing phase to ensure a smooth and secure Mainnet launch. While internal testing has been successful, we believe that additional time for Lunare and Nocturne testing will allow the community to provide critical feedback and ensure the network’s resilience.

🗓 Revised Mainnet Launch Date: October 15th

We recognise that some may be disappointed by this delay, but we are confident this extension will result in a more stable and reliable network. For the full update and details on how to participate in the testing, please join our Telegram community."

🔗 [Link to Telegram Discussion](https://t.co/3U6fxeZ7VP)
🔗 [Read More: https://t.co/MWUMZhjmUs]

#DUSK #MainnetUpdate

Mainnet doesn't just benefit $DUSK. It will benefit all the institutions and projects that want to bring regulated assets on-chain.

Mainnet is just the beginning.

We are pleased to share another audit with the community, this time on the BLS and Hash.

Conducted by industry experts, the report was informative and positive, underscoring the security of our protocol.

Read the full report:
https://dusk.network/news/bls-and-hash-review/

We are pleased to share @PolFinance_'s thorough and detailed economic report on Dusk, covering:
- The $DUSK Emissions Design
- The Distribution Design
- The Gas Calculation Design

Understand the Duskenomics before mainnet 💪

Read the full report 👇
https://dusk.network/news/economics-report/

We are pleased to share our expanded documentation!

Learn - Understand Dusk
Node runners - Participate in the network
Developers - Build on Dusk
Grants - Apply for support

With mainnet on Sept 20, now is the perfect time to deep dive into $DUSK

🔗 https://dusk.network/news/documentation-revamp/

The audits for the Consensus and Economic Protocols are completed!

We are grateful to @SecurityOak for their thorough audits and are pleased to share the results.

Get the overview in this short blog, or dive deep into the full report.

Blog: https://t.co/DtcV0l0wPM
Full report:

Two weeks until mainnet 👀

Another mainnet milestone is achieved!

Third-party smart contracts will be enabled from day one, allowing anyone to build on Dusk 💪

Some highlights:
- Devs can use languages that compile to Web Assembly
- No APIs are needed for storage

Read more: https://dusk.network/news/third-party-smart-contracts-on-mainnet/

We are thrilled to share that Liquid Staking will be coming to Dusk, courtesy of Sozu!

With the goal to launch in Q4, and additional rewards for early adopters, Sozu will be a great addition to the Dusk ecosystem.

Read all about it:
https://dusk.network/news/sozu-liquid-staking/

19 days and counting until mainnet 👀

Introducing Lunare, $DUSK's evolving devnet!

Lunare, our testing ground for deploying new versions of Rusk, is live! In fact, it already has been for a week, and has been working well!

Lunare is where we will innovate, test and refine Dusk!

https://dusk.network/news/introducing-devnet/

We are pleased to share some of our growth this year on Discord, Telegram, and X.

Our community channels have seen significant growth, including 7.4x growth on Discord and a huge 1240x increase in engagements of X according to @LunarCrush.

Thank you to everyone who joined!

People often ask if there are KYC requirements to use Dusk.

To quote @HeinDauven from our AMA:
"There is no KYC requirement for transferring DUSK on mainnet. You can freely transfer DUSK or use it to deploy smart contracts. The only place where you'll see KYC is on the edges (on-off ramps) or for RegDeFi"

AMA Reminder 📣

Join us in 3 hours for an AMA with Emanuele Francioni (@Autholykos), Hein Dauven (@HeinDauven), and Emanuele Carboni (@emadunk)

🕰️ 18:30 CEST
📍 Telegram https://t.co/ewCl755G2h

See you there!

Mainnet Milestone ✅

We are pleased to share our slashing mechanism as we approach mainnet on Sept 20.

Slashing is a key part of the protocol, designed to discourage bad behavior from node runners to keep the network safe and fast.

Read more
https://dusk.network/news/slashing-finalized/

📢 Dusk Community Detailed Rewards 📢

We are currently running Zealy & Galxe events with about 9 days left. If you haven’t joined yet, now is the time! The countdown is on. Remember, all rewards will be paid out in USDT.

Zealy Rewards Plan

Total Reward Amount: $2,050 (USDT)

- Rank 1~5: Total $800
  - Rank 1: $300
  - Rank 2~3: $150 each
  - Rank 4~5: $100 each

- Rank 6~10: Total $400
  - Rank 6~10: $80 each

- Rank 11~50: Total $400
  - Rank 11~50: $10 each

- Rank 51~200: Total $450
  - Rank 51~200: $3 each

Galxe Rewards Plan
- 50 participants will receive $9 worth of USDT each. (Randomly)

Important Notice

All rewards will be sent to the wallet address registered on Zealy/Galxe. 

Please ensure your wallet information is up to date.

These events are heating up, so make sure to give it your all in these final days and claim your rewards! We look forward to your participation and enthusiasm.

AMA Announcement 🫡

Join us for an AMA with CEO and founder Emanuele Francioni, Head of Operations Hein Dauven, and CMO Emanuele Carboni.

WEN? Thurs 22 Aug at 6:30 PM CEST
WHERE? Telegram https://t.me/DuskNetwork
WHO? @Autholykos @HeinDauven @emadunk

See you there!

Get to know Dusk 👀

Who we are
We are an #L1 that delivers privacy through #ZKPs, and compliance to tokenize and natively issue #RWAs on-chain.

We provide institution-grade infrastructure, ensuring privacy and compliance in order to bring regulated assets to everyone's wallet.

🏦 We aim to be the new financial market infrastructure (FMI) for the multi-trillion dollar financial industry, and overhaul inefficiencies and barriers to make finance accessible to all.

We are also public and permissionless, so any developer could build on our blockchain for their own RWA project, or for privacy preservation.

What we do
⚒️ We've been researching and developing for 5 years, and have developed cryptographic systems like PlonK, tools like Citadel for private-preserving KYC, and a VM that can deliver privacy within a shared state, 1 block sync up for nodes, privacy-friendly smart contracts, and infinite scalability 💪

Mainnet is scheduled for 20th September, and we have partnered with @npex, a Netherlands-based stock exchange.

Join our Discord or Telegram to stay in the loop!

https://t.co/33xzQTqyYe

Build with Dusk 💪

We have 2 open RFPs:
⚒️ Archival Nodes
💳 Hardware Wallet Integration

If you're interested, check out our RFP page for all the details 👇

https://docs.dusk.network/grants/rfps/rfps_overview

Check out the July Engineering Update, featuring important updates on:
- The new block explorer
- Moonlight
- Slashing
- Third-party Smart Contracts

It's a big one!

https://dusk.network/news/july-engineering-update/