Resources
Revised Insights & Highlights 2022
Insights & Highlights 2022 provides exposition and context to the internal economic model of the Dusk Network protocol and how it ensures network longevity.
Fort Protocol Research Paper
This research paper demonstrates how FORT could be easily deployed using blockchains, such as Dusk Network, and how the integration of FORT into the Dusk Network blockchain would lead to enhanced privacy.
PlonKup Research Paper
Dusk Network shares its zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) system 'PlonKup' to make cryptographic obfuscation of data on layer-1 blockchains affordable. The tool makes it economically viable for public networks to add privacy and remain competitive in terms of gas prices.
2nd Biannual Report 2021
Our Biannual Update Report for the period May 2021 to October 2021. It is an extensive overview of our latest developments, along with our financials, staking data, and what we envision for the financial ecosystem of the future.
Reinforced Concrete Research Paper
Published on August 23rd, 2021. Documentation on the breakthrough hash function for ZKproofs & Verifiable Computation, co-authored by Dusk Network's Dmitry Khovratovich.
1st Biannual Report 2021
Our Biannual Update Report for the period October 2020 to April 2021. It is a comprehensive overview of our developments, along with our financials, news highlights, community initiatives, and what we envision for the financial ecosystem of the future.
Governance Paper
Published March 8th, 2021. This paper outlines the governance procedures for the privacy-oriented blockchain-based generalized compute protocol called Dusk Network.
Whitepaper V3.0
Dusk Network Whitepaper V3.0.0. Published 1st of March, 2021.
Confidential Security Contract (XSC) Standard V2.0.0
In this paper, we define the second iteration of the Confidential Security Contract Standard, capable of facilitating a compliant security token issuance and lifecycle management framework through the use of novel cryptography.
Biannual Report 2020
Our Biannual Update Report for the period April-October 2020. It is a comprehensive overview of our developments, along with our financials, team insights, news highlights, staking statistics, and what we envision for the financial ecosystem of the future.
Encryption with Poseidon
We show how to securely encrypt with Poseidon in the context of EC-based Diffie-Hellman (ECDH).
Blind bid protocol
Blind bid protocol is an implementation of a Private Proof-of-Stake protocol conceptualized by Dusk Network.
Full privacy in account-based cryptocurrencies
A novel Zero-knowledge Account-Based design by Dusk Network to address the issues of enhancing UTXO and Account-Based designs with privacy.
Zerocaf
Zerocaf is one of the cryptographic protocols built by, and implemented within, the Dusk Network, which uses zero-knowledge proofs to show the existence of a private key within one of many public keys.
Whitepaper V2.0
[Archive] Dusk Network Whitepaper V2.0.0. Published 30th of August 2019.
Whitepaper V1.0
[Archive] The first version of the Dusk Network whitepaper. Please find the updated version 2.0.0 above.