Midnight (NIGHT) airdrop

Modified on Mon, 18 Aug at 12:55 PM

UPDATE: 18th Aug 2025 - Added Cardano (ADA) instructions

What is Midnight?

Midnight is a next-generation privacy-first blockchain designed for compliant, decentralised applications that protect sensitive data using zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs)—so developers can choose what to share and what to shield.

Built as a partner chain to Cardano, it benefits from Cardano’s security while offering advanced features like programmable privacy, selective data disclosure, and a developer-friendly TypeScript-based infrastructure.

MIDNIGHT TOKEN DISTRIBUTION Glacier Drop claim is now Live. Glacier Drop, the first claim phase of the NIGHT token distribution, is now open to eligible participants.

Official Midnight Blockchain information is available here.
Official Glacier Drop information is available here.

!!! THIS IS ADVANCED TOPIC! BE CAREFULL TO ONLY FOLLOW OFFICIAL MANUALS!!! SCAMMERS ARE ACTIVELY TRYING TO EXPLOIT AIRDROP PHASES OF ALL TOKENS !!!

How can I claim Midnight tokens with BC Vault crypto wallet?

Glacier drop will divide NIGHT tokens to eligible users (you had to have more than $100 in the wallet at the point of the data snapshot) of the following crypto currencies:

Cardano (ADA)
Bitcoin (BTC)
Ethereum (ETH)
Solana (SOL)
Ripple (XRP)
Binance (BNB)
Avalanche (AVAX)
Basic Attention Token (BAT) on ETH

According to the official airdrop information you have to claim your NIGHT tokens latest by 4th Oct 2025! This is done by signing message with your eligible crypto wallet on their claim portal.

Claim Midnight tokens on ETH compatible networks

You can sign a message with your BC Vault Crypto wallet on following ETH compatible networks (ETH, BNB, AVAX and BAT) with help of WalletConnect and MyEtherWallet portal.

Make sure you have same wallet address available on Ethereum in the BC Vault Application. If you do not (BNB, AVAX, BAT) use "Copy to" function to copy the wallet to Ethereum network (Copy wallets between compatible networks).
Create a NEW Cardano wallet in the BC Vault Application (this wallet will get the NIGHT tokens once they are dropped - this will not happen now). This is a requirement by Midnight Airdrop (it has to new, empty ADA wallet).
Go to Glacier Drop Claim Portal - https://claim.midnight.gd.
Choose your Network (e.g. Ethereum), then select "I want to enter an address manually" and then Copy/Paste the wallet address to the portal and click on "CHECK ELIGIBILITY". If your address is eligible you will see a green "Your Origin address is eligible a NIGHT allocation" notification and will be able to continue the process. Click on Next:
Now you will be on the "Choose a Destination address" part, where you have to select where the NIGHT tokens will be dropped to once the drop phase will commence. Select "I want to enter an address manually", click Continue and copy/paste in the address of the new Cardano wallet you created in step 2. Click on "CHECK IF UNUSED".
If everything is OK with the destination Cardano wallet you will see a green "Your Destination address is unused" notification and will be able to continue the process. Click on Next:
Accept terms and conditions and you will come to the final step on the portal "Sign and complete claim". You will need the displayed "Unique claim message" which you will now sign with your BC Vault wallet. Leave the page open.
Open MyEtherWallet portal: https://www.myetherwallet.com
Use "Access my Wallet" function, select "Mobile Wallet" and then "WalletConnect". Copy the WalletConnect Connection Address.
In the BC Vault application select WalletConnect function. Select your existing Ethereum Wallet address under "Currency: Ethereum" and then Connect. Do this for each Crypto Wallet you want to do the claim for (do not select multiple wallets at the same time in the dialogue).
Once connected to the MyEtherWallet portal you will see your wallet on the top left. Go to Menu "Message" and "Sign Message". Copy and paste the message you got under "Unique claim message" from the Glacier portal and click on "Sign". Then continue in the BC Vault application where you will see the SIGN DATA dialogue. Sign the message.
Once you complete the signature procedure in the BC Vault application (Sign successful) you will get the signed message on the MyEtherWallet portal:
You will only need the signature part (sig) without the quotes. In the example above that would be string 0a3648....101b. Copy that string and return to the Midnight claim portal and paste it under "Signature" and click on "SIGN".
If everything was done correctly you will see a green "Your claim has been successfully signed" notification and you can click on the "COMPLETE CLAIM" button.

