Honestly, I’ve never understood why so many people hype TPS. When it comes to RWA and compliant finance going on-chain, the real obstacle isn’t the chain’s throughput, but the integration costs.

Imagine the situation for institutions: Do they need to redevelop their wallets? Can their existing toolchains still be used? Can third-party auditors understand this system? How many developers familiar with this are needed? Are exchanges and custodians willing to support it? These questions stand in the way, and no matter how much you boast about the chain’s performance, it’s useless. As long as others need to "re-understand a complete technical system" to use it, institutions will basically categorize it as "too risky, unpredictable cycle, uncontrollable."

Dusk’s recent moves are quite interesting. Launching DuskEVM, my first thought wasn’t "another execution chain," but rather: this time, they finally treat the most realistic barrier in compliant finance—integration risk—as the core problem to solve.

Their approach is quite clear. Dusk is building a three-layer modular architecture framework: the bottom layer, DuskDS, handles consensus and data availability; the middle layer, DuskEVM, is EVM-compatible execution; and above that, they’ve planned a privacy application layer, DuskVM. What’s the main selling point? The official statement is clear: this evolution is aimed at "reducing integration costs and speeding up deployment." And they’re straightforward about it—standard Ethereum toolchains can make the integration process for wallets, bridges, exchanges, and service providers smoother, and migrating EVM applications doesn’t require extensive customization.

This is exactly what compliant DeFi and RWA truly need—a technical solution. The obsession of traditional finance isn’t about resisting on-chain, but about extreme concern over "whether it can be delivered on time" and "where the risks are." The value of DuskEVM lies here: turning the demand for "institutional-grade experience" from a theoretical concept into a practical technical option.