Welcome to another edition of our weekly development progress report. Our development team has been hard at work addressing critical infrastructure challenges and enhancing the overall Mosaic Chain experience. Here’s what we accomplished this week and what’s coming next.
This Week’s Key Developments (August 18-22)
High Internet Usage Investigation
Our team dedicated significant resources to investigating and addressing the high internet usage problem that has been affecting some of our validators (more details later).
Deployment Process Enhancement Planning
We’ve been strategically planning improvements to our deployment processes to ensure smoother, more reliable updates and feature rollouts across the Mosaic Chain network.
Validator Dashboard Settings Menu
Development work continued on the Validator Dashboard settings menu, focusing on improving user experience and providing validators with more granular control over their node configurations.
DevNet Telemetry Page Development
Our team made progress on the DevNet Telemetry page, enhancing monitoring capabilities and providing better visibility into network performance metrics.
Bug Fixes and Optimizations
As always, we addressed various bug fixes and system optimizations to maintain the high performance standards our community expects from Mosaic Chain.
Next Week’s Roadmap (August 25-29)
Continued Internet Usage Optimization
We’ll continue our focused efforts on resolving the high internet usage issue, implementing the solutions we’ve developed through our investigation.
Deployment Process Implementation
The deployment process improvements we’ve planned will begin implementation phase, bringing more efficiency to our development workflow.
VPN Controller Email Change Feature
Development will begin on the email address change functionality within the VPN controller, improving user account management capabilities.
Automated Testing Expansion
We’re planning to create additional automated tests to ensure system reliability and catch potential issues before they reach production.
Deep Dive: Solving the High Internet Usage Challenge
The Root Cause
After thorough investigation, we’ve identified that the issue stems from libp2p – a low-level component used in Substrate clients responsible for building Peer-to-Peer networks. This same technology powers major blockchain networks including Ethereum, Filecoin, and Polkadot.
Technical Details
The problem occurs when nodes attempt to reach all libp2p-enabled devices approximately every 10 minutes to build a network map. This process creates a sudden spike of 5,000-10,000 connections within a single second, which exceeds the capacity that some residential internet service providers can handle simultaneously, potentially causing internet accessibility issues for affected users.
Key Discovery
Contrary to our initial assumptions, the issue isn’t caused by low available bandwidth but rather by the excessive number of simultaneous connections being established.
Our Solution Approach
We’re currently working with maximum available capacity to eliminate the need for devices to build this “network map,” which should resolve the connection spike issue entirely.
Current Status & Recent Achievements
Our early-week update package has been successfully deployed with flawless operations (as far as we know):
- Staking functionality operating flawlessly
- NFT images displaying correctly
- Indexer performance significantly improved with unhealthy node count reduced by 50%
