What might truly bring about a user explosion is perhaps not privacy itself, but Babel Station.
Many people see $NIGHT and first think of privacy, ZK, NIGHT, DUST. It all sounds very advanced, but the problem is quite real:
No matter how strong the technology, if it’s still too complicated for ordinary people to use, it will be hard to achieve real scale.
Currently, the experience of most public chains is actually quite similar:
First, install a wallet, then prepare Gas, and then figure out what assets to use for payment.
Veteran players find it normal, but new users often just want to say:
Forget it, too complicated.
In the @MidnightNetwork white paper, there is a feature that I think deserves attention: Babel Station.
It doesn’t solve the question of whether the technology is flashy enough, but rather a more critical issue:
How to allow users to use the application without first learning about blockchain.
What does this mean?
Using the application first, whether the underlying is blockchain or not, users might not even need to care.
This is actually very important, as it attempts to hide the complexity of #night , transforming blockchain from a “tool that must be studied” into “infrastructure that operates quietly in the background.”
What’s even more interesting is that it not only optimizes the experience but also connects with Midnight’s capacity marketplace. Because users do not hold DUST themselves, it means someone is definitely providing DUST behind the scenes. This person could be the application operator, the service provider, or even in the future form a more mature capacity supply network.