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+title: Mithril Team Update
+slug: 2023-08-10-mithril
+authors: jpraynaud
+tags: [mithril]
+hide_table_of_contents: false
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+## High level overview
+The Mithril team completed the **Mithril protocol’s mainnet beta** launch: the `release-mainnet` network is now consistently producing new certificates and snapshots! The team has released a new distribution [`2331.1`](https://github.com/input-output-hk/mithril/releases/tag/2331.1) which includes some optimizations and bug fixes: the bootstrap time of a Cardano node restored from a Mithril snapshot has been significantly reduced, and a bug that made the aggregator produce corrupted archives has been fixed. They also kept working on the implementation of the stress test tool for benchmarking the aggregator: the first phase has been implemented, as well as a monitoring feature. Additionally, they kept implementing the refactoring of the serialization/deserialization of the entities of the cryptographic library, and working on the post deployment of the `mainnet` infrastructure.
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+Finally, they completed the rewriting and enhancements of the documentation website, and they completed the runbook for operating a production Mithril network.
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+## Low level overview
+- Released the new distribution [`2331.1`](https://github.com/input-output-hk/mithril/releases/tag/2331.1)
+- Completed the epic `Release 'mainnet' Mithril network` [#918](https://github.com/input-output-hk/mithril/issues/918)
+- Worked on the epic `Benchmark performances of Mithril Aggregator` [#904](https://github.com/input-output-hk/mithril/issues/904):
+  - Completed the issue `Design & implement basic stress test tool for aggregator - phase 1` [#991](https://github.com/input-output-hk/mithril/issues/991)
+- Worked on the epic `Post deployment 'mainnet' infrastructure` [#1091](https://github.com/input-output-hk/mithril/issues/1091):
+  - Completed the issue `Create Production Infrastructure Runbook` [#1085](https://github.com/input-output-hk/mithril/issues/1085)
+  - Completed the issue `Ingest 'mainnet' metrics/logs in Grafana` [#1122](https://github.com/input-output-hk/mithril/issues/1122)
+- Worked on optimizations:
+    - Completed the issue `Add a 'clean' file to extracted database in client` [#1131](https://github.com/input-output-hk/mithril/issues/1131)
+    - Worked on the issue `Create explorer page with registered signers` [#1097](https://github.com/input-output-hk/mithril/issues/1097)
+- Worked on refactoring:
+  - Worked on the issue `Refactor (de)serialization of crypto entities` [#668](https://github.com/input-output-hk/mithril/issues/668)
+- Worked on bugs:
+  - Completed the issue `Client fails to unpack some snapshot archive` [#1137](https://github.com/input-output-hk/mithril/issues/1137)
+  - Completed the issue `The 'release-preprod' network stopped producing certificates` [#1114](https://github.com/input-output-hk/mithril/issues/1114)
+  - Completed the issue `The 'release-mainnet' network does not show up in the explorer` [#1111](https://github.com/input-output-hk/mithril/issues/1111)
+- Worked on dependencies:
+  - Completed the issue `Upgrade Cardano node to '8.1.2'` [#1090](https://github.com/input-output-hk/mithril/issues/1090)
+- Worked on troubleshooting:
+  - Completed the issue `Signer can't sign with 'Invalid signature for party' error` [#1125](https://github.com/input-output-hk/mithril/issues/1125)
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