How can I claim Midnight tokens with other wallets mentioned in the official Midnight documents?

In case of claims on the blockchains as Cardano, BTC, XRP or even Ethereum ones where you would like to follow the official manual for supported wallets we recommend you to export particular crypto wallet from the BC Vault and import it to the mentioned software wallets: Supported wallets.

Since BC Vault does support export of the individual private key (Can I reveal raw private keys of a wallet on BC Vault?) of the wallets you can always export private key of the particular wallet (this will affect only one wallet - the one you export private key for, others are unaffected) and import it into another software/hardware wallet that supports requested actions for claiming NIGHT.

You can have same private key on multiple devices/software wallets - they give you access to the same wallet at the same time!

!ALWAYS HANDLE PRIVATE KEY VERY CAREFULLY! This is the key to your holdings in particular wallet! WE RECOMMEND YOU TO MOVE FUNDS FROM THE EXPOSED WALLETS BEFORE EXPORTING THE PRIVATE KEY!

Example: Claim Midnight tokens on Cardano (ADA) network with the help of Eternl Software Wallet and export of the private key

As mentioned above you can use export private key to transfer the wallet to officialy supported Midnight Airdrop wallet - Eternl.

You will export your private key, so first of all you should move all your funds to a new wallet! Airdrop only takes in the account how much ADA you HAD in the wallet at the time of the snapshot. So you actually do not need any funds in the wallet anymore.

If you enabled staking on your existing Cardano wallet, you should first take all your staking rewards and unregistered from the staking pool. Simply use SEND to your own address and enable "Use Rewards" under advanced options. This will send all the staking rewards to your exiting wallet. Once this operation completes, use the Staking/Unregister option to unregistered from the staking pool. Wait for operation to complete.

Create a new Cardano Wallet and use "Send all" on the original wallet to send all the funds to new wallet you have just created. Now all your funds will be in new wallet where you can again enable staking and do not forget the delegation. Your old original wallet is now empty and you can proceed with private key export - as there are no funds to be endangered by this process.
Now we will export the private key of the existing old Cardano wallet that is eligible for the Midnight Airdrop (you had to hold >$100 ADA in your wallet at the time of the snapshot) and you have just emptied.
Your BC Vault has to be in IKWID mode to be able to export private keys. Follow this steps first.
Once you are in IKWID mode export your old Cardano Wallet private key. You will get 128 characters (e.g. 12AB64D.....).
Split the key in two equal parts of 64 characters. They will be identical as first the part is 64 characters payment key and the next 64 characters are representing staking key and they are identical in BC Vault.
You will now create two text files (in text editor of your choice) that will represent payment in staking key in proper import format for the Eternl wallet (and also official Cardano CLI wallet).

Create file "payment.skey" in following format:

{
    "type": "PaymentSigningKeyShelley_ed25519",
    "description": "Payment Signing Key",
    "cborHex": “5820 + FIRST 64 CHARACTERS OF EXPORTED PRIVATE KEY"
}

Create file "stake.skey" in following format:

{
    "type": "StakeSigningKeyShelley_ed25519",
    "description": "Stake Signing Key",
    "cborHex": "5820 + LAST 64 CHARACTERS OF EXPORTED PRIVATE KEY"
}

In Google Chrome browser install the official Eternl Cardano Wallet Extension.
Go to Eternl.io wallet and follow the instructions to set your Eternl PIN.
Once you come to "Select wallet type" menu use the "More" option and then select "CLI Signing Keys". Now click on the "Drop files here" field and select both payment.skey and stake.skey files you created before. You should now see checkmarks for "Payment key" and "Stake key" and your correct Cardano wallet address below that:
Click on "Next", give your wallet a name (e.g. Imported wallet) and set a password of your preference.
You will now see your existing BC Vault wallet in Eternl:
Now go to official Midnight Airdrop portal, select "START A NEW CLAIM NOW", select "Browser Wallet", select "Eternl" and follow the instructions.
Once you complete the Claim, DO NOT FORGET TO DELETE your exported private key, payment.skey and stake.skey files. Wallet is empty, but it is still good practice to never leave private keys "laying around".

REMINDER: Midnight Airdrop requires empty Cardano Wallet as destination for the tokens drop. You can create new empty Cardano wallet in BC Vault and copy/paste the address into Destination wallet address in the process.