Official Midnight Network partnerMidnight Wallet: The Easiest Way to Generate DUST
Claim your NIGHT, open a Midnight wallet in GeroWallet, and start generating DUST from NIGHT or cNIGHT without a bridge or a separate portal. Live on mainnet since version 2.7.
Why GeroWallet Is the Easiest Way to Generate DUST
Every step that normally sends you to an external site, a bridge, or a support channel happens inside the wallet instead.
Registration in-wallet
Register NIGHT or cNIGHT for DUST from the DUST tab. No separate registration portal, and deregistration and destination changes live in the same place.
No bridging needed
cNIGHT generates DUST while it stays on Cardano. You do not have to move claimed tokens to Midnight first.
Sponsored collateral
Registration needs a pure-ADA UTxO, which most wallets do not have. Gero lends one from a shared pool so the registration goes through.
Duplicate detection
Registered twice? The wallet notices and guides you through consolidating, instead of leaving your generation split.
One battery for both
A single DUST battery covers native NIGHT and cNIGHT-backed generation, so you see one honest number.
Gero Cloud proving, zero setup
Proofs run on Gero Cloud by default. Switch to a local prover or Arkhia with your own key whenever you want.
From Glacier Drop Claim to DUST in Five Steps
The claim itself happens on the Midnight Foundation's official portal, linked from midnight.network. Everything after that happens in GeroWallet.
- 1
Claim your NIGHT
Complete the Glacier Drop claim on the official Midnight claim portal. Claimed tokens arrive on Cardano as cNIGHT in the wallet address you used.
- 2
Add a Midnight wallet in GeroWallet
Open the onboarding card, pick Midnight, then mainnet. The app re-themes in violet so you always know which chain you are on.
- 3
Register for DUST
In the DUST tab, register your cNIGHT (or native NIGHT). If your wallet lacks a pure-ADA UTxO, Gero sponsors the collateral.
- 4
Watch the battery fill
DUST accrues from your registered NIGHT and cNIGHT. One battery shows both.
- 5
Send privately
Use DUST to pay for shielded transactions. Choose where your zero-knowledge proofs run, or let your desktop prove for your phone.
What DUST Is, in One Paragraph
DUST is the resource that pays for activity on Midnight. You do not buy it and it is not traded. It refills over time from the NIGHT you hold, so think of it as a battery rather than a balance. Hold NIGHT on Midnight or cNIGHT on Cardano, register it, and the battery charges. Spend DUST on shielded transactions and it charges again.
Because generation is tied to holding, not to bridging, GeroWallet can do the whole thing from your existing Cardano wallet.
NIGHT, cNIGHT and mNIGHT
| Token | Where it lives | Generates DUST in Gero? |
|---|---|---|
| NIGHT | Native on Midnight | Yes |
| cNIGHT | On Cardano, how Glacier Drop claims arrive | Yes, with no bridge |
| mNIGHT | cNIGHT after bridging to the Midnight ledger; no longer on Cardano | Yes, as native NIGHT |
What You Can Do on Midnight with GeroWallet
Midnight is a zero-knowledge blockchain built by the Midnight Foundation. GeroWallet gives you a non-custodial wallet for it, with the privacy tooling built in rather than scattered across external portals.
Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Prove transaction validity without revealing any sensitive information. Advanced cryptography ensures your privacy.
Shielded Transactions
Send and receive crypto with encrypted amounts and addresses. Only you can see your transaction details.
DUST Generation In-Wallet
Generate DUST from native NIGHT on Midnight, or from cNIGHT held on your Cardano wallets. Registration, deregistration and destination migration all happen in GeroWallet, with no external portal.
Selective Disclosure
Choose what to reveal and when. Compliance-ready with optional transaction disclosure for regulatory requirements.
Choose Where Your Proofs Run
Run zero-knowledge proofs on Gero Cloud, a local proof server on your own machine, or Arkhia zkPaaS with your own key, switchable from the dashboard or side panel.
Cross-Device Proving
Your desktop can generate proofs for Midnight sends on a paired phone over an end-to-end-encrypted channel, so Gero infrastructure only ever sees ciphertext. Pairs with the GeroWallet iOS beta.
Why Privacy Matters
Public blockchains put your entire balance and payment history on display. Midnight keeps that information yours, without putting you outside the rules.
Security
A public balance makes you a target. Keeping your holdings confidential removes the information an attacker would use to pick you out in the first place.
Freedom
Salaries, suppliers and counterparties should not be public by default. Shielded transactions let you move value without broadcasting who you deal with.
Compliance
Private is not the same as hidden. Selective disclosure lets you prove a specific transaction to an auditor or regulator without opening up everything else.
Go Deeper on Midnight
Guides from the GeroWallet blog, from first principles to running your own proof server.
Midnight Wallet FAQs
Common questions about the Midnight blockchain and using it inside Gero Dashboard.
DUST is the resource that pays for activity on Midnight. It is not a token you buy: it refills over time from the NIGHT you hold, like a battery. GeroWallet generates it for you in-wallet, from native NIGHT on Midnight or from cNIGHT held on your Cardano wallets. Registration, deregistration and destination changes all happen inside the wallet, and Gero can sponsor the collateral if your wallet has no pure-ADA UTxO.
The Glacier Drop claim runs on the Midnight Foundation's official claim portal, linked from midnight.network. Treat any other domain with caution. Claimed NIGHT arrives on Cardano as cNIGHT. Open GeroWallet, add a Midnight wallet from the onboarding selector, and register your cNIGHT for DUST generation from the DUST tab. No bridge, no separate portal after the claim.
NIGHT is Midnight's native token. cNIGHT is NIGHT represented on Cardano, which is how Glacier Drop claims arrive. mNIGHT is cNIGHT that has already been bridged onto the Midnight ledger. Both NIGHT and cNIGHT generate DUST in GeroWallet, and one DUST battery covers both. cNIGHT that has become mNIGHT is no longer on Cardano.
Midnight is a separate, integrated partner chain in the Cardano ecosystem, built by the Midnight Foundation, not by Gero. It uses zero-knowledge cryptography to keep transaction data confidential while remaining provable. You hold ADA on Cardano and NIGHT or cNIGHT for Midnight. GeroWallet shows both chains in one dashboard, and Midnight is live on mainnet in the wallet as of version 2.7.
Midnight is a blockchain, not a wallet. GeroWallet is an official Midnight Network partner and provides the non-custodial wallet you use to hold assets, generate DUST and transact on Midnight.
Midnight uses zero-knowledge proofs to enable shielded transactions where transaction amounts and recipient addresses are encrypted. Only you can see your transaction details while still proving validity to the network. Selective disclosure lets you prove a specific transaction to an auditor when you need to.
That is your choice. GeroWallet lets you run proofs on Gero Cloud with zero setup, on a local proof server on your own machine, or on Arkhia zkPaaS with your own key, and you can switch between them from the dashboard or side panel. Cross-Device Proving also lets your desktop generate proofs for a paired phone over an end-to-end-encrypted channel, so Gero's infrastructure only ever sees ciphertext.
GeroWallet detects duplicate DUST registrations automatically and walks you through consolidating them, so your generation is not split across registrations. This is one of the failure modes that stalls most manual registrations, and the wallet handles it for you.
Start Generating DUST in GeroWallet
Midnight is live on mainnet in GeroWallet. Generate DUST from NIGHT or cNIGHT, send shielded transactions, and choose where your proofs run, from the same wallet you already use for Cardano.
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