Last month was indeed one with major progress. We completed the Lithium audit after months of reviews, updates, re-audits, and testing. That’s truly an incredible milestone! And what makes this milestone so exciting is that over the past years, we've effectively built the equivalent of the Lightning Network but smart contract-based blockchains. Not for one chain, but for dozens. And this piece of technology will soon run the most performant payment and trading infrastructure in the industry!

We know many of you are eager for mainnet. We are too. With the audit completed, it may sound like we're standing at the finish line. While we are getting closer indeed, the reality is that there is still important work to be done.

As testing continues, we occasionally encounter edge cases and bugs that require us to pause, investigate, and update parts of the system before moving forward again. While this can sometimes be frustrating, it is also exactly why extensive testing exists in the first place. Every issue found today is one less issue that users will encounter tomorrow.

Lithium, once again...

Even after completing the audit, Lithium remains a major focus.

During continued testing, we identified a race condition in the off-chain logic that could cause payment channels to force-close unexpectedly. The issue stemmed from a state mismatch between two peers, leading one side to believe the channel was no longer synchronized.

While force-closing remains a safe fallback mechanism by design, it is obviously not the desired behavior during normal operation.

The issue was identified, resolved, and the update pushed for further testing. At the same time, we also discovered a minor issue in the Lithium on-chain contract. The fix itself was straightforward, but given that the contract had already been audited, we wanted to ensure the audit remained fully up to date.

After discussing the change with Cyberscope, they agreed to review and update the audit report at no additional cost. Kudos to them for their professionalism and flexibility throughout the process.

Scalability Is the Name of the Game

With the audit process behind us, a significant portion of development effort has shifted toward scalability and throughput. Simply put, we want to understand where the limits are.

How many swaps can be coordinated? How much traffic can the infrastructure process before bottlenecks begin to appear? So far, the answer has been encouraging: we have not yet found a hard limit.

Stress testing has repeatedly exposed bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and edge cases that required updates to the infrastructure. The important observation is that each limitation identified has been solvable. After every optimization, throughput increases, stability improves, and the system becomes more capable of handling larger workloads.

At the same time, as throughput increases, we are continuously evaluating infrastructure security, network protections, monitoring systems, and operational safeguards. Security and scalability often pull in opposite directions, which is why both need to be developed in parallel rather than treated as separate concerns.

Make sure to keep an eye out on our stats page to witness the next all time high in transaction throughput and volume!

We're looking for a video content creator

While development continues, we're also investing in Hydranet's public presence. We're currently looking for a video content creator to help us scale content production and communicate the project's progress.

What we're looking for

• Strong video editing and post-production skills
• Graphic design experience for thumbnails, overlays, or motion graphics is a plus
• Ability to leverage AI tools to improve workflow efficiency while ensuring all final content is your own work
• Sufficient availability to contribute consistently each week
• Reliability, responsiveness, and strong collaboration skills

If you're passionate about creating engaging video content and want to help shape Hydranet's public presence ahead of mainnet, we'd love to hear from you.

How to apply

Send an email to marketing@hydranet.ai with:

1. Two to three examples of your recent work
2. A short introduction, including your availability and motivation
3. Relevant experience and preferred tools (Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, CapCut, After Effects, etc.)

All applications will be reviewed personally by the team.

We hope to hear from you soon!

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