#night

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• NIGHT is the native token of the Midnight network (a blockchain connected to Cardano).

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• It launched around December 2025.

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• Total supply is about 24 billion tokens.

🔑 What makes it different?

Midnight uses a dual system:

1. NIGHT (the token)

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• Used for:
  
  

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  • Governance (voting)

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  • Network security (staking/validators)

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  • Holding value

  
  

2. DUST (the resource)

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• Used to pay transaction fees

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• You don’t buy it — you earn it by holding NIGHT

👉 Think of it like this:

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• NIGHT = your “battery”

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• DUST = the “energy” it produces

⚡ Key idea (very important)

Unlike Bitcoin or Ethereum:

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• You don’t spend NIGHT for fees

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• Instead, it generates DUST automatically over timeThe Midnight network focuses on:

  
  

  
  

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  • Privacy using zero-knowledge proofs

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  • Letting users prove something without revealing full data

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Example:

  
  

  
  

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  • Prove you’re over 18 ✅

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  • Without showing your birthdate ❌