#night $NIGHT I increasingly feel that NIGHT is more like a part of the next phase of Web3.
Sometimes, looking back at these past few years of Web3, one can notice a significant change: in the early days, everyone was concerned about "whether it exists"; now it is slowly shifting to "how well it works".
In the beginning, as long as you could issue tokens, transfer funds, and run smart contracts, it was already considered very advanced. But as the number of users and the scale of funding increased, the issues began to become more specific.
For example, performance, cost, and another increasingly discussed point—privacy.
Many applications were initially built in completely transparent environments, but as scenarios became complex, it became clear that not all data is suitable for public disclosure. Especially when it involves enterprises, finance, or even everyday user behavior, privacy gradually becomes a necessary consideration.
Recently, when I was looking at Midnight, I had a quite obvious feeling: it seems more like it is preparing for "the next phase" of applications rather than solving the already mature scenarios.
Through zero-knowledge proofs, the network can verify transactions while maintaining privacy, and this structure is more like building a new foundational capability.
Simply put, the system is still trustworthy, but the data does not need to be fully public.
As far as I know, NIGHT is not only a core asset in this network but also plays a role in supporting privacy computing and network operation. If Web3 really moves towards larger-scale applications in the future, then such a network may gradually become part of the infrastructure.
Many technologies, when they first appear, seem just like a direction, but as the environment changes, they often become a new starting point.