# Welcome to Midnight Network! đź‘‹ **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [May 8, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/welcome-to-midnight-network/5 "2025-05-08T14:28:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/uploads/midnightnetwork/original/1X/cabc67a422c9b55d5708a8875275bead5027927e.png) [@system](https://forum.midnight.network/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/welcome-to-midnight-network/5/1 "2025-05-08T14:28:30Z")
We are so glad you joined us. > ## Midnight Network > > Midnight is a cutting-edge, privacy-focused blockchain network designed to empower developers with zero-knowledge (ZK) technology. Here are some things you can do to get started: 🗣 **Introduce yourself** by adding your picture and information about yourself and your interests to [your profile](https://forum.midnight.network/my/preferences/account). What is one thing you’d like to be asked about? 📖 **Get to know the community** by [browsing discussions](https://forum.midnight.network/latest) that are already happening here. When you find a post interesting, informative, or entertaining, use the ❤ to show your appreciation or support! 🤝 **Contribute** by commenting, sharing your own perspective, asking questions, or offering feedback in the discussion. Before replying or starting new topics, please review the [Community Guidelines](https://forum.midnight.network/faq). > If you need help or have a suggestion, feel free to ask in #Product Feedback or [contact the admins](https://forum.midnight.network/about). ---
**Author:** ![Aivaras](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.midnight.network/aivaras/32/7_2.png) [@Aivaras](https://forum.midnight.network/u/Aivaras)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/welcome-to-midnight-network/5/2 "2025-05-09T13:12:22Z")
First! Hello! happy to be here! ---
**Author:** ![HonoratKablansi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.midnight.network/honoratkablansi/32/675_2.png) [@HonoratKablansi](https://forum.midnight.network/u/HonoratKablansi)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/welcome-to-midnight-network/5/3 "2025-07-21T18:15:46Z")
Second! 🙂 More than happy to be here! ---
**Author:** ![Mumen\_Rider](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.midnight.network/mumen_rider/32/30_2.png) [@Mumen\_Rider](https://forum.midnight.network/u/Mumen_Rider)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 12:58am UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/welcome-to-midnight-network/5/4 "2025-07-25T00:58:33Z")
Hey everyone! Super stoked about Midnight ---
**Author:** ![Johnny5i](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.midnight.network/johnny5i/32/496_2.png) [@Johnny5i](https://forum.midnight.network/u/Johnny5i)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 5:14am UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/welcome-to-midnight-network/5/5 "2025-07-25T05:14:56Z")
Hello Everyone! John Santi here. Johnny5i. Bytewiard42i on Github. My passion is privacy preserving Digital Identitiy on Midnight. I have an entire suite of products that I want to implement which hinge on it. Feel free to reach out for question and collaboration. While I am not a strong coder, I am a talented theoretical blockchain systems architect. Be well! ---
**Author:** ![andreassosilo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.midnight.network/andreassosilo/32/35_2.png) [@andreassosilo](https://forum.midnight.network/u/andreassosilo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/welcome-to-midnight-network/5/6 "2025-07-25T19:52:17Z")
> [@system](#): > > 🗣 **Introduce yourself** by adding your picture and information about yourself and your interests to [your profile](https://forum.midnight.network/my/preferences/account). What is one thing you’d like to be asked about? Hello everyone! My name is Andreas 👋 I’m excited to be part of the Midnight Network. I look forward to learning more about this privacy-focused blockchain and also contributing wherever I can. I am especially interested in building DApp and smart contracts using Compact language. Midnight’s focus on zero-knowledge technology is something I find really powerful and inspiring. I’m from Indonesia and I hope I could help grow the local Midnight community here. Eager to connect with others who are passionate about Midnight. Looking forward to learning together and sharing ideas! ✨ ---
**Author:** ![daveproxy80](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.midnight.network/daveproxy80/32/103_2.png) [@daveproxy80](https://forum.midnight.network/u/daveproxy80)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/welcome-to-midnight-network/5/7 "2025-08-20T17:53:32Z")
Hello everyone, I’m David a Smart Contract Dev. Good to be here ---
**Author:** ![aagargoura](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.midnight.network/aagargoura/32/34_2.png) [@aagargoura](https://forum.midnight.network/u/aagargoura)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/welcome-to-midnight-network/5/8 "2025-08-22T09:00:01Z")
Hello everyone! My name is Ahmed 👋 I’m excited to be part of the Midnight Network. My main focus right now is learning Zero-Knowledge (ZK) smart contracts using the Compact language, with the goal of becoming an expert in this field. I believe Midnight’s vision of privacy-preserving technology is both powerful and essential for the future of decentralized systems. I’m based in Munich, Germany, but originally from Tunisia, and I’m eager to contribute to the growth of the Midnight ecosystem globally. Looking forward to connecting with fellow builders, sharing ideas, and learning together! ✨ * * * ---
