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Privacy-oriented Midnight blockchain set to launch next month, according to Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson.
Input Output Global’s Founder Charles Hoskinson stated that Midnight, the highly anticipated privacy-centric blockchain, is set to launch in the last week of March as a partner chain to Cardano.
Charles Hoskinson speaking at CoinDesk’s Consensus Hong Kong 2026. (David Paul Morris/Consensus)
What to know:
- Input Output Global founder Charles Hoskinson announced that Midnight, a long-anticipated privacy-oriented blockchain, is set to debut in the last week of March as a partner chain to Cardano.
- Midnight enables users to maintain transaction confidentiality by default while allowing the sharing of specific information with authorized entities when necessary.
- A new Midnight City Simulation, scheduled to be accessible to the public on Feb. 26, is intended to evaluate the blockchain’s capacity to generate and manage proofs at scale under transaction loads that mimic real-world scenarios.
Input Output Global (IOG) founder Charles Hoskinson revealed on Thursday that Midnight, the company’s long-awaited privacy-oriented blockchain, will officially launch during the last week of March.
This announcement occurred during Hoskinson’s keynote address at Consensus Hong Kong, representing a significant advancement in IOG’s mission to enhance data privacy and regulatory adherence in decentralized frameworks.
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“We have some great collaborations to assist us in its operation,” he remarked. “Google is one of those partners. Telegram is another. We are quite enthusiastic, and there’s more to come.”
Midnight employs zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs to facilitate selective disclosure. It can be envisioned as a smart curtain for blockchain data, allowing users to share only what they wish while keeping other information private. It functions as a partner chain to the smart contract platform Cardano, ensuring privacy and regulatory compliance for decentralized applications.
Along with the mainnet schedule, Hoskinson introduced Midnight City Simulation, an interactive platform that provides insight into how Midnight achieves scalable privacy through selective disclosure. This so-called rational privacy guarantees that transaction information remains confidential by default, while specific details can be shared with authorized individuals when necessary.
This adaptability strikes a balance between transparency and privacy on the blockchain through multiple disclosure perspectives, categorized as public, auditor, and god, each with its own level of access.
The simulation, available at midnight.city, became operational at 10:00 a.m. Hong Kong time on Thursday, though public access to the simulation is restricted until Feb. 26, as stated in a press release.
This simulation, which operates on the Midnight network and utilizes AI-driven agents that behave unpredictably to generate a continuous stream of transactions, illustrates how effectively the blockchain can accommodate real-world demand and scale accordingly.
IOG indicated that this test showcases the network’s capacity to continually generate and process proofs at scale — a crucial milestone in demonstrating its readiness for practical application.
