Mithril network

This section explores the Mithril network, which consists of various nodes that work together to execute the protocol’s rules for signing, aggregating, and verifying blockchain data. By distributing these responsibilities across a decentralized network, Mithril ensures secure, efficient, and scalable data validation without requiring full node operations.

📄️ Architecture

- The current Mithril network relies on a single aggregator. However, the team is working on a more decentralized version, where multiple aggregators will operate within the same Mithril network.

📄️ Mithril aggregator

A Mithril aggregator is a trustless node responsible for coordinating the activities of Mithril signer nodes. It gathers the individual signatures from the signer nodes to generate Mithril multi-signatures along with their corresponding certificates. Additionally, the aggregator is in charge of creating and maintaining the archive for the ledger state snapshot.

📄️ Mithril signer

The Mithril signer is a node that works transparently on top of the stake pool operators' Cardano nodes. It is responsible for independently signing the ledger state.

📄️ Mithril client

The Mithril client node is used to list, show or verify artifacts certified by Mithril certificates: