Family, the trading competition for stock tokens ended on time at 6 PM today! Seeing the final trading volume listed at 44335.59, I was taken aback. This number, do you all think it's reached a new height, or just a splash of water? Let me know in the comments if you made the list! 😂
Back to the point. Last weekend, Xiao Xi had coffee with her best friend, and while scrolling through the news, she looked confused and asked me: “Xiao Xi, I see this Spacecoin wants to work with @MidnightNetwork for satellite communication, what is this operation? I understand Musk’s Starlink, but what do these two have to do with satellite internet and blockchain? I’m getting more and more confused with the current concepts...”
I put down my cup and said softly: Dear, have you heard about places that suddenly go “silent across the internet”? Like the Ugandan elections, or protests in certain areas where the internet is directly “unplugged.” That’s not all; what’s scarier is that even if your messages go out, who sent what, when, and how long—these “metadata” are all stripped clean. You’re exposed, like running naked.
Spacecoin wants to create a decentralized satellite network in the sky. No ground stations, no central servers, no one can easily cut it off. The idea is good, but here’s the problem—who will protect the data running on the satellites? If it’s traditional satellite communication, operators can still monitor your every move. Isn’t that just changing the place and continuing to “run naked”?
At this moment, @MidnightNetwork made a dazzling appearance! ✨
Their Fahmi Syed said a particularly philosophical thing: “When privacy is protected from the cryptographic level all the way to the connection layer, people can communicate online with peace of mind.” This is exactly what Midnight's set of skills is about—Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKP). Not only is the message content encrypted, but the identity is also encrypted, and even the fact of “who sent a message to whom” is pixelated! The satellite only knows that data is flowing; it knows nothing else.
Her best friend was even more bewildered: “So what’s the difference between this and those encrypted chat apps we use?”
The differences are vast! When you use WeChat, Tencent knows everything. When you use Telegram, although the content is encrypted, TG knows your IP, online time, and who you chat with frequently. This metadata itself is privacy! Midnight’s ZKP even hides the metadata, only proving to the network “I am transmitting data,” without exposing any details. Even Spacecoin’s satellites won’t recognize it’s you, Xiao Xi, using it; they only know a node is requesting a connection, and after verifying the ZKP, they let it go. This is true anonymous communication!
Her best friend seemed to ponder: “So what else can this technology do besides preventing people from seeing chat records?”
I slapped my thigh: More uses! There's a project called zkVaccine that uses Midnight for vaccine proof. When you travel, airlines only need to confirm “you have been vaccinated,” without needing to know when you got vaccinated, where you got vaccinated, or what brand you got. You throw out a ZKP, and the other party scans it, OK, let go, no privacy is leaked.
Her best friend asked: “So can this be used now?”
Hehe, here comes the key point! @MidnightNetwork The mainnet is about to go live in the next few days! 🚀 Collaboration with Spacecoin is already in progress, and medical projects are also running. In Europe, there’s a stablecoin project called ShieldUSD, which has also achieved privacy transactions with selective disclosure on Midnight.
She was silent for a moment: “So... this thing isn't just for speculating on coins?”
I nodded vigorously: Yes! Its core is to solve a problem that no one else can solve—how to prove yourself in the digital world without showing your underwear. From Spacecoin's space-based communication to Turkey's medical data, the logic is the same.
$NIGHT She took a sip of coffee, her eyes brightened: “So we don't have to worry about being stripped in the future?”
In Xiao Xi's view, technically it's completely fine. Satellite operators don’t know you’re using the internet, hospitals don’t know what illness you have, and airlines don’t know what vaccine you got. Midnight's system is called “selective disclosure”—you only reveal what needs to be revealed, and keep the rest to yourself.
The mainnet will soon go live. At that time, from the sky to the ground, privacy can really wear a zip-up coat. How much you want to open it, you decide. Anyway, I'll keep a close eye on it, everyone DYOR! ~👋