Would you rather choose the glass house transparency of public ledgers like Bitcoin and Ethereum or the total anonymity of privacy coins like Monero? Well, Charles Hoskinson believes he has found the middle ground with Midnight Protocol, a project he has famously dubbed the “Manhattan Project” of privacy technology. While Hoskinson frames this as a revolutionary step forward, it is worth noting that the concept of optional or selective privacy is not entirely new to the industry. Established projects like PIVX and Zcash have long offered users the choice between transparent and shielded transactions, proving that the technical foundations for such features have existed for years. Originally conceived as a Cardano sidechain, Hoskinson recently expanded the vision, pitching Midnight as a universal “cross-chain privacy layer” that could serve as a protective shield for Bitcoin and the XRP Ledger (XRPL)
source: https://medium.com/pivx/is-charles-hoskinsons-midnight-really-the-manhattan-project-of-privacy-8f6ca972f0d9?source=rss----430d9242e45e---4