Cardano founder's midnight plan is progressing smoothly as expected

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson confirmed that Midnight’s development progress is proceeding as planned by the team.
The latest comments come from a preview snippet shared by a developer working on Devnet. Notably, Stevan Lohja, a developer relations engineer at Input Output (IOHK), recently shared an image showing the progress of Midnight’s development.
The image was published on X and shows the technical log of "midnight-node-testnet", showing the process of syncing blocks and verifying operations. These activities are important to ensure the stability, progress, and functionality of the Midnight network.
In the images, Lohja showed processes such as block synchronization and session start, drawing public attention to the real-time activity of the network. Basically, this indicates that Midnight is moving towards a stable testing environment. Therefore, testing of the network may proceed to the next stage as planned.
Cardano founder responds
In response to Lohja’s post, Cardano founder and IOHK chief Charles Hoskinson made a lighthearted comment. He responded with a Star Wars meme of Imperial Führer Palpatine captioned, "Everything went just as I expected."
This statement is intended to reassure the Cardano and Midnight communities that the development of the privacy sidechain is progressing smoothly and without encountering any obstacles.
Hoskinson has consistently expressed confidence in Cardano’s innovative approach to layered blockchains and believes Midnight will deliver on its promise of privacy and compliance through zero-knowledge cryptography.
Midnight will prioritize privacy and compliance
For the unfamiliar, Midnight is designed to be a data-protected sidechain for Cardano. It aims to combine privacy and compliance, leveraging zero-knowledge cryptography to enable private transactions and decentralized applications without sacrificing security or transparency.
The network’s native tokens NIGHT and DUST are important to this architecture. Specifically, the chain will utilize NIGHT for governance and utility, while DUST will serve as a fuel token. Together, these tokens form the core of the Midnight economic system.
The Midnight team recently released a white paper called Nightpaper, which details the technical framework, roadmap, and vision of the sidechain.
Notably, the document outlines the network’s goal of building a bridge between privacy and compliance. Nightpaper also lays out a development roadmap, revealing the project’s future milestones towards mainnet.
Currently, Midnight is in the Devnet stage and the testnet is expected to be launched soon. The upcoming testnet will give the public the ability to experiment in a safe sandbox environment.
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