According to U.Today, Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano, provided an update on the network's rollups deployment. In response to a Twitter user's inquiry about which project he was referring to in two YouTube videos earlier this year, Hoskinson mentioned the need for rollups in a sidechain project. He added that the team is executing a very aggressive timeline and that Midnight will be the first user.

Last year, Input Output Global, the development company behind Cardano, launched the privacy blockchain Midnight, which will run as a sidechain on the Cardano blockchain. Midnight will use zero-knowledge proofs and a combination of private and public computation to provide a trustless ecosystem that protects sensitive personal and business data while remaining compliant. Use cases may include financial workflows, healthcare data, and supply chain operations.