Build a Privacy DApp from Scratch in 20 Min | Midnight Network Beginner Tutorial. Part 1

Описание: Learn how to build your first privacy-preserving DApp on the Midnight Network — from zero to a deployed smart contract on a live blockchain. In this step-by-step beginner tutorial, I'll walk you through the entire process: installing the toolchain, writing a Compact smart contract, understanding zero-knowledge proofs, and deploying to testnet.
By the end, you'll have a fully working Counter DApp running on a real blockchain with ZK proofs — all in about 20 minutes.
What we cover:

What is Midnight and why data protection matters on-chain
Installing the Compact compiler, proof server & VS Code extension
Creating a project with create-mn-app
Writing and compiling a Compact smart contract
Understanding the monorepo pattern (2 workspaces)
Deploying and interacting on testnet
How the ZK transaction lifecycle works under the hood

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