While most blockchains help developers foster trust and empower users with ownership and control over their data, there’s a catch: by the very public nature of their ledger, they’re not the best at keeping data confidential. And that’s a dealbreaker for a lot of use cases that are predicated on personal, sensitive, or proprietary data.
At the other end of the spectrum, some blockchains enable developers to shield all on-chain activity, making everything private. This overcorrection can make it impossible for businesses to comply with regulatory requirements.
Midnight is being built to bridge the gap between these two extremes, leveraging the best of both approaches to enable blockchain adoption. The aim is to resolve the core business challenge of balancing data protection, ownership, and utilization – ultimately empowering organizations to harness the full potential of blockchain technology without compromising data protection.
If the developer docs provide the practical foundations, the Nightpaper articulates and expands on Midnight’s vision to make the value of building and participating on the network clear.
Key insights from the Nightpaper
The Nightpaper showcases Midnight’s fundamental building blocks that developers and users can expect when interacting with the blockchain. Including:
- Token utility: an introduction to Midnight’s unique token and resource system; the relationship between native token NIGHT and capacity-access resource DUST, and how they work together to ensure the network's operation and security.
- Architecture: Midnight's core architectural principles and features, such as lightweight design, flexibility, interoperability, zero-knowledge (ZK) technology, and powerful programming language.
- Ecosystem: the principal actors in the Midnight ecosystem, their incentives and benefits, and how each group works to the benefit of the network.
- Roadmap: a high-level breakdown of the technical development stages to bring Midnight to mainnet, and features to anticipate after mainnet launch.
Get started with Midnight
Whether you're a developer looking for a robust and secure platform for your DApp, a business looking to safeguard sensitive commercial data, or just passionate about data protection, Midnight is for you.
The Nightpaper is your starting point. Download it now and help shape the future of on-chain data protection.
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