I keep going to Midnight and it is not because of privacy. It is because of control.
We have been taught to think that privacy makes systems softer. If we can not see everything then there is room for exceptions.. Midnight completely changes this idea. Here the rules do not get weaker they get stricter.
If a transaction does not work it is not because someone got in the way. It is because the transaction simply does not qualify. The credential is wrong the policy is wrong. The counterparty is wrong. The system does not argue, it does not explain, it just stops.
This is what caught my attention. Privacy is not about hiding the fact that the rules are not being enforced well. It is about letting strong rules be enforced without showing everything that is going on behind the scenes.
To be honest this is a bit uncomfortable.
Because there is no one to call, no way to override the decision no fix that can be done in the background. The Midnight system just says no. Then it moves on.
It sounds good in theory.. The real question is what happens when someone important needs to be exempt from the rules.
This is where Midnight stops being a technical thing and starts being, about real life.