Cardano's Midnight Mainnet Launches with 9 Partners, Including Google Cloud

Cardano's Midnight mainnet has launched with 9 partners, including Google Cloud. The privacy-focused blockchain has produced over 163,000 blocks with average block times of 6 seconds and a finality gap of 2 blocks. Midnight uses a dual-token model, with NIGHT as the governance and utility token and DUST as a renewable transaction resource. The chain supports shielded and unshielded assets, as well as selective disclosure for auditors and regulators.