We’ve Been Lied To About Privacy
Every app wants your data… Every website tracks you… And most blockchains literally put your wallet activity out in the open for everyone to see.
I finally put on my reading glasses and started reading "Prove Nothing" by Charles Hoskinson, and it completely changed the way I look at privacy.
Honestly, most people think privacy means hiding it all away. But that's really not the case; you see, privacy is 100% about the control you have over what you don't want to disclose.
That’s what makes Midnight so interesting to me. The internet today works in extremes like You either reveal everything or you don’t participate at all. There’s absalutely no middle ground what so ever. That’s where zero-knowledge technology changes everything we know about our privacy.
The idea that you can prove something is true without revealing the actual information sounds insane at first. Like some kind of digital magic trick hidden inside mathematics.
But that’s exactly what Midnight is building towards.
What I like about Proving Nothing is that it doesn’t feel like one of those crypto books trying to sound smarter than you every paragraph. It actually breaks things down in a way normal people can start understanding.
The book goes deep into zero-knowledge proofs, selective disclosure, zk systems, Midnight, and how privacy could completely reshape the way we use blockchain technology moving forward.
And honestly, after reading through parts of it, you start realizing how backward the current internet really is. Like, why should every transaction be public forever? Why should proving something require revealing everything?
That model makes no sense anymore in this day and age. We’re moving into a world where privacy won’t mean disappearing. It’ll mean choosing what becomes visible. That’s why I think projects like Midnight actually matter so much more than ever in these times. I've included the link at the bottom of this article to Charles's GitHub release, for anyone that is interested in reading the book.👇
https://github.com/CharlesHoskinson/sevenlayer/releases/tag/v1.10
The book is completely free and open source to download.