Overclock | Solana Validator

A high performance, homegrown Solana validator

Developing the full node client Mithril

Team: @7LayerMagik & @dubbel06

[Overclock | Solana Validator @OverclockSol]

1/ Since Mithril’s January alpha release, we’ve been heads-down. Today it moves to beta.

Mithril is faster, more capable, and now sources blocks directly from Turbine/Repair through Lightbringer, our new path to block data without RPC providers.

https://t.co/O4ilznvRZZ

[Overclock | Solana Validator @OverclockSol]

13/ With that, we'd like to thank some newer contributors helping push Mithril forward: community contributors @ananthbh (@triton_one) and @sonic_from_ny (@blueshift), plus our newest team member @NeerajGodiyal_.

[Overclock | Solana Validator @OverclockSol]

1/ Since Mithril’s January alpha release, we’ve been heads-down. Today it moves to beta.

Mithril is faster, more capable, and now sources blocks directly from Turbine/Repair through Lightbringer, our new path to block data without RPC providers.

https://t.co/O4ilznvRZZ

[Overclock | Solana Validator @OverclockSol]

12/ Beyond that, our roadmap includes pre-confirmed block support, especially for simulation, plus continued performance and RPC polish.

Because Mithril can run on lighter hardware than a full RPC node, we believe it could help power easy agent-driven setups that act on-chain.

[DoubleZero @doublezero]

https://t.co/7fdxmtS9V9

[Overclock | Solana Validator @OverclockSol]

@aceddeca1 @dev_jodee Yup it does, I'd skim this here
https://t.co/uHhRvH1VHX

[Overclock | Solana Validator @OverclockSol]

@UPONLYFOREVER @golang @7LayerMagik This is a full node and not a validator, so no rewards 😅 This will be mostly valuable for security + blockchain data

[Overclock | Solana Validator @OverclockSol]

1/ Two years ago, we set out to build a full node that could verify Solana Mainnet on modest hardware and home internet, making decentralization accessible.

Today we're releasing the Alpha version of Mithril, our Solana full node client in @golang, and it can do exactly that.

[Overclock | Solana Validator @OverclockSol]

@SolusRGB @golang @7LayerMagik Thank you mate

[Overclock | Solana Validator @OverclockSol]

@cryptomeleabs @golang @7LayerMagik Thanks Melea!

[Overclock | Solana Validator @OverclockSol]

@permaweave @StrategicHash Also, the large amount of Sol needed to break even is moreso an issue of voting fees being high rather than the hardware being that expensive

[Overclock | Solana Validator @OverclockSol]

For now we aren't working on a validator but it sounds like Alpenglow will make it easier for us to eventually transition to that potentially.

I think some have mentioned that the hardware requirements for Solana validators might go down with Alpenglow due to less fork management overhead. @bw_solana @toly would know