Need-to-know information about the Midnight (NIGHT) airdrop:
The deadline to claim NIGHT in the Glacier Drop was October 20, 2025.
The deadline to participate in the Scavenger Mine was November 19, 2025.
The redemption period began on December 10, 2025, and ends on December 4, 2026. During this phase, NIGHT tokens from the Glacier Drop and Scavenger Mine will become available in four 90-day phases.
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What is the Midnight airdrop?
Midnight is a new blockchain that operates as a sidechain to the Cardano network. It focuses on privacy and data protection.
The Midnight airdrop, also called the Glacier Drop, is the distribution of the NIGHT token, which will serve as the network's main asset upon launch.
NIGHT will first be distributed as a token on the Cardano network. When the Midnight network launches, they can be used to claim mainnet NIGHT.
The deadline to claim NIGHT was October 20, 2025, for the Glacier Drop and November 19, 2025, for the Scavenger Mine.
From December 10, 2025, to December 4, 2026, if you participated in the Glacier Drop or Scavenger Mine, your NIGHT tokens will become available to redeem in four 90-day phases. To learn more, see: How does the NIGHT redemption period work?
To learn more about the airdrop, visit Midnight's website or their FAQ:
What were the requirements for the Midnight airdrop?
The deadline to claim NIGHT from the Glacier Drop was October 20, 2025. Claiming NIGHT in this phase was only available to addresses that held a minimum of $100 worth of ADA, BTC, ETH, AVAX, BAT, BNB, SOL, or XRP during the snapshot on June 11, 2025.
The deadline to earn NIGHT by providing computational power and solving challenges in the Scavenger Mine was November 19, 2025.
If you were eligible for the Glacier Drop but didn't claim NIGHT, or if you didn't participate in the Scavenger Mine, you won't be able to redeem NIGHT.
Midnight has mentioned plans for a final Lost and Found phase, where those eligible for the Glacier Drop but didn't claim might have a chance to recover a fraction of their original allocation. However, users will need to find their own way to interact with the relevant smart contracts to participate.
To learn more, visit Midnight's FAQ.
What are the different Midnight airdrop phases?
Here's an overview of the phases announced by Midnight so far:
To learn more about the phases, visit Midnight's website: How to get NIGHT tokens.
Phase 1 (Glacier Drop) - Ended October 20, 2025: Eligible addresses could claim NIGHT. The deadline to claim NIGHT during the Glacier Drop was October 20, 2025. Claimed NIGHT will become redeemable in phases during the redemption period.
Phase 2 (Scavenger Mine) - Ended November 19, 2025: Participants could earn NIGHT by contributing to the Midnight network.
Thawing and Redemption period - December 10, 2025, to December 4, 2026: If you claimed NIGHT from the Glacier Drop and Scavenger Mine, your NIGHT tokens will unlock (thaw) in four 90-day phases during the redemption period. To learn more, see: How does the NIGHT redemption period work?
Phase 3 (Lost and Found) - Upcoming: A final chance for those initially eligible who didn't claim before the deadline of Phase 1 to recover a fraction of their tokens.
Does Exodus support the NIGHT token?
Currently, Exodus does not support the Midnight network.
However, because NIGHT tokens from the Glacier Drop and Scavenger Mine are issued on the Cardano network, you can add NIGHT on Cardano as a custom token. To learn how to add custom tokens in Exodus, visit: How do I add a custom token?
Once the Midnight network launches, you'll need to use a wallet that supports the network if you want to use NIGHT on Midnight.
How does the NIGHT redemption period work?
The NIGHT redemption period started on December 10, 2025, and will end on December 4, 2026.
If you claimed NIGHT from the Glacier Drop or the Scavenger Mine, your tokens will gradually become available to redeem over the redemption period. Midnight refers to this process as thawing, which occurs in four phases. Each thaw is spaced 90 days apart and unlocks 25% of your NIGHT.
The date of the first thaw is randomly assigned to your address within the first 90 days of the redemption period, which began on December 10, 2025.
The first thaw date determines the schedule for the remaining three thaws, which occur automatically every 90 days thereafter. As a result, each address has its own unique thaw schedule.
After each thaw, you can choose to redeem the available NIGHT or wait until all of your NIGHT have thawed.
Midnight notes that the redemption portal will only be available for 90 days after the redemption period ends. To learn more, see Midnight's FAQ: How long do I have to redeem my NIGHT?
For more information, visit Midnight's website at https://www.midnight.gd/redeem.
How do I redeem NIGHT?
With the Midnight redemption portal, you can enter an ADA address that's eligible to redeem NIGHT, then connect a different wallet that's supported by the Midnight redemption portal to pay the redemption fees on behalf of that eligible address.
Paying the redemption fees with a different wallet does not change the destination of the redeemed NIGHT. The eligible address will receive the redeemed NIGHT tokens.
Redeeming NIGHT will incur an ADA network transaction fee.
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Go to the Midnight redemption portal https://redeem.midnight.gd/, and click Redeem your NIGHT.
a) Select Enter an address, b) enter the ADA destination address that's eligible to redeem NIGHT, then c) click Confirm.
To learn how to find your address in Exodus, visit: How do I receive Bitcoin and crypto in Exodus?
Here you can a) view when your NIGHT will become available (thaw), and b) the NIGHT you have redeemed so far.
a) If you have NIGHT that's ready to redeem, b) click Redeem to continue.
a) Select the wallet you want to use to pay the redemption fees as the connection method, and b) tap Redeem.
Exodus does not support connecting to the Midnight redemption portal. You will need to use a different wallet to pay the redemption fees on behalf of your eligible address. You can use any wallet that supports connecting to the Midnight redemption portal, as long as the wallet has enough ADA to cover the redemption fee.
The wallet you connected will open and prompt you to sign the transaction. Make sure the wallet has enough ADA to cover the network transaction fee.
After signing the transaction, the Midnight portal will show that your redemption transaction is pending. Your NIGHT will be redeemed once the transaction confirms.
After redeeming, the NIGHT is sent to the ADA destination address eligible for the NIGHT tokens.
If you received the NIGHT with your Exodus ADA address, then you can add NIGHT as a custom ADA token to see it in your wallet: How do I add a custom token?
To add NIGHT as a custom token in Exodus, use the following token contract address: 0691b2fecca1ac4f53cb6dfb00b7013e561d1f34403b957cbb5af1fa4e49474854
Watch out for scam airdrops
When popular airdrops happen, scammers often try to take advantage of the situation and attempt to steal funds or sensitive information from users interested in the airdrop.
To stay safe, it is important to keep the following in mind:
Never share your 12-word secret recovery phrase or private keys: Never share them with anyone, and never enter them into websites or online forms. To learn more, visit: How do I keep my secret recovery phrase safe?
Only use the official airdrop portal: Always check the website URL before connecting your wallet. Scammers often create fake airdrop websites that closely resemble the official one. For the NIGHT airdrop, be sure to use the official website: www.midnight.gd.
To learn more, visit: What crypto scams should I watch out for?