What’s new at Midnight

The Midnight Foundation is launching the Night Sky Accelerator, a 10-week program starting July 2026 to help early-stage teams integrate zero-knowledge privacy features and scale commercial applications.

Builders solved real-world problems using the Midnight network during the Hilo Hackathon. Teams developed privacy-preserving applications for healthcare, finance, AI, and identity over a two-week period. These winning projects show how zero-knowledge technology secures sensitive data across a range of verticals.

The Midnight network uses a dual-component model where the NIGHT token generates the DUST resource. This guide explains how UTXO-based architecture enables flexible fee sponsorship and community-funded decentralized applications while users maintain custody of their assets.

The Midnight ecosystem takes Consensus Miami by storm. Read about the upcoming applications, integrations, and tools bringing programmable privacy to the real world.

The Midnight network is live, and demonstrations at Consensus Miami show how developers and institutions are demonstrating the capabilities of the world’s first fourth-generation blockchain. Tools like the Midnight Passport and the collateral warehouse addressing the accessibility gaps, privacy shortcomings and trillion dollar financial opportunities. As AI agents increase personal data risks, programmable privacy ensures users maintain control, proving that the future of compliance is programmable.

As partners deploy advanced products on the Midnight network, structured sprints and Zealy quests, move builders from initial exploration to the rapid deployment of DApps.

Join Midnight’s program to transform privacy concepts into funding-ready businesses. Applications for Cohort 1 are open now for a mid-May start.

Learn more about DUST on the Midnight network, get insights from the community survey results and learn about what’s happening in the Midnight ecosystem including hackathons, content boundaries and new Zealy quests.

Discover how DUST powers transactions on Midnight. A token-generates-resource model that enables predictable costs and removes fee volatility.