The Midnight Network launched at the end of March 2026, establishing the fourth generation of blockchain infrastructure that removes the final barriers to real-world application.
Midnight’s privacy-enhancing technology enables privacy at scale, allowing for the protection of sensitive data and the abstraction of cryptographic complexity. This infrastructure clears technical hurdles and abstracts away the challenge of ZK cryptography so that privacy-first application development is rapid and accessible for developers.
Partners across the Midnight ecosystem are deploying code and demonstrating functional applications that use Midnight’s privacy-enhancing technology. As activity accelerates on the network, the Midnight Foundation’s developer relations team is supporting builders to adopt partners’ technology with partner sprints on Zealy.
Partner sprints on Zealy
Partner sprints provide developers with structured activities to build on the network.
These sprints are structured around quests on Zealy and provide a quick pathway for builders to gain familiarity with new partner tools and services as they arrive on the network.
The quests provide builders with hands-on experience using software development kits (SDKs) and partner products. This process allows developers to discover new workflows and earn rewards for shipping functional code. Simultaneously, partners receive direct engagement from the builder community and see real-world use cases developed around their tooling.
How partner sprints work
Every three weeks, a new sprint begins with a different ecosystem partner. There are two weeks for builders to complete the series of quests, followed by a one-week review between sprints.
Sprints are designed to quickly take participants from “never heard of this project” to “I have a wallet, a domain, or a working integration on my machine”. Each sprint follows a guided path that starts with onboarding quests, moves to SDK and product exploration, and concludes with a deployed DApp.
Sprint 1: Identity with Midnames
The first sprint focused on Midnames, which functions as the identity layer for the Midnight Network. Midnames provides .night domains, which are human-readable identifiers that replace complex cryptographic addresses. This system allows users to attach metadata and custom fields to their on-chain identity.
Participants claim .night domain names, configure domain profiles, and ship a DApp that accepts a .night domain, resolves it via the SDK, and surfaces the data in a UI. Completion of these tasks resulted in the deployment of DApps that use the Midnames resolver to display user data.
Sprint 2: Wallet functionality and private state with 1AM
The next partner sprint features 1AM, a wallet designed to provide access to functionality of the Midnight network. Midnight uses a dual-state architecture that separates public data from shielded data and makes shielded transactions the default. The 1AM wallet includes a proof station for the generation of ZK proofs.
The 1AM quest sprint begins by familiarizing builders with the wallet, no-code builder, explorer, and Proof Station. Quests build up to using the wallet to execute private transactions and list a DApp in the public directory. This process highlights how privacy-preserving tools function within a standard user interface.
Expanding the technology stack
These sprints represent one component of many ongoing developer activities, building the future of real-world privacy applications on the Midnight network.
The steady cadence of partner releases demonstrates how the ecosystem is evolving. Every new integration and completed quest adds utility to the network.
Partners provide rewards for participation, such as the .night domains issued during the Midnames sprint. Current 1AM rewards include custom wallet themes and early beta access to upcoming products. Regular participation in these sprints opens up access to new tools and upcoming products.
What’s next?
Builders and anyone interested can join the ongoing quests on the Midnight Zealy hub. The partner sprint with 1AM wallet starts today.
Learn more about how to participate in this sprint in the latest Dev Diaries blog.
Keep an eye on the Midnight forum for updates on partner sprints.