Want to bring real assets like stocks and bonds onto the chain? First, you need to solve a fundamental problem: can transaction confirmations be tampered with, and can the system be easily hacked? This is no small matter.

Currently, there is a project called Dusk, which has made a name for itself with its consensus mechanism—called Succinct Attestation. Unlike traditional systems where the more you stake, the more influence you have, this approach combines three elements: staking size, deterministic random selection, and the historical reputation of nodes. The final consensus committee is neither a rich-man's game nor a black-box decision. If a node cheats, it is immediately kicked out. Coupled with the high staking ratios now, the cost to attack this chain skyrockets, providing a tangible security guarantee for large institutions that want to confidently bring their assets on-chain.

Staking also brings two practical benefits. First, long-term locking reduces circulating supply, easing short-term sell pressure. Second, participants in staking can earn decent stable returns, currently around 20-30% annualized, which is attractive to long-term players looking for steady income. What Dusk has done smartly is that they haven't turned staking into a complex operational task—ordinary token holders just need to lock their tokens as required, sharing in the network's growth dividends. The lower barrier attracts more people to help protect the chain.

On the technical side, progress is also being made. By the end of 2025, the DuskDS upgrade will significantly improve data availability and throughput at the settlement layer; after the launch of DuskEVM, developers can write contracts using familiar Solidity, and it also includes privacy modules like Hedger, enabling "default confidentiality and on-demand auditing"—meaning on-chain transactions can protect commercial secrets while leaving verifiable proofs for regulators. When projects like STOX phase in bringing securities from licensed exchanges like NPEX onto the chain, this capability becomes essential. Additionally, cross-chain traffic (via bridges like Chainlink CCIP) will naturally increase on-chain operations and gas consumption, which in turn boosts the actual demand for the DUSK token.