Midnight Foundation

Foundation for @MidnightNtwrk. Powering the future of privacy-first, compliant dApps with ZK proofs & community-driven growth.

[Midnight Foundation @midnightfdn]

The NIGHT Redemption Portal is officially live. 🔓

Thawing schedules are now active for all Glacier Drop and Scavenger Mine participants. Check your specific unlock dates and learn how to collect your allocation in the full step-by-step guide.

👉 Learn more: https://t.co/QY5xr68ydC

[ALLINCRYPTO @RealAllinCrypto]

Could Midnight change clinical trial recruitment?

@F_ZK_Now explains how @MidnightFDN can prove eligibility without exposing private medical data, letting blind requests reach the right patients before they choose what to disclose.

Privacy could unlock faster research.

[Midnight Foundation @midnightfdn]

@RealAllinCrypto @F_ZK_Now 🔥🔥

[The Tie @TheTieIO]

We're proud to welcome an outstanding group of women leaders to this year's Out East Summit:
Sandy Kaul, @FTI_US
Amy Oldenburg, @MorganStanley
Cynthia Lo Bessette, @Fidelity
Kathleen Wrynn, @InvescoUS
Ryan Rugg, @Citi
@bbrizzzzzz, @Polymarket
Barbara Pozdorovkina, @LMAX
@MsDefi_World, @Midnightfdn
@renapshah, @StacksEndowment
@Eleanorterrett, @CryptoAmerica_
@amoilsnisa, @A100x_Ventures

We're excited for the perspectives they'll bring when we gather on the North Fork this July.

They'll help shape where digital assets go next.

Learn more and request an invitation:
https://t.co/NS6eWrlzrr

[Midnight Foundation @midnightfdn]

Most documentation dies from neglect.

In the last 6 months, the @MidnightNtwrk DevRel team treated docs like a product:

👉 1,900+ commits
👉 447 merged PRs
👉 64 contributors
👉 Hundreds of thousands of lines rewritten, removed, or improved

The result is a faster, cleaner, and more reliable experience for developers building on Midnight.

See what changed: https://t.co/IEqSupzCtB

[Memes and Markets @Memesandmkts]

Midnight Foundation President Fahmi Syed on where Zcash and Monero fall short for real world adoption:

"Regulators and regulated counterparties get concerned that they don't know where the source of funds are coming from."

As for Midnight;
"Think of it like Zcash or Monero with smart contracts and programmable disclosures." 👇

@F_ZK_Now @Midnightntwrk @MidnightFDN

[Midnight Foundation @midnightfdn]

@protofire @MidnightNtwrk 🤝 so critical. Welcome to the @MidnightNtwrk ecosystem

[Midnight Foundation @midnightfdn]

Midnight 🤝 @protofire

Programmable privacy only matters if developers can actually build with it. 🛠️

Together with Protofire, we're helping accelerate the tools, applications, and infrastructure that bring privacy-preserving solutions into production and meet the security and operational requirements of enterprises and institutions.

Learn more 👇

[Protofire | Token Utility Engineering @protofire]

Privacy that survives production.

Protofire is now @MidnightNtwrk's engineering partner, building the apps, cryptographic services, and tooling that turn programmable data protection with selective disclosure into something teams can actually deploy.

[Midnight Foundation @midnightfdn]

Midnight 🤝 Buysell Standards

The Midnight Foundation is partnering with Buysell Standards, operator of the security token platform PIECE, to explore a privacy-preserving pathway for Korean tokenized assets to move from local issuance to global distribution.

Together, the teams will test the full lifecycle of issuing and managing tokenized assets on @MidnightNtwrk, using selective disclosure to protect sensitive data while meeting regulatory requirements.

Read more: https://t.co/UEAR58VSc1

Be sure to follow @Midnight_kor for more updates in the region.

[Cardano Community @Cardano]

How does the partnership between Cardano and Midnight drive ecosystem success? @F_ZK_Now explains:

According to Fahmi Syed, President of Midnight Foundation, the collaboration is in an initial phase where various components have been brought together to provide the network with opportunities for growth.

As he put it:
"The real work starts with the ecosystem to inject liquidity, to create programs and applications that again shows people the benefits of working with these two ecosystems: both the Cardano ecosystem and Midnight."

[Midnight Foundation @midnightfdn]

@GalaxySwapLabs 🤝🤝

[Midnight Foundation @midnightfdn]

Midnight 🤝 @GalaxySwapLabs

We're excited to welcome Galaxy Swap to the @MidnightNtwrk ecosystem.

Looking forward to seeing them continue building the private DeFi experience users deserve. 👏

[GalaxySwap Labs @GalaxySwapLabs]

🚨We’re excited to announce that GalaxySwap is officially partnered with @midnightfdn

A major step toward our vision

Building the DEX experience Midnight deserves

With 30,000+ users and 1,500+ daily trades on testnet, GalaxySwap is here to set a new standard for private DeFi

[8pro @MakasiMechack]

Midnight MCP! We had such a great time. Developing Midnight smart contracts and working on the ecosystem has never been easier, no more struggle! A huge thank you to the entire @MidnightNtwrk Aliit team @olanetsoft for all their hard work. MCP ! What a great moment we had ! No more strugle

Test it today: https://t.co/3UhUNSXA6Z

[Midnight Foundation @midnightfdn]

Midnight 🤝 @turnkeyhq

The Midnight Foundation is partnering with Turnkey to bring developer-first wallet infrastructure to the @MidnightNtwrk.

