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Jean-Philippe Raynaud

High level overview​

The Mithril team released a new 2302.0 distribution that activates the optimization of the snapshot digest computation on the signer and aggregator nodes. They have implemented a backward/forward compatibility mechanism for handling seamless soft updates of the Mithril networks without using synchronous updates when possible. The team also worked on the proof of concept to rely on an on-chain transaction to synchronously trigger the era switch of all the signer and aggregator nodes.

Finally, they finished upgrading the devnet, fixed the flakiness issues in the end-to-end tests of the CI, and upgraded the SPO documentation to set up a Mithril signer node.

Low level overview​

  • Released the new distribution 2302.0
  • Implemented a backward/forward compatibility mechanism for API messages #688:
    • Implement the mechanism for the signer registration #689
    • Implement the mechanism for the signature registration #693
    • Implement the mechanism for epoch settings #695
    • Implement the mechanism for certificate pending #696
    • Implement the mechanism for certificate #697
    • Implement the mechanism for snapshots list #698
    • Implement the mechanism for snapshot #699
    • Update enforcement of API version with Semver #705
  • Completed the PoC implementation of backward compatibility with protobuf #677
  • Completed the PoC implementation of backward compatibility with avro #678
  • Completed the PoC to Read/Write transaction on chain for Era activations #672
  • Completed the upgrade Cardano devnet to 1.35.4 #523

· 2 min read
Jean-Philippe Raynaud

High level overview​

The Mithril team has been designing a mechanism for handling seamless updates of the Mithril networks in case of breaking-changes that require synchronous update of the signer nodes. This design has been formalized in an ADR. They have been working on an implementation of a proof of concept to rely on an on-chain transaction to synchronously trigger the version switch of all the signer nodes. They have also worked on implementing prototype solutions to minimize the use of breaking changes where soft updates are possible.

Finally, they have worked on upgrading the devnet and fixing some flakiness in the end to end tests of the CI.

Low level overview​

  • Implemented the redaction of an ADR for handling graceful updates of the Mithril Network #671
  • Worked on a proof of concept to handle backward compatibilty of exchanged messages with protobuf #677
  • Worked on a proof of concept to handle backward compatibilty of exchanged messages with avro #678
  • Worked on a proof of concept for reading/writing era activation markers with a Cardano chain transaction #672
  • Worked on upgrading the Cardano node of the Mithril devnet, as well as fixing flakiness of the CI #523
  • Prepared and tested the new 2302 distribution pre-release 2302.0-prerelease
  • Updated the documentation for SPO to build a signer node in order to better reflect the new release process #681

· 2 min read
Jean-Philippe Raynaud

High level overview​

The Mithril team has released the new distribution 2248.1 of their nodes. They have published the first version of the Mithril cryptographic library on crates.io, the Rust community’s crate registry. They have implemented an optimization on the individual signatures that no longer embed the verification key and stake. They have also enhanced their testing strategy by implementing a workflow that tests that the client binaries produced for multiple platforms (Linux, MacOS and Windows) are able to verify and restore snapshots.

Finally, they have kept on simplifying the aggregator node's multi-signer by removing the signer registration and the certificate creation from its responsibilities.

Low level overview​

  • Implemented removing verification key and stake from single signatures #619
  • Completed the extraction of the signer registration from the multi-signer #642
  • Completed the extraction of the certificate creation from the multi-signer #638
  • Implemented a workflow to test client binaries (Linux / MacOS / Windows) #601
  • Completed the signature of the artifacts produced by the CI #587
  • Fixed the protocol parameters transition #627
  • Worked on optimizing the snapshot digest computation #510
  • Worked on enforcing the API protocol versions in the client and signer #633
  • Worked on deactivating the non certified signer registration mode #621
  • Worked on the re-genesis of the test networks #651

· 2 min read
Jean-Philippe Raynaud

High level overview​

The Mithril team worked on finalizing their release process by adding new features: publishing their cryptographic library to the Rust community, adding node versions manifest in the release notes, and signing the binaries embedded in the distributions. They deprecated the declarative signer node registration that will be decommissioned in a few weeks. The team also completed the automatic store upgrade process for the signer and aggregator nodes.

Finally, the team continued working on the redaction of the CIP that will allow the decentralization of Mithril by using the Cardano networking layer.

Low level overview​

  • Implemented custom Mithril SPOs on testing/pre-release networks #563
  • Deprecated Signer Declarative Pool Id registration mode #585
  • Completed the second stage of the store automatic migration process #600
  • Completed the deployment pipelines to crates.io registry #588
  • Completed automatic generation of nodes/libraries versions manifest in releases notes #599
  • Completed CI/CD handling of PR from forks #597
  • Worked on the CIP design for Mithril piggybacked on the Cardano network layer #586
  • Worked on signing the artifacts released in the distributions by the CI/CD #587
  • Worked on multi-platforms end to end test #601
  • Worked on the refactorizaton of the aggregator multi-signer engine #398

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Iñigo Querejeta Azurmendi

High level overview​

The Mithril team has released their second distribution 2246.1 following the activation of the alpha version of the new release process. They continued refining its implementation and added a new set of artifacts to the distributions, such as Debian packages and macOS/Windows binaries. The team also enhanced the Mithril Explorer, which now provides more detailed information about epoch settings and easier access to multiple aggregators for the users. They have also worked on an enhanced mechanism for node versioning, storage, and communication protocol. They also implemented version detections for the signer and aggregator nodes, designed the automatic store upgrade feature for these nodes, and enhanced the documentation of the configuration parameters of the several Mithril networks.

Finally, the team continued working on the elaboration of the CIP that will allow the decentralization of Mithril by relying on the Cardano node network layer.

Low level overview​

  • Released a new Mithril distribution 2246.1
  • Completed the first stage of the store migrations process #562
  • Added a Mithril API version that is now exposed in the headers of the requests sent and received by the nodes #565
  • Enhanced the explorer UI with epoch settings information and aggregators management on browser local storage #576
  • Prepared a Daedalus synchronization benchmark video with/without Mithril #606
  • Upgraded the Cardano nodes of the testing Mithril networks to 1.35.4 #594
  • Worked on implementing SPO tests nodes on testing Mithril networks #563
  • Worked on the CIP design for Mithril piggybacked on the Cardano network layer #588
  • Worked on the refactorizaton of the aggregator multi signer engine #398