**Author:** ![IslandghostSteph](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.midnight.network/islandghoststeph/32/143_2.png) [@IslandghostSteph](https://forum.midnight.network/u/IslandghostSteph)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/welcome-to-midnight-network/5/10 "2025-09-30T13:04:11Z")
I’ve spent the last two years building relationships and an environment where anyone with zero knowledge of how shielded technology can work alongside the XRPL blockchain and ecosystem. Along the way I have built solid relationships with the Cardano/Midnight and XRPL communities to help educate and find a way facilitate the XRPL becoming a partnerchain with the Cardano/ Midnight ecosystem. I join daily X spaces, and YouTube live streams where I go and speak about midnight’s zero knowledge proofs and how easy it is to learn compact with the assitance of AI and be able to build smart contracts and dapps that will integrate with the XRPL Blockchain. I have created a discord to make myself easily accessible to anyone that would like to start learning and guiding them on how to navigate the midnight document’s in basic use Midnight’s proof server, Lace wallet and how to use windsurf and AI to write smart contracts, generate proofs and build dapps that could one day be integrated into the XRPL ecosystem. ---
**Author:** ![Diegotowers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Diegotowers](https://forum.midnight.network/u/Diegotowers)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/welcome-to-midnight-network/5/11 "2025-11-04T12:51:53Z")
Hey! Aagargoura, that’s interesting to know! I’m working at Protofire, leading Midnight’s development team! ---
**Author:** ![JoeyR82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@JoeyR82](https://forum.midnight.network/u/JoeyR82)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/welcome-to-midnight-network/5/12 "2025-11-12T12:09:44Z")
Hey all, happy to be here. I work in the legal and compliance end of this industry for the last decade, but really interested to dive into midnight and see what’s being cooked up. Also interested in learning some code and seeing a project grow from a developer’s perspective! ---
**Author:** ![Spy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.midnight.network/spy/32/207_2.png) [@Spy](https://forum.midnight.network/u/Spy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/welcome-to-midnight-network/5/13 "2025-11-12T18:40:44Z")
Hi Spy Crypto here! Exploring Midnight heard @IslandghostSteph in a Space talking about Midnight- ima hooked 🪝 now. With my IRL experience ⚖ and life experience, I recognize Midnight as an amazing perhaps once in a lifetime 💫 opportunity for me to get involved albeit perhaps not at the beginning, but before normies! 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Spy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.midnight.network/spy/32/207_2.png) [@Spy](https://forum.midnight.network/u/Spy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/welcome-to-midnight-network/5/14 "2025-11-13T23:00:16Z")
Yep you are the one from Fireside? I love đź“„ compliance + law âš– as you already know! I absolutely know for me Midnight is in concert with my brain and my appreciation for same. 0: ---
**Author:** ![AmyO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@AmyO](https://forum.midnight.network/u/AmyO)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/welcome-to-midnight-network/5/15 "2025-11-14T08:51:03Z")
Bonjour from France! Great to be part of this amazing community! Claimed my NIGHT from the Glacier Drop and loving the Scavenger Hunt! Excited to learn more about the network and connect with other Midnighters. ---
**Author:** ![Spy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.midnight.network/spy/32/207_2.png) [@Spy](https://forum.midnight.network/u/Spy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/welcome-to-midnight-network/5/16 "2025-11-16T18:55:10Z")
Hello France! Greetings from here Idaho USA. How long have you been in Midnight or rather how did you get introduced to Midnight? ---
**Author:** ![AmyO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@AmyO](https://forum.midnight.network/u/AmyO)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 7:32am UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/welcome-to-midnight-network/5/17 "2025-11-17T07:32:46Z")
Hey Spy! I’ve been looking at Midnight since Charles Hoskinson first spoke about it at a Cardano Summit, but have been getting more actively involved over the past few months. You? ---
**Author:** ![Spy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.midnight.network/spy/32/207_2.png) [@Spy](https://forum.midnight.network/u/Spy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/welcome-to-midnight-network/5/18 "2025-11-17T16:43:08Z")
Amy O - I am one month new! @IslandghostSteph is active the $SIGMA Space and was talking about Midnight and I was extremely insterested. I started with Zealy and Midnight Academy straight away; the Discord (which I am still getting verified weeks and weeks have gone by) I joined @IslandghostSteph has a Discord as well. Have you started the Midnight Academy? ---
**Author:** ![Spy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.midnight.network/spy/32/207_2.png) [@Spy](https://forum.midnight.network/u/Spy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/welcome-to-midnight-network/5/19 "2025-11-21T04:39:33Z")
I see this also appears on my email fantastic! ---
**Author:** ![Parksing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@Parksing](https://forum.midnight.network/u/Parksing)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 7:12am UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/welcome-to-midnight-network/5/20 "2025-11-24T07:12:06Z")
Hey all! I’m excited to explore Midnight and get hands-on with Dust smart contracts. I’m really into privacy tech and zero-knowledge systems. Feel free to ask me anything about learning blockchain development or new tools in the ecosystem. ---
**Author:** ![IslandghostSteph](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.midnight.network/islandghoststeph/32/143_2.png) [@IslandghostSteph](https://forum.midnight.network/u/IslandghostSteph)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/welcome-to-midnight-network/5/21 "2025-11-25T06:46:21Z")
awww you ladies are making my heart swell [Next page](https://forum.midnight.network/t/welcome-to-midnight-network/5.md?page=2)