Ankr is excited to announce the release of Midnight on our Web3 API service, the network bringing rational privacy to blockchain! This is great news for developers looking to build advanced dApps on top of Midnight. Users can now access Midnight Public and Premium RPCs, make request calls, and receive information returns identical to those they would get by running a node themselves.

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What is Midnight?

Midnight is a privacy-focused blockchain developed by Input Output Global (IOG), the creators of Cardano. Built as a sidechain to Cardano, Midnight is designed to support data protection in smart contracts and decentralized applications by integrating zero-knowledge cryptography and private computation. Its primary aim is to help developers create decentralized applications (dApps) that comply with regulatory and data privacy requirements (such as GDPR), without sacrificing transparency or decentralization to safeguard personal and commercial data. Midnight supports smart contract development in TypeScript, offering a familiar environment for web developers while ensuring confidentiality for sensitive data across both public and private interactions.

Benefits of Midnight for Developers

• TypeScript Support: Enables developers to write smart contracts in a widely-used and accessible programming language.
• Privacy-by-Design: Uses zero-knowledge proofs and secure computation to allow for private smart contract execution and data sharing.
• Hybrid Smart Contracts: Supports both public and private smart contract elements, giving developers fine-grained control over visibility and confidentiality.
• GDPR and Compliance Ready: Built to help developers create applications that meet regulatory standards for data protection.
• Enhanced DApp Functionality: Makes it possible to build dApps that handle sensitive business or personal data, like voting systems, confidential finance, and health data, without exposing it on the blockchain.
• Scalability Potential: The use of sidechain architecture allows Midnight to operate independently, offering scalability without burdening the main Cardano chain.
• Open Ecosystem: Encourages developers to participate in building privacy-first Web3 solutions with open standards and tools.

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What Are Ankr’s New Midnight RPC Connections?

• Our Midnight RPCs (Remote Procedure Calls) connect your wallet, command-line interface, or decentralized applications with the Midnight blockchain. They act as a messenger or blockchain router that relays on-chain information between Midnight nodes, chains, and ultimately end-users so they can execute necessary tasks like transactions, populate wallet balances, fetch ownership information, and much more.
• Midnight RPC endpoints are a gateway for developers to interface directly with Midnight — a portal to communicate easily, remotely, and with no need to go through the DevOps of establishing their own Midnight nodes.
• Asphere is providing a geo-distributed Midnight RPC comprised of blockchain nodes running worldwide for incredibly low latency and reliable connections.

How Do the Midnight RPCs Help Developers?

Building with Midnight is an excellent choice for creating high-performance and privacy-focused dApps, but it requires access to the information on Midnight nodes to do so. Therefore, Ankr’s RPCs solve the following developer troubles:

Eliminates complex node ops - Midnight RPCs will completely remove the need for developers to set up their own Midnight nodes, removing hours of time spent building, calibrating, and fixing node issues.

Grants access to advanced tools -  Ankr’s Premium RPC Plan instantly grants access to the best tools to build applications quickly, including:

• At least 90,000 Midnight req/minute
• Dedicated Midnight endpoints
• Prioritized requests
• Priority support portal
• WebSockets (WS) capabilities

Powers wallets, apps, and open-source software that need access to Midnight - Connect with a cluster of high-performance nodes that hold the information you need to build and operate applications with Midnight chain capabilities.

Supports the Midnight network - Ankr and Asphere will strengthen the Midnight network globally by offering easier development and a broader, decentralized node infrastructure.

How to Make Your First Call to Midnight

You can now get started building on the Midnight network by heading to our RPC Service to make your first call! You can use the Midnight endpoint to call the chain using the standard EVM JSON RPC methods.

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