Midnight Get Three Active Programs for People Wey Dey Build Privacy Apps

Midnight get three active programs for developers wey dey build decentralized applications with data protection features. Two dey near their closing dates, while the third one dey enter new development window. For the wider Cardano ecosystem, the timetable bring education, prototype delivery and continuous product development into the same period.

Midnight Korea Hackathon Go Close September 28

The Midnight Korea Hackathon 2026 na four-week virtual program wey open on September 1. Participants fit work alone or as team of up to four to produce functional dApp wey go use Midnight privacy features and zero-knowledge proofs.

Every submission must include public GitHub repository with README, instructions on how to run the application or follow the demo flow, and explanation of how the project take use Midnight. People fit develop projects on the Preview or Preprod testnet or use local development environment. Demonstration video na optional.

The review process go check whether dem fit clone and compile the repository, whether the project description match the documentation, and whether person fit verify how the application take use Midnight. This format mean say the software must dey work and person fit reproduce am, no be just idea-only presentation.

Submissions go close on September 28 at 00:00 KST, wey be September 27 at 15:00 UTC. The event list $6,000 total prize package for the three highest-scoring teams, combine cash awards and AI Auditor credits. Winning teams go still get access to follow-up Demo Day and dem fit consider dem for Midnight Build Club incubation program.

New Moon to Full Go Still Open Till September 30

New Moon to Full: Monthly Moonshots on Midnight na free online builder program wey Midnight and Rise In present. The program start on June 29, but the official page still show say applications dey open, with registration wey go close on September 30.

The program follow six-phase development path. The first stages cover tool setup and the first Compact contract. Later phases go introduce front-end integration, Lace wallet connectivity, testing, continuous integration and deployment workflows, plus deployment on Preprod.

The remaining stages go carry participants reach functional minimum viable product, public documentation, user feedback and mainnet launch. The program open to everybody, include front-end, back-end and full-stack developers, and people wey just dey begin explore privacy-focused application development.

The program page list $8,000 monthly prize pool. The structure connect education with technical outputs, include Compact contracts, integrated interfaces, tested applications and deployed products.

Midnight Buildathon Wave 2 Go Start September 27

The Midnight Buildathon na three-month online program wey dem host on AKINDO. Dem divide am into three connected waves wey teams go build, submit progress, receive evaluations and come back with updated versions of their products.

The Wave 2 building period go run from September 27 reach October 17. Judging go follow from October 17 reach October 27, with $4,000 prize pool wey dem assign to the second wave. After that, Wave 3 go run from October 27 reach November 16, followed by another judging period and $5,000 prize pool.

September 27 na beginning of the next development window, no be submission deadline. The Buildathon format dey designed to move early concepts to stronger implementations through repeated development and evaluation cycles.

Across the three programs, the expected outputs include public repositories, testnet deployments, working user interfaces and continued product iterations. The Korea Hackathon dey test wetin teams fit deliver within four weeks, New Moon to Full tie education to release milestones, and the Buildathon extend development beyond the first prototype. Wave 2 go reach im submission checkpoint on October 17, with Wave 3 wey go start ten days later to continue that product cycle.