Participating in any compliant project now requires uploading personal privacy data—passport, ID card, home address—sending them out, fearing they might be resold to scammers. This is not Web3; it's a step backward.

The Dusk Foundation's Citadel protocol has changed the approach. Instead of sending raw data externally, it generates encrypted proofs locally, and you only need to tell the project "I meet the conditions." The project team has no access to your actual information; you control your data. This is true data sovereignty.

In practical applications, in the future, if you want to participate in on-chain trading of regulated assets like stocks and funds, you can directly use this digital identity system. It meets regulatory compliance while not giving up your privacy—it's like achieving both the fish and the bear's paw.

The beauty of Dusk lies here: every identity verification and compliance operation consumes $DUSK tokens. Tying the token burn mechanism to high-frequency activities makes this deflationary logic truly hardcore. In the short term, it's supported by demand; in the long term, continuous burning driven by ecosystem expansion. Compared to projects that are nominally deflationary but practically useless, this design is truly solid.