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Midnight's retired testnet traps developers; check configs before deploying
A developer deploying on Midnight's blockchain found their contract unreachable because tutorials pointed to the retired testnet-02 network. Midnight has multiple networks (local, preview, preprod, mainnet) that don't communicate, and old configs target dead URLs. The fix is to deploy to a live public network and verify via a block explorer.
Meridian48 take
This is a classic developer experience failure: retired infrastructure with outdated tutorials, not a fundamental flaw in Midnight's privacy tech.
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