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FestFund: Private Contributions & Public Recognition - A Zero-Knowledge Fundraising Solution

Arya Pratap Singh on September 07, 2025

This is a submission for the Midnight Network "Privacy First" Challenge - Protect That Data prompt. Quick Links: Tech Stack: No...

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@aryprogrammer, I was trying to run your project demo locally, and a couple of things came across my mind.

At 13:13, your wallet link doesn't work.
It's not connecting to Midnight network, instead to ETH, check 13:37
MongoDB is based on web2.0 infrastructure (as per 19:33, so data is mutable)
Most of the things in the live demo doesn't work, and are hardcoded or either mocked.

It doesn't follow the given prompt (Protect That Data) guidelines, does it?

Thanks for the feedback,

It did connect to wallet link when I tried it again.
It didn't connect to midnight network and to ETH because I was testing it ut as well.
MongoDB was used to temporarily store the data so it could be contrasted later on.
It's a live demo and uncut testing, it used bit of mock things but yeah obviously it works in local. I have mentioned that as well in the Notes. Moreover I had read the guidelines multiple times and assure you it follows them exact to the point. I also uploaded the demo video for the same purpose. It justifies the problem statement as well which I'm trying to solve.

Thank you sincerely