When I first looked at Midnight's privacy model, I kept tripping over the same question. If the chain hides balances inside zero-knowledge proofs, how do you actually write a token contract? Where does the contract end and the wallet begin? This tutorial answers that by building one. We write a Compact contract that mints, transfers, and burns shielded tokens, wire it through TypeScript, and drive it from a React frontend. By the end you will have a working dApp you can run locally, plus the men