Hydra team update 2024-02-23

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+title: Hydra Team Update
+slug: 2024-02-23-hydra
+authors: [ch1bo]
+tags: [hydra]
+hide_table_of_contents: false
+---
+
+### High-level Summary
+
+This week, the Hydra team successfully fixed the fanout after contest bug using their significantly improved model-based test suite. Additionally, they transitioned to cardano-api version 8.38 and started testing against cardano-node version 8.8. Furthermore, they enhanced fee estimation within the hydra-node internal wallet resulting in cheaper head opening / closing transactions and added transaction metadata to help identifying Hydra protocol transactions.
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+# What did the team achieve this week
+
+-   Fixed the fanout after contest bug using our signifcantly improved model-based test suite [#1260](https://github.com/input-output-hk/hydra/issues/1260)
+-   Switched to cardano-api 8.38 and run tests against cardano-node 8.8 [#1297](https://github.com/input-output-hk/hydra/pull/1297)
+-   Improved fee estimation in `hydra-node` internal wallet [#1315](https://github.com/input-output-hk/hydra/pull/1315)
+-   Added transaction metadata to identify Hydra protocol transactions (on L1) [#1311](https://github.com/input-output-hk/hydra/pull/1311)
+
+# What are the goals of next week
+
+-   Have the monthly review meeting + write a report
+-   Explorer targeting and showing data of the latest released `hydra` version
+-   Implement off-chain incremental commit protocol changes
+-   Review `EventSource` and `EventSink` refactor done by SundaeLabs
+-   See smoke tests passing consistently on Sanchonet