I observed the application and discussion of crayfish on X for a few days. Opinions on its sound are vastly different; those who like it see it as a further evolution of production tools, while major players who value privacy and secure transactions generally feel concerned. There are even voices on Twitter stating: OpenClaw's full authorization is a form of privacy suicide.

The act of fully surrendering permissions for the convenience of AI automation has again prompted deep reflection across the entire crypto space. It reminds me of a classic animated masterpiece, (Ghost in the Shell), which predicted the arrival of AI and its future direction over 20 years ago. When we surrender permissions for convenience, do we also lose ourselves (privacy)? The permissions requested by crayfish are actually quite broad, exceeding the safety thresholds of most people. When you allow it to access your browser data, social accounts, or even wallet data, you have already lost the self (privacy and asset sovereignty) of a crypto investor.

On Twitter payments and security forums, many crypto investors mentioned that if this trend of leaking encrypted information is not controlled, in the future every asset transfer and every profit source on the chain will be under full transparent supervision, losing the original intention of cryptocurrency. For retail investors, this might just be a small amount of information leakage or being disturbed by junk information; but for large holders or professional investors, this means that you are like Big Brother, your bottom cards are completely exposed, and you could become a target for capital hunting at any moment.

In this era where everyone is willing to give up permissions for maximum convenience, @MidnightNetwork demonstrates a forward-looking perspective aligned with the times. It is not advocating for an extreme and absolute anonymity, but is searching for a balance between compliance, convenience, and complete privacy. The core of Midnight lies in Selective Disclosure, utilizing zero-knowledge proof (ZK) technology, which allows users to prove their compliance to verifiers without exposing the underlying raw data.

Proving rather than exposing: When banks or compliance institutions need you to prove the legitimacy of your funds, you do not need to hand over all your transaction history for years. $NIGHT can generate an unforgeable proof, only informing the other party that the source of the funds is compliant, while the specific counterpart and the amount details remain concealed beneath the 'mosaic'.

In an environment like crayfish that requires full authorization, #night is equivalent to adding a layer of vault to your core assets. Even if crayfish obtains surface-level permissions, it cannot peek into the core privacy protected by ZK. With the addition of two cybersecurity giants, Google Cloud and MoneyGram, joining the nodes to protect your data, I believe $NIGHT has certain competitive advantages compared to other projects in similar tracks.

If you are not interested in these tools for crayfish and do not care much about information security, just want to focus on earning in the crypto space, then NIGHT can also satisfy you, especially in a situation where Alpha's profits are increasingly diluted and the crypto market is experiencing severe fluctuations without clear bull or bear trends. The creator of Midnight has incentive tasks with a quota of up to 500, which should be a good option for retail investors who are keen on earning, although we still don’t know how much the rewards will be, but the previous Robo distributed a significant 600u, this time should not be any worse.

To summarize once again, in the wave of OpenClaw (crayfish), no one can stand alone, the most important thing is to protect your own privacy and asset security. If you have time, it's best to calm down and study how to protect yourself, so that you can go further and wider on the path of cryptocurrency.

Understanding how to earn 💰, you are just a newcomer to cryptocurrency; understanding how to protect your asset security is what proves that you have matured in the crypto space.