MidnightAlpha

Media hub for all things Midnight blockchain. News, insights, and alpha. We are deep community members but not affiliated directly.

[MidnightAlpha @MidnightAlphaX]

Why Midnight? Clarity of Purpose.
ACE
Freedom of Association, Commerce, and Expression.
Take back your privacy
Learn more at the official site:
https://t.co/A0icsHjy1S

Check out some great trailers and use cases:
https://t.co/yo6MIWSZdD

[MidnightAlpha @MidnightAlphaX]

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[johnny5i @realjohnny5i]

Holy crap. Just submitted for a brutal hackathon that has me about exhausted.

How do I come up with this crap?

Big shoutout to my buddy @alexchain79 for the amazing FULLY FUNCTIONING demo of my crazy ass protocol, that's the first of its kind in the world. Potentially decentralized OPSEC for blockchains. Starring @MidnightNtwrk @midnightfdn .

Maybe tomorrow he'll let me share a video that we didn't get to turn in with my video flare.

Special thanks to @SebastienGllmt for taking a peek at the repo. Alex got it to work! lol

Im a proud crypto pirate tonight. Now all we need to do is beat 2300 of other people. lol

[MidnightAlpha @MidnightAlphaX]

RT @realjohnny5i: Where can you pick up some $NIGHT?

@krakenfx is a great exchange that I've used for years. They don't play games when t…

[johnny5i @realjohnny5i]

Hello friends. If you are looking for a project with incredible functionality, check out https://t.co/BUuAJlDwn8 it affords selective/rational privacy and immutable ledger for transactions. This means enterprise corporations, institutions, and government systems can be private, yet auditable. I am writing a book for executives that I'll be releasing in the next few months.
Not financial advice, never invest more than you are willing to be laughed at for losing, and DYOR.

If anyone has questions, I am happy to guide you in the right direction. Cardano and Midnight will have a BTC defi option where individuals can put their BTC to work.
@MidnightNtwrk @midnightfdn

[MidnightAlpha @MidnightAlphaX]

Sweet!

[Adastack.io @adastackio]

Due to Tap Tools sunsetting, we’ve launched a new page dedicated to Cardano chart options.

Explore it here: https://t.co/z4sKoVDeog

[MidnightAlpha @MidnightAlphaX]

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[ET @EskoTorkkola]

Mass Adoption Depends on Simplicity

Blockchain's revolutionary potential (self-custody, censorship resistance, verifiable data) means little if everyday users can't use it without frustration. Traditional Web2 apps (like Venmo, PayPal, or banking apps) are frictionless. Crypto often requires managing seed phrases, understanding gas fees, switching networks, signing confusing transactions, and dealing with irreversible errors.

- Surveys and studies consistently show that complex onboarding and technical jargon are the top reasons new users drop off.
- Poor UX leads to abandoned transactions, lost funds (via mistakes), and negative word-of-mouth. Good UX turns curious users into loyal ones who recommend the product.

That is why I am big believer of Midnight Passport and https://t.co/ecF7bLUJub

[MidnightAlpha @MidnightAlphaX]

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[johnny5i @realjohnny5i]

Before booking your valuable time, I sent you a DM pitch. If you think its worthwhile, Ill book a timeslot.

Thank you for your kind generosity. I would have you selfishly hid away, working on amazing Midnight things. You are far too valuable to be entertaining the likes of me. lol

[johnny5i @realjohnny5i]

Ok, here we go!

[johnny5i @realjohnny5i]

Thank you, @SenLummis. We sure appreciate you!

I wrote your staff to inquire if you might provide a quote for me to add to my book on https://t.co/0uYiQYu0lo about the potential for secure, immutable (cannot be erased), private yet auditable blockchain systems for government, institutions, and enterprise corporations.

We'd be happy to share a manuscript with you if you like.

Please feel free to have your staff DM me.
Be well!

[johnny5i @realjohnny5i]

@astroboysoup your dms are locked. If you send me a picture of the six and the name of your proposal I can whip up a visual that you guys could use for promotion. DM me if you're interested

[MidnightAlpha @MidnightAlphaX]

Wow! I want to stick my AI Alice into my robot. I want open source so I can add functionality.

[Sam Altman @sama]

OpenAI Robotics is hiring, looking for exceptional full-stack hardware, ops, systems, and ML engineers to help us program and manufacture robots that are useful for society.

