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blog/2022-12-05-monthly-report-cardano-scaling/index.md

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+slug: 2022-12-05-monthly-report-cardano-scaling
+title: "Monthly Cardano Scaling Report"
+authors: [scaling]
+tags: [development, scaling]
+---
+Since October 2022, the Hydra team released versions 0.8.0 and 0.8.1, introducing persistence and improving user experience. The roadmap now focuses on finalizing the Hydra V1 specification and preparing for an audit. Key projects include Hydra for Payments and Hydra for Voting, with progress in formal verification and product demonstrations. The team rebranded the repository to reflect its maturity and held a workshop to set new goals for 2023.
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+ [**Read more**](https://cardano-scaling.org/monthly/2022-11) 
+</div>

blog/2023-01-09-monthly-report-cardano-scaling/index.md

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+slug: 2023-01-09-monthly-report-cardano-scaling
+title: "Monthly Cardano Scaling Report"
+authors: [scaling]
+tags: [development, scaling]
+---
+Since November 2022, the Hydra project has made notable progress. The team completed the validation of the coordinated head protocol against a formal model and detailed a follow-up task on model-based testing. They focused on closing gaps in the specification to support an audit, scoped down version 0.9.0 to script updates, and moved the "Commit from external wallet" feature to the next version. Development highlights include fixing errors in the internal wallet, reducing commit costs using reference scripts