Charles Hoskinson coloca a Midnight em destaque

BSC News · 2026-10-08T09:39:21.000Z

O fundador da Cardano (@Cardano), Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles), aproveitou a TOKEN2049 Singapura, em 7 de outubro, para colocar a Midnight (@MidnightNtwrk) e sua tecnologia voltada para a privacidade em destaque, ao mesmo tempo que criticou diretamente a Fundação Cardano pela ausência do projeto no principal estande do ecossistema no evento. Midnight fica de fora do estande da Cardano Hoskinson demonstrou claramente sua insatisfação ao perceber que a Midnight não era mencionada na apresentação da Fundação Cardano. Ele questionou por que o projeto foi excluído do estande de 108 metros quadrados, que apresentava mais de 30 projetos da Cardano. Entre os projetos presentes estavam Minswap, Iagon, SNEK e GravityDEX. "O maior projeto da Cardano parece não estar listado em lugar nenhum do ecossistema", disse Hoskinson em um vídeo compartilhado nas redes sociais. Ele brincou que a ausência da Midnight talvez fosse apropriada, dado seu foco em privacidade. Hoskinson também observou que o estande foi financiado pela comunidade Cardano e incentivou os membros a acompanhar como os fundos do tesouro são usados.

Cardano (@Cardano) founder Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) used TOKEN2049 Singapore on October 7 to put Midnight (@MidnightNtwrk) and its privacy-focused technology firmly in the spotlight, while taking a pointed shot at the Cardano Foundation over the project's absence from the ecosystem's main booth at the event.
Midnight Left Out of Cardano's Booth
Hoskinson was visibly critical after finding no mention of Midnight at the Cardano Foundation's showcase. He questioned why the project was excluded from the 108-square-meter stand, which featured more than 30 Cardano projects. Projects including Minswap, Iagon, SNEK and GravityDEX all had a presence at the display. "The largest project on Cardano doesn't seem to be listed anywhere in the ecosystem," Hoskinson said in a video shared on social media. He quipped that Midnight's absence was perhaps fitting, given its focus on privacy. Hoskinson also noted the booth was funded by the Cardano community and urged members to monitor how treasury funds are used.
Midnight had its own separate presence at TOKEN2049, and the episode added to ongoing disagreements between Hoskinson and the Cardano Foundation over ecosystem representation.
The Night Frame and Midnight's Technical Push
On the TOKEN2049 stage, Hoskinson promoted what he calls the Night Frame, a framework that pairs zero-knowledge proofs, multi-party computation and trusted execution environments on Midnight, the privacy-focused partner chain built by Input Output Global (IOG). The combination is designed to bring meaningful privacy and computational complexity to on-chain operations, going beyond what conventional smart contracts can offer.
Midnight also ran its own keynote at TOKEN2049, where the team showcased several products, including Night Mode, Midnight Passport, the Collateral Warehouse and Offer Files. Night Mode uses the same trio of zero-knowledge proofs, trusted execution environments and multi-party computation, and is designed to support programmable smart contracts with selective disclosure, written in Midnight's Compact programming language.
The event followed a significant technical milestone for the network. On October 2, 2026, permissionless smart contract deployment went live on the Midnight mainnet, allowing developers to freely deploy contracts or create them through code. Developers can now deploy contracts directly to Midnight mainnet without first going through a mandatory security review, and applications can also deploy contracts on behalf of users, removing another hurdle from the onboarding process.
Midnight's Solana wallet integration could also extend its privacy tools beyond the Cardano ecosystem, widening the potential addressable market for the $NIGHT token. The network runs on two tokens: NIGHT, which handles governance and utility and has a fixed supply of 24 billion, and DUST, a shielded token that serves as a renewable resource for paying transaction fees.
Sources:
The Crypto Basic: Hoskinson Says Midnight Has Become the "Where's Waldo" of Cardano
Crypto Briefing: Hoskinson pitches Night Frame at TOKEN2049
CaptainAltcoin: Midnight Enters Its Next Phase as Smart Contracts Go Permissionless