Why doesn't Midnight charge Gas?
In most public chains, the essence of transactions is very simple:
If you want to operate, you must pay Gas.
But Midnight has done something very counterintuitive—
It makes "transactions no longer charge directly."
Midnight uses a dual-layer mechanism:
NIGHT is the token, while what is actually used for transactions is a resource called DUST.
The key point is that DUST is not bought, but rather "generated."
As long as you hold NIGHT, you will continuously generate DUST.
What does this mean?
You are no longer "paying for each operation," but rather "holding resources → continuous use."
This essentially transforms Web3 from "pay-per-use" to "resource subscription."
Interestingly, DUST itself cannot be transferred, nor can it be stored long-term; it will decay over time.
This directly avoids speculative hoarding while ensuring network resources are used genuinely.
At the same time, the consumption cost of DUST will be dynamically adjusted based on network congestion.
When demand is high, consumption becomes expensive; when demand is low, costs decrease.
This is essentially using a "market-oriented approach" to manage resource scheduling for blockchain.
But what is truly noteworthy is the business changes it brings.
In traditional public chains, users must bear the Gas costs themselves.
But in the Midnight system, project parties can completely hold NIGHT in advance to provide DUST for users.
In other words:
Users can use on-chain applications with "completely no perceived cost."
This resembles the Web2 model more—
Platforms bear the costs, and users only care about the experience.
If this model holds, then the competition for future Web3 applications will no longer be about "who is cheaper,"
but rather who is more willing to pay for the users.
@MidnightNetwork changes not just a technical detail.
It redefines the charging method of blockchain.