What’s new at Midnight

January 2026 update: A review of 2025 milestones, the NIGHT token launch, and the roadmap to the Kūkolu federated mainnet. Plus: Midnight Academy 2.0, new ecosystem partners and network pulse.

NIGHT is the capital asset. DUST is the resource that powers smart contracts and executes transactions on the network. Developers can hold NIGHT to continually power transactions on Midnight without spending the capital asset.

Explore how Midnight is building a decentralized identity framework. Learn how partners use DIDs and ZK technology to enable secure, user-owned digital identity.

December 2025 update: NIGHT token launch and Redemptions go live. Explore the History of Secrets premiere, record network growth metrics, and new builder pathways via Aliit Fellowship.

Meet the Aliit: Midnight’s inaugural technical fellowship. Discover the global builders in Cohort 0 shaping the future of programmable privacy and Web3.

The Midnight Foundation presents The History of Secrets, an animated short charting the evolution of cryptography from 1500 BCE to the post-quantum future. This series is an accessible entryway for anyone to learn the fundamentals of cryptography.

NIGHT is live on Cardano. Explore the Hilo roadmap phase, understand the Glacier Drop thawing schedule, and follow the guide to collect your allocation.

November 2025 update: Scavenger mine recap, NIGHT token distribution, Midnight Summit, hackathon, and more.

Project Catalyst serves as Cardano’s decentralized grant mechanism, and for the first time, Catalyst includes a dedicated category for Midnight Compact DApps