Midnight: Roadmap introduces block production rewards - Q4 2026

Midnight's roadmap schedules the introduction of block production rewards for Q4 2026. The planned rewards will pay NIGHT to network operators, tying token payments to their role in producing blocks.For network operators, the announced mechanism creates a direct token yield channel: NIGHT payments for block production. The economic details remain unspecified, including the size of rewards and the emissions associated with them. Without those parameters, the roadmap does not establish how much NIGHT operators would earn or the scale of token distribution through this channel. The eventual effect on token supply and demand therefore remains undetermined.What does it take to make privacy practical onchain?The Midnight roadmap breaks it down across 7 areas of work, from confidential finance and digital identity to cross-chain development and next-generation proving infrastructure.Here's a deeper dive 🧵👇…