There is an interesting phenomenon on the blockchain. A wallet address called "Voyager" has hardly moved its 2 million DUSK over the past two years, simply staking them in a contract to earn interest. And what’s the result? Relying solely on an annualized return of 14-17%, the assets have grown by over 25% in three years. The logic behind this is actually quite profound.

What appears to be a simple "HODL" strategy is actually a sophisticated arbitrage system. How so? Let’s break it down.

**Layer One: Stable Passive Income**

An annualized return of 14-17% is already quite stable in the highly volatile crypto market. This income is earned every year, effectively exchanging time for cash flow, offsetting the sunk costs of long-term holding. This forms the foundation of the entire strategy.

**Layer Two: Scarcity Appreciation Driven by Deflation**

DUSK’s rules stipulate that every on-chain privacy transaction and smart contract execution requires burning tokens. As applications within the ecosystem (such as the RWA platform Dusk Trade) become more active, DUSK is continuously being destroyed. "Voyager" doesn’t need to do anything; the proportion of tokens they hold relative to the total supply automatically increases. This is passive enjoyment of scarcity premium—earning profits just by holding.

**Layer Three: The Option Value Behind Governance Rights**

Staking not only accumulates interest but also governance rights. In the compliant financial system built on DUSK, these rights can be exchanged for future ecosystem dividends—such as protocol profit sharing and priority access to high-quality assets. The longer the staking period, the greater the weight, akin to holding a long-term bullish call option.

This logic actually reflects a deeper issue: true wealth accumulation often doesn’t come from frequent operations but from finding a system that allows time to work for you. The DUSK staking mechanism is precisely such a system.