The builder's unlock is the Offer File. Prove an offer locally, serialize it, and post it anywhere, a Discord channel, a Telegram group, or a shared Celestia namespace for public liquidity. Anyone can pull it down and match it, which means liquidity is shared across every Midnight project instead of each app fighting for its own.
EffectStream hands you live state over a simple RPC, so you never touch Celestia or Midnight indexing directly. And because the swap is a core protocol primitive rather than a contract you write and audit yourself, you can ship order books, RFQ DEXs, NFT marketplaces, and token launchpads without taking on that audit risk.
One current constraint to build around: Offer Files run with a one-hour expiry on the network today. The next hard fork extends that to two weeks. There's an order book template on GitHub to fork if you want a working starting point.
See the full walkthrough in the Fireside Hang with CTO Sebastian Guillemot.
Partner sprints accelerate application development
Partner sprints offer structured development initiatives that help teams build applications on the network. The previous sprint with 1AM recently concluded, resulting in custom-skinned wallets for the winning contributors: Spy, Violet_A, TomJohn, and HollandB. More information about these upskilling sprints can be found on the recent partner sprints blog.
Participants in the latest partner sprint with EddaLabs can compete for a bespoke engineering support session with ecosystem veterans. The top three participants will receive a dedicated technical session with EddaLabs engineers to review application architecture, evaluate design decisions, and audit Compact smart contracts. This is a great opportunity to learn directly from teams with years of Midnight experience. Participate now on Zealy.
Stay in the loop
The expansion of developer tooling, mainnet primitives, and ecosystem sprints provides multiple avenues for engineering engagement. Developers can access the repository templates, install the AI plugins, or participate in active community events to begin building privacy-preserving applications.
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