This partnership will integrate Turnkey’s secure, API-first, non-custodial key management and flexible SDKs with Midnight’s privacy-enhancing technology, helping reduce friction for developers building embedded wallet experiences into DApps.

The integration is designed to support a broad range of use cases, including:
👉 Embedded wallets for DApps
👉 Infrastructure for wallet providers
👉 Verifiable policy engines for AI agents and automation
👉 Enterprise and institutional applications

Together, the partnership expands the tooling available to developers building privacy-preserving applications on Midnight.

Learn more: https://t.co/ihzkBnEBct

[Midnight Foundation @midnightfdn]

@TheTieIO @MsDefi_World 👏👏

[Midnight Foundation @midnightfdn]

@anshul_vora18 @MidnightNtwrk @midnightIntern This is awesome @anshul_vora18 👏👏

[Midnight Foundation @midnightfdn]

One of the most common questions we hear is:

"How do I get involved with Midnight?"

The answer depends on who you are and what you want to contribute.

On Wed June 17 at 12pm BST, leaders from Night Sky, Build Club, Nightforce, and Aliit are joining us to discuss the different paths into the ecosystem and what participation actually looks like in practice.
https://t.co/9w0bg22w8W

[Midnight @MidnightNtwrk]

Build Club. Night Sky. Nightforce. Aliit.

You've probably heard the names.

But what do they actually do?
Who are they for?
And where do you fit?

Join us on June 17 as the people behind each program explain the different paths into the Midnight ecosystem and how you can get involved.

🎙️ Set a reminder:
https://t.co/pOFZbfhlM8

[Midnight N8 @NathanCWest]

Many people compare Zcash and Midnight because both use advanced cryptography and privacy technologies.

But they are solving very different problems.

🛡️ Zcash = Private Money

🌙 Midnight = Private Applications

Let's break it down.

Zcash was built to answer a simple question:

"How can people send money privately?"

Using zk-SNARKs, Zcash can hide:

✅ Sender
✅ Receiver
✅ Transaction Amount
This makes it one of the most advanced privacy payment systems ever created.

Midnight asks a much bigger question:

"How can we build an entire digital economy where privacy is programmable?"

Not just payments.

Everything.

👤 Identity
🤖 AI Agents
🏥 Healthcare
🏦 Finance
📄 Documents
🏢 Enterprise Data

Think of it this way:
Zcash protects transactions.
Midnight protects data.
That's a huge difference.
Most blockchain data today is completely public.
Midnight was designed to change that.

The recent Zcash vulnerability highlighted one of the challenges privacy chains face.

When data is hidden, proving that a bug was never exploited becomes difficult.

Even if a flaw is patched quickly, uncertainty can impact confidence.

Privacy is powerful.

But privacy also creates new design challenges.

Midnight approaches privacy differently.

Its core philosophy is:

🔒 Protect data
👁️ Reveal only what's necessary

This concept is called Selective Disclosure.

You can prove information without exposing everything.

For example:

Instead of revealing your full identity...

You could prove:

✅ Over 18
✅ Licensed Professional
✅ Accredited Investor
✅ Authorized Employee
Without exposing your personal information.

That's where privacy becomes useful beyond payments.

This is especially important for businesses.

Most companies cannot place sensitive information on public blockchains.

Customer records.

Medical records.

Trade secrets.
Financial data.
Midnight aims to make blockchain usable for these industries.

Where things get really interesting:

🤖 AI

The future won't just be humans using blockchains.

It will be autonomous agents.

AI systems buying, selling, negotiating, and interacting on our behalf.

Imagine an AI agent:

✅ Proving its permissions
✅ Accessing confidential data
✅ Executing contracts
✅ Making payments

Without exposing private information publicly.

That's a massive opportunity.

This is where concepts like "Midnight City" become interesting.

A future ecosystem where:

🏢 Businesses
🤖 AI Agents
👤 Users
🔐 Digital Identities

Can interact privately while remaining verifiable.

Another key difference:

🪙 Zcash = Primarily a privacy currency

🌙 Midnight = A privacy platform
Developers can build:
• Private DeFi
• Private Identity Systems
• Private AI Applications
• Enterprise Solutions
• Government Services
On top of the network.

To be clear:

Zcash deserves enormous credit.

Its research, cryptography, and privacy innovations helped push the entire industry forward.

Without projects like Zcash, many modern privacy technologies wouldn't exist.

But the market opportunity may be much larger than private payments alone.
The future may require:
🔒 Private AI
🔒 Private Identity
🔒 Private Data
🔒 Private Applications

Not just private transactions.

Simple analogy:

🛡️ Zcash:
"Let's make cash private."

🌙 Midnight:
"Let's make the entire digital economy private."

As AI, digital identity, and enterprise adoption grow, that distinction could become increasingly important.

@MidnightNtwrk @midnightfdn @sabrinaliuuuu @Zcash #Privacy #Cardano #Blockchain #AI #DigitalIdentity #Zcash #Web3 #Crypto #MidnightIsComing midnight-3:native zcash:native

[Gareth @G_Man_Crypto]

Had the pleasure of joining @protofire to discuss on-chain lending. Awesome discussion with some great insights.

If you want to listen to 5 experts and some random guy in a Midnight branded shirt discuss lending... have a watch!

[Benjamin Beckmann @BenB_CogBlx]

Coming back to Rare Evo with a launched chain and new features. I look forward to meeting with our community and partners.

[Midnight Foundation @midnightfdn]

@MidnightNtwrk The best community 🔥