Economic Model Paper Release

Detailing the Token Economics of the Dusk Network infrastructure

In order for a blockchain to properly work, it is vital to have a suitable token economy in place. Network participants should be incentivized to facilitate transactions and preserve the security of the protocol.

In our case, DUSK is the fuel of our Network, and businesses use DUSK to pay for these network services. As transaction fees alone are expectantly not sufficient enough to power the entire Dusk Network from the beginning, participants are additionally rewarded with newly minted DUSK.

Insights & Highlights is a supplementary document to the Dusk Network Economic Paper, providing additional exposition and context to the data contained therein. We highly recommend consulting this document for a proper understanding of the dynamics of the Dusk Network tokenomics.

The Economic Model Paper presents a host of data, including the emission schedule for block rewards, the allocation of development funds among predetermined segments, the expected block times, the Mainnet Staking requirements, and Mainnet Return on Investment (ROI) estimations. Above all, it contains a lot of math and details the network assumptions behind our tokenomics.

DUSK powers much of the functionality of Dusk Network and interplay between the chain and nodes. As the network operations and security relies on its participants, it is paramount for there to exist a detailed schedule and allocation plan to secure the longevity of the Dusk project for decades to come.

About Dusk

Dusk in a nutshell

The power of decentralized finance, the privacy of fintech institutions, and the control of financial market infrastructures - at the fingertip of all users.

Dusk is the first global computer with privacy-preserving dApps built for real world adoption and assets (RWA). Dusk protocol has been built from the ground up for financial applications and services, providing a secure, private, and scalable infrastructure for the digital economy. Dusk ultimate goal is to enable a full and decentralized financial market infrastructure (FMI) powering clearance anb settlement, post-trading services, and corporate actions for securities and digital assets.


Technically, Dusk is a layer one, zero-knowledge friendly, proof-of-stake blockchain network protocol with an emphasis on privacy and compliance.

Simply put, Dusk is privacy-centric global ledger for real world applications and assets.

Official documentation for the Dusk platform via: https://docs.dusk.network/

Receive exclusive news

Are you a journalist or do you work for a publication?
Sign up and request access to exclusive news.

Request access

Receive Dusk news on your RSS reader.

Or subscribe through Atom URL manually