Midnight Messenger Dey Test iPhone and Android Apps

Midnight Messenger don start internal testing for native iPhone and Android applications, na wetin di development team announce on September 29. As dem show demo of two phones wey dey exchange messages, di team still outline new relay authentication and plans for closed beta with external testers. Di application dey use Midnight Preprod test environment for now.

How to Sign Up Without Phone Number or Wallet

Midnight Messenger allow users to connect with usernames for private conversations. Independent team dey develop di application, and di website give credit to Enigma Stake Pool, wey link di project to Cardano operator community. For di project forum discussion, Midnight Foundation clarify say e no own or maintain di application code.

According to di product description, di device go automatically create cryptographic identity. Users go then choose name wey other people fit take find dem, without to provide phone number, email address, or wallet connection. Di directory dey store cryptographic hash of di username and e support exact match lookup.

Midnight dey use DUST for network fees. During registration, sponsor go provide di required DUST and submit di prepared transaction, so users fit join without first buy cryptocurrency.

Identity recovery depend on 24-word phrase. Di project describe am as way to restore identity for new phone, while seamless synchronization across multiple active devices still dey roadmap. Di team no fit recover lost phrase for user.

Midnight Dey Verify Identity, MLS Dey Protect Conversations

Midnight, Cardano partner blockchain, dey verify say user control registered cryptographic key. Dis one establish messaging identity without check government ID or real name.

Di blockchain dey hold cryptographic identity record, im status, and public key. Messages and contacts dey handled separately. Di team publish two September 20 registrations wey Midnight Explorer show as successful registerIdentity calls for Preprod.

Conversations dey use Messaging Layer Security, or MLS, standardized protocol for end-to-end encryption. According to di application documentation, messages dey encrypted for di device before transmission. Relay servers dey forward di encrypted content and fit hold am temporarily when recipient dey offline.

Another separate component, di prover, dey generate zero-knowledge proof wey dem take establish control of identity. To produce dat proof require secret inputs. If external server perform di calculation, e go process those inputs, so dis step depend on trust for di operator. Di technical paper describe proving either for di device or through service wey di same operator as di sponsor dey run, with plan to move go fully local proof generation.

Relay Authentication and Independent Operators

Di latest version add authentication to relay connections. Di server dey send one-time challenge wey di application go sign with im identity key, then e go check access to di conversation. Di team report say dis process no require separate user accounts for di relay.

Relay still fit observe when particular pair of keys dey exchange data. Project documentation talk say temporarily stored messages dey deleted after collection, while uncollected messages go expire after seven days.

No date don dey announced for di closed beta. Di web version still dey help discover bugs, and full independent security audit dey planned before public mainnet launch.

Di team still dey prepare to bring independent relay operators enter di network. Di roadmap talk say applications go fit select servers and switch when one become unavailable, so message delivery fit extend pass infrastructure wey di Messenger developers dey maintain.