Cardano Founder Proposes Integrating Midnight With Bitcoin and XRP Ledger

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Bitcoin breaking news: Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has proposed integrating his Midnight Protocol with Bitcoin and the XRP Ledger. In a Dec. 27 X post, Hoskinson argued that Midnight’s zero-knowledge proof architecture could enhance the capabilities of these blockchains rather than replace them. He suggested that integrating Midnight with XRP could enable private, compliant DeFi and help challenge legacy banks, while adding it to Bitcoin could realize Satoshi Nakamoto’s decentralization vision. Hoskinson also criticized legacy financial institutions for using the Canton Network to target the $10 trillion RWA market, calling for end-to-end strategies instead of partial solutions.

Citing Insidebitcoins, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has proposed integrating his Midnight Protocol with Bitcoin and the XRP Ledger. In a Dec. 27 X post, Hoskinson argued that Midnight’s zero-knowledge proof architecture could enhance the capabilities of these blockchains rather than replace them. He suggested that integrating Midnight with XRP could enable private, compliant DeFi and help challenge legacy banks, while adding it to Bitcoin could realize Satoshi Nakamoto’s decentralization vision. Hoskinson also criticized legacy financial institutions for using the Canton Network to target the $10 trillion RWA market, calling for end-to-end strategies instead of partial solutions.

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