Midnight and HackQuest Launch Midnight Academy for Global Developers
Singapore, Singapore, January 22nd, 2026, Chainwire
HackQuest, a leading provider of Web3 education infrastructure, today announced a partnership with the Midnight Foundation, an organization dedicated to advancing the development, adoption and decentralization of the Midnight Network, to launch the Midnight Academy, a free, developer-focused learning platform that helps builders learn how to build privacy-enhancing applications on Midnight.
Powered by HackQuest, Midnight Academy brings together structured technical education and hands-on development workflows, enabling developers to move from foundational privacy concepts to building production-ready, full-stack applications on a privacy-enhancing blockchain. The Academy provides a clear path for developers to understand why privacy matters, how Midnight enables programmable that can balance compliance requirements with the need to protect sensitive data.
About Midnight Academy
Midnight Academy offers a structured, multi-level learning experience covering blockchain and smart contract fundamentals, zero-knowledge proofs, privacy design patterns, development environment setup, Compact programming, and end-to-end application deployment on the Midnight network.
The curriculum focuses on how privacy works in real systems, including core concepts such as commitments, Merkle proofs, nullifiers, and selective disclosure. The learning experience is practical and builder-oriented, with developers writing, compiling, testing, and deploying real Compact smart contracts, integrating them with front-end and back-end components, and deploying complete privacy-preserving applications.
Regular knowledge checks, quizzes, and progress tracking enable learners to validate their progress and earn XP and badges as they advance.
The Mission: A Clear Path to Privacy App Development
The mission of Midnight Academy is to lower the barrier to building privacy-first applications while maintaining technical depth and production relevance. By combining Midnight’s privacy-enhancing blockchain architecture with HackQuest’s proven developer education framework, the Academy offers a clear path for developers to learn how to ship real, user-centric privacy-preserving applications on Midnight.
Midnight Academy is free and open to smart contract developers, privacy and zero-knowledge researchers, students exploring confidential computing, and builders looking to deploy privacy-first applications. No prior blockchain experience is required, and testnet resources are provided to support experimentation and learning.
More information is available at: https://academy.midnight.network/
About Midnight Foundation
The Midnight Foundation is an organization dedicated to advancing the development, adoption, and real-world impact of the Midnight network, the privacy-enhancing blockchain project developed in conjunction with Shielded Technologies. Designed for privacy-enabling smart contracts, Midnight encourages developers to consider the power of building compliant applications with selective disclosures. It leverages zero-knowledge proofs and a cooperative tokenomics architecture—with NIGHT as the utility token and DUST as the utility resource—to deliver a powerful combination of rational privacy, security, and decentralization.
More information is available at: https://midnight.foundation.
About Midnight Network
Midnight is a fourth-generation blockchain, empowering organizations to deliver regulation-friendly, data-protecting applications that keep users in control of their own information. Harnessing the power of zero-knowledge cryptography, Midnight provides a platform for creating new business models that offer a radically different approach to handling data.
More information is available at: https://midnight.network/.
About HackQuest
HackQuest provides Web3 education through hands-on, project-based learning and expert mentorship, helping developers and founders gain critical blockchain skills and real-world experience while building applications in a collaborative and inclusive environment.
More information is available at: https://www.hackquest.io/.