Cardano Founder: Midnight Will Not Onboard Monero or ZCash Users (ADA)

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson stated that the privacy-focused Midnight blockchain will not actively onboard users from Monero or ZCash to its mainnet, scheduled for March 31, 2026. "We won’t bring over users from Monero or ZCash," Hoskinson said at Consensus Hong Kong on February 12, 2026. "They will join when they choose, but they belong to a different demographic. Midnight aims to serve the billions who may not even realize they need privacy." Hoskinson emphasized privacy is not a simple on/off switch, differing from the monero and zcash approach. Midnight, a partner chain to Cardano (ADA), plans a March 2026 mainnet launch.