🏆 Midnight Hackathon 2026 — Best Use of Midnight Network

Prove Your Skills.
Protect Your Identity.

The first anonymous resume verification platform. Zero-knowledge proofs let candidates prove they qualify without revealing who they are. Fair hiring — mathematically guaranteed.

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50%
More callbacks for "white-sounding" names on identical resumes
30%
Fewer STEM interviews for women with identical qualifications
78%
Of workers 40+ report experiencing age discrimination
26%
Fewer callbacks when disabilities are disclosed on applications

How ShieldHire Works

1

Employer Posts Requirements

Sets minimum qualifications — years of experience, education level, and skill score. The setRequirements() transition writes these to the public ledger. Anyone can verify what the job requires.

🔗 Public Ledger
2

Candidate Applies Anonymously

Submits qualifications as ZK witnesses — private inputs that go into the circuit locally. The applyAnonymously() transition accepts secret_years, secret_education, and secret_skill. These values never leave the device.

🛡ī¸ Shielded Ledger
3

ZK Proof Generated

The qualificationCheck() circuit runs locally via the Midnight Proof Server. It produces a ZK-SNARK proof that the candidate meets requirements — without revealing any witness values. Only the proof + boolean result go on-chain.

🔐 Zero-Knowledge

The ZK Pipeline

Every application flows through these 5 stages on Midnight

1 Deploy setRequirements() 2 Witness secret_* inputs 3 Circuit qualificationCheck() 4 ZK Proof ZK-SNARK generated 5 On-Chain Result recorded

Traditional Hiring vs ShieldHire

❌ Traditional Hiring

  • Full name triggers unconscious bias
  • Photo can reveal race and gender
  • Address reveals socioeconomic status
  • University name creates elitism
  • Graduation year reveals age
  • No proof the process was fair
  • Centralised — company controls data

✅ ShieldHire on Midnight

  • Identity completely shielded
  • Only qualifications evaluated
  • ZK proof verifies requirements match
  • Immutable public audit trail
  • Candidate owns their data
  • Mathematical fairness guarantee
  • Decentralised — no central authority

Try the Demo

Choose your role to experience ShieldHire

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I'm an Employer

Post a job with requirements and deploy to Midnight Network
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I'm a Candidate

Apply anonymously — your identity stays shielded by ZK proofs
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BUILT WITH

🌙 Midnight Network 🔐 Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZK-SNARK) 📝 Compact Language ⚡ TypeScript 🔗 Dual Ledger Architecture 🛡ī¸ Shielded Witnesses