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+title: Hydra Team Update
+slug: 2023-09-01-hydra
+authors: [v0d1ch]
+tags: [hydra]
+hide_table_of_contents: false
+---
+
+## High-level summary
+
+This week, the Hydra team focused primarily on changes needed in the network
+layer and have the first draft document related to needed design. They also
+improved the user experience by allowing a commit using inline datums.
+Discussed the off-chain governance with researchers and improved internal model
+tests. 
+
+## What did the team achieve this week
+
+- Monthly report published
+- Small changes to hydraw and tutorial in light of the Masterclass
+- Investigated a bug and saw it was solved by recent developments
+- Improved the model tests by fully validating L1 transactions
+- Enhanced the /commit API to also allow commit from scripts with inline datums (user request)
+- Discussed off-chain governance with IOG and CF researchers
+- Drafted a first network specification document in the context of Network resilience
+
+## What are the goals of next week
+
+- Have a clear understanding of the changes we need for the "Improve network resiliency" feature
+- Groomed and agreed plan on incremental commits/decommits
+- Updated tutorials including CI workflows to check consistency
+- Update to GHC 9.6 and latest cardano dependencies (ledger/plutus)