📁 Full source code: midnight-apps/shielded-token

Target audience: Developers

This tutorial walks you through building a complete shielded token DApp on the Midnight network. You will deploy a Compact smart contract, implement operations such as minting, transferring, and burning tokens, generate zero-knowledge proofs, and build a React frontend that lets users interact with shielded tokens in the browser.

Shielded tokens differ from unshielded tokens in that all balances and amounts remain hidden from on-chain explorers. Only the wallet owner can decrypt their balances locally. The smart contract proves correctness via zero-knowledge proofs without revealing any sensitive values.…