Cardano Scaling Solution Hydra Gets New Update

The core team behind the Cardano Hydra Head protocol have surmounted all odds and have introduced a new upgrade today. First revealed by Sebastian Nagel, the upgrade has now seen Cardano Hydra move to the version 0.11.0 which comes with defined benefits.

Insights into the Hydra Version 0.11.0

As a piece of software, the Cardano Hydra head is amenable to changes and upgrades that can help bolster its functionalities. As detailed by Sebastian, the L2 ledger is now fully isomorphic to the Layer-1 (L1) by adding timed transaction support. Besides this unique addition, the latest version also comes with the long awaited commit from external wallets.

While this may sound technical, it is worth noting that the core role of the Hydra Head upgrade is to push the protocol to function as designed in a bid to enable it to beat its performance expectations. 

As reported earlier by Coingape, Hydra became compatible on the mainnet back in May this year, showcasing months of active developmental work put into the scaling protocol. As an outfit that is designed to address a number of issues on Cardano, the parent company Input Output Global brand has come out to tone down the expectations that suggests Hydra Head will be able to handle up to 1 million Transactions Per Seconds (TPS).

While the actual capacity of Hydra is not fully unveiled, the scaling protocol has a limit which pegs each head to handle a transaction load that does not surpass 16 kb. According to the Version 0.11.0 GitHub page, it shows the total transactions the heads can handle is pegged at just about 60.

Consistent Upgrades to Achieve the Ultimate Goal

Getting its first upgrade is a testament that the Hydra Head protocol can be worked on and modified until the Cardano scaling dream is achieved. As the first scaling solution on Cardano, it is bound to serve as a reference for other upcoming developers who may want to build a similar solutions on the platform.

In all, Cardano still lags behind the likes of Bitcoin and Ethereum which has functional and publicly accepted Layer-2 protocols running on them.