AI should be able to help people in the physical world. In the short term, we are focused on robots to support skilled workers to build our future infrastructure; in the long term, we imagine everyone having a personal robot doing anything they need.

Our world simulation research program, led by Aditya Ramesh (@model_mechanic), has evolved over the past year into OpenAI Robotics. Progress is rapid, and based on a foundation of co-design between robotics hardware and ML research.

If you love working hands-on across the robotics stack and want to build the future, please consider joining us. Send an email with your background and evidence of exceptional accomplishment to: [email protected]

[Lauren Lee @LoLoCoding]

8 weeks post mainnet, @MidnightNtwrk has 178 monthly active developers on @ElectricCapital's Dev Report, ahead of fellow privacy chains Aztec, Zama, Mina, & Aleo
Still early days, plenty of work ahead, but the velocity is real!
Thank you to everyone building🚀
https://t.co/W4sHN4uU4M

[MidnightAlpha @MidnightAlphaX]

https://t.co/hUnX6rY3ki

[Chaya Shlimowitz @Sages_and_Pages]

Midnight’s presence is strong and growing on LinkedIn.

I am Midnight Nightforce LinkedIn Leader.

Many of my posts there focus on various enterprise-focused facets of Midnight: https://t.co/Zqt6B9aGSM

[Lucas @rvcas]

Finding the right balance between number of containers and number of max db connections is kinda fun. Load testing real workloads with real business queries shows you a lot more about performance than benchmarks that only serve static html.

[Carlos Lopez de Lara @carloslodelar]

🎉 Thank you, Cardano. The voting period has ended!

We’re thrilled to share that the Consensus initiative to finalize Leios development and bring it to mainnet passed with 88% support.

Thank you to every DRep who voted in favor. Your support keeps the momentum alive and brings us one big step closer to delivering this upgrade for Cardano.

To those who voted No: we genuinely appreciate your feedback and the rationales you shared. We take it seriously, we’re learning from it, and it will help us improve as we move forward. Your input is valued.

This is a meaningful win for the ecosystem. We’re excited and grateful to keep building and to bring Leios to mainnet.

See you all soon for the testnet launch, we are aiming for June 23th.

Thank you, Cardano community. Let’s keep building!

#Cardano #Leios #Governance #CardanoCommunity

[ALEX DAMSKER @AlexDamsker]

Here’s the link for notifications chat: https://t.co/FuJ0VUKrWI

[Quantumplation | Pi Lanningham @Quantumplation]

I am still in the process of voting, but I have cast votes on 3 of IO's proposals.

I have voted YES on the Cardano Upgrades and the Consensus Initiative. I have no ongoing conflict of interest on these proposals, and believe these are essential upgrades for Cardano. I do hope to see a stronger go-to-market / business development plan from the Consensus team, as just building the technology is insufficient, but this wasn't a big enough problem to challenge the proposal, in my opinion.

I have voted ABSTAIN on the Blockfrost proposal, though I think it is a good one, because I have discussed with @stakenuts in the past the possibility of being a third party vendor to assist with Project Cayley. While nothing is signed, the possibility that I might receive funds requires me to abstain.

I do intend to vote on a majority of the rest, but my integrity requires that I consider them carefully, and drafting well thought out justifications for my vote on top of all my other responsibilities is challenging.😅

You can find longer form jusitifications for my votes on my blog, https://t.co/Mt90q8cy66

[Input Output Group @IOGroup]

Plutus is the smart contract platform behind applications built on Cardano.

This proposal focuses on enhancing:
• efficiency and cost-effectiveness
• security, reliability, and testing
• readiness for the next generation of Cardano infrastructure
• the developer experience and tooling

It’s about making Cardano’s core smart contract layer more efficient, more secure, and more accessible for builders.

As Cardano adoption grows, investing in the foundations matters. Plutus is one of those foundations.

Read the proposal: https://t.co/YQTUXqMzyC

[VanHo @VanHoVibes]

GM to those who show up on Sundays.

- Touch grass or ass
- Clean your keyboard
- Be a kind person
- Hug your loved ones tight

Carpe Dayum 🤍

[Rick McCracken DIGI 🇺🇸 @RickMcCracken]

Perspective:

Yesterday, during a 20 hour window $580 million was liquidated on longs then shorts from the crypto market in 20 hour period of volatility.

The Cardano development budget for the year 2026 is $87.5 million dollars.

Something to be learned there. Just sayin' 🫡