Is DUSK a coin or a token?

Both terms get used for it. DUSK is the native token of the Dusk protocol.

What is the maximum supply?

1,000,000,000 DUSK. Half existed at mainnet launch, and the rest is emitted over 36 years.

How do staking rewards work?

Rewards are newly emitted DUSK plus fees, shared across everyone staking. There's no fixed rate, because they depend on the total staked.

The smallest unit of DUSK on mainnet. 1 LUX = 0.000000001 DUSK (9 decimals).

Where can I trade DUSK?

On listed exchanges and onchain via Uniswap. CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap list current markets.

Native token

The DUSK token

DUSK is the token that powers Dusk, privacy-preserving infrastructure for regulated onchain finance. You pay network fees with it and earn rewards by helping secure the chain. Supply is capped at one billion.

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Price · 24h

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1.0B

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What DUSK is for

A token that pays the fees and secures the chain

Pays the fees

Every transaction and smart contract on Dusk pays its gas, the fee to transact, in DUSK. The smallest unit is 1 LUX = 0.000000001 DUSK.

Secures the chain

Validators, the operators that run Dusk, stake DUSK to take part in consensus and earn rewards.

Powers settlement on Dusk

Dusk is a Layer 1 for confidential, compliant settlement of tokenized and real-world assets. Transactions pay gas in DUSK, and staked DUSK secures the network.

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Supply & emission

From 500M at launch to a 1B cap

Half the supply existed at mainnet launch. The other 500M is emitted to fund staking rewards over 36 years, and the rate halves every four years. New supply slows toward the one-billion cap and never exceeds it.

Total supply over time

Initial 500M + cumulative emitted, toward the 1B cap

Total supply over time
Year	Total supply (millions of DUSK)
0	500
4	750.48
8	875.72
12	938.34
16	969.65
20	985.3
24	993.13
28	997.04
32	998.99
36	999.97

New DUSK per 4-year period

Roughly halves every 4 years · millions of DUSK

New DUSK per 4-year period
Years	New DUSK (millions)
0–4	250.48
4–8	125.24
8–12	62.62
12–16	31.31
16–20	15.65
20–24	7.83
24–28	3.91
28–32	1.95
32–36	0.98

Distribution

Where the supply came from, and where rewards go

Initial supply of 500,000,000 DUSK

Vested May 2019 to April 2022 (fully vested)

Token Sale 50% 250,000,000
Development 18.1% 90,500,000
Exchange 11.8% 59,000,000
Marketing 7.3% 36,500,000
Team 6.4% 32,000,000
Advisors 6.4% 32,000,000

Each block reward

Newly emitted DUSK + transaction fees, per block

Block generator 70%
Development fund 10%
Validation committee 5%
Ratification committee 5%
Generator credits, else burned 10%

The validation and ratification committees are groups of validators that vote to finalize each block. The generator can earn up to another 10% of the block reward from credits in its certificate, and any undistributed portion is burned. The development fund takes 10% of every block reward.

Staking

Stake DUSK, secure Dusk, earn rewards

Rewards are newly emitted DUSK plus transaction fees, shared across everyone staking, so there's no fixed APY and rewards depend on the total staked. The staking guide has the current requirements and what to expect.

Minimum stake: 1,000 DUSK, with no upper bound.
Activation: 1–2 epochs, depending on submission height.
Unstake wait: None at the protocol level. A partial unstake has to leave at least the minimum staked.
Penalty if you fault: Slashing Soft slashing only. You're suspended and part of your stake moves to locked stake, which you still own.

Estimated gross yield

~24% / year

≈ 2,432 DUSK a year on a 10,000 stake

Total DUSK staked network-wide 206M · ~34% of supply

50M612M (all circulating)

A rough estimate, not a guaranteed return, from the current emission (~50M DUSK a year to stakers this period). It leaves out transaction fees and generator credits, which add to rewards, and assumes full uptime. Yield falls as more DUSK is staked and as emission halves every four years. The slider starts at about 206M, the total staked in early November 2026. Drag to explore, or check the explorer for the live total staked.

Staking guide Run a node

Markets

Where DUSK trades

DUSK is the native token of the Dusk mainnet, and also trades as an ERC-20 on Ethereum and a BEP-20 on BNB Chain. Trade it on a listed exchange or onchain via Uniswap.

Perpetual futures

Leveraged DUSK/USDT contracts. You don't hold DUSK itself.

Track & verify

Hold & move

Migrating from ERC-20 / BEP-20

Native DUSK is the mainnet token. ERC-20 (Ethereum) and BEP-20 (BNB Chain) DUSK exist for migration and bridging. If you hold either, the migration guide explains how to move it.

Migration guide Web Wallet Explorer

FAQ

: Both terms get used for it. DUSK is the native token of the Dusk protocol.
: 1,000,000,000 DUSK. Half existed at mainnet launch, and the rest is emitted over 36 years.
: Rewards are newly emitted DUSK plus fees, shared across everyone staking. There's no fixed rate, because they depend on the total staked.
: The smallest unit of DUSK on mainnet. 1 LUX = 0.000000001 DUSK (9 decimals).
: On listed exchanges and onchain via Uniswap. CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap list current markets.

Build and stake on Dusk

Native mainnet launched on 7 January 2025.

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