Web3 development is getting more competitive.

Especially if you want to add some privacy features to your application, it basically means learning a new language. The circuit constraints of zero-knowledge proofs can really make you pull your hair out. Many good ideas end up getting stuck on "implementation is too difficult." @MidnightNetwork

The current threshold for privacy development indeed keeps most people out. After researching Midnight for so long, I don't particularly believe in its financing, but I do feel it is relatively friendly to developers.

Mainly because of that Compact language, which the team designed specifically for privacy development.

If you've written TypeScript, you'll find this familiar. It turns privacy into code standards rather than math problems.

You don't need to worry about how the underlying BLS12-381 curve is calculated, nor do you need to write a ZK proof generator by hand. When writing code, you define what is "ledger public" and what is "local private," and the compiler takes care of the rest of the dirty work for you. This feels like writing code normally, saying goodbye to complicated math problems, and you don't need to read cryptography papers.

To make sure this privacy code runs smoothly, Midnight has created a Partner Chain architecture.

#night is quite pragmatic. There's no need to force users to bridge all their assets over. The main chain assets remain untouched, and the privacy contract triggers the computation engine of Midnight only when needed. Users are unaware, and developers have it easier. This kind of "seamless integration" plugin thinking is much more realistic than asking you to move the entire ecosystem over.

$NIGHT also has the initial Federation.

Don't talk about absolute decentralization; for developers, system stability and response speed are paramount. With computing power provided by big companies like Google Cloud, at least it guarantees that contracts won’t randomly get stuck. This kind of "technical lock data, giant companies guard the system" compromise is currently the best solution in practice.

Ultimately, while others are still figuring out how to turn developers into cryptographers, Midnight is already thinking of ways to make cryptography disappear from the code base. What it hands to developers is a set of mature industrial molds, not a pile of rusty parts. $PRL