I read an in-depth article today about @MidnightNetwork , which compared this project to a 'living city'; this metaphor really enlightened me in an instant. At first, I found this statement a bit mysterious, but the more I thought about it, the more appropriate it seemed, because privacy shouldn't only be in two states: 'fully open' or 'fully closed.' Many people ask me: I haven't done anything wrong, so why do I need privacy? In fact, it's like the walls and windows in your home; what Midnight is doing isn't to lock you in a pitch-black room but to equip your digital life with a 'shutter' that you can control yourself.

I tried to think according to the logic in the article: Usually, when we go online, it's like we're moving around in a transparent glass house, and many actions are default visible. But the ZK technology used by Midnight is like this shutter. When you want sunlight, or compliant data, to come in, you open it a little; when you want to protect yourself, or those sensitive pieces of information that don't need to be public, you close it. More specifically, many times, you only need to prove 'you meet the conditions,' verify this conclusion on-chain, without having to expose the original data in full. The key point is that this switch rope is in your own hands, not in the hands of big companies or hackers.

However, I've also identified a practical issue. While the 'sense of residence' conceived in the article is beautiful, turning this complex encryption logic into a switch that ordinary people can easily use depends on how effective the interactions will be once the mainnet is up and running. If the switch is too heavy or complicated, ordinary people will likely still find it troublesome and end up sticking with those default transparent old paths.

I think Midnight has elevated privacy from the level of 'making money' to the dimension of 'living.' Logically, I give it an eight out of ten, leaving the remaining two points for its ease of use in practical applications. Anyway, I'm quite looking forward to this kind of privacy infrastructure that can be as natural as 'walls,' after all, no one wants to be a transparent person online. #night $NIGHT