Midnight Network upgrades mainnet to Ledger 9 with private transfers and contract calls

The privacy-focused network skipped its usual testing soak and pushed the hard fork straight to mainnet, citing security considerations Midnight Network has moved its mainnet to Ledger 9. The upgrade adds private asset transfers, contract-to-contract execution and a fresh set of cryptographic standards. The hard fork landed on November 6, 2026. Midnight also skipped its usual staging environment, deploying directly to mainnet because of what it described as pressing security considerations. The headline feature for developers is contract-to-contract calls. One smart contract can now trigger another directly, without a user stitching the steps together manually. Ledger 9 also introduces unshielded event emissions. Contracts can broadcast certain events publicly, which matters on a network built around keeping things private by default. Then there are the cryptographic additions.