Midnight Wallet: NIGHT, cNIGHT and DUST Explained
A plain-language guide to Midnight in a Cardano wallet: what NIGHT and cNIGHT are, what DUST does, and where your zero-knowledge proofs get generated.
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A plain-language guide to Midnight in a Cardano wallet: what NIGHT and cNIGHT are, what DUST does, and where your zero-knowledge proofs get generated.
Generating DUST usually means a separate portal and a collateral puzzle. Here is the whole process, and how GeroWallet removes the three steps people get stuck on.
DUST is what pays for private transactions on Midnight. You do not buy it, you generate it. Here is what that means in plain English.
GeroWallet 2.7 is live. Apache 2.0 source code, a full visual rebuild, Midnight on mainnet, an in-wallet assistant and two external security audits.
A Midnight network wallet gives a Cardano holder a private side to the chain they already use. Here is what it has to do differently, what is live on mainnet, and how to set one up in GeroWallet.
What a Midnight blockchain wallet actually does, how NIGHT, cNIGHT and DUST fit together, and how to open one inside GeroWallet on mainnet without a bridge or a separate portal.
In April 2025 Gero announced Midnight support. Eighteen months later the Midnight wallet is live on mainnet inside GeroWallet, generating DUST from NIGHT and cNIGHT. Here is what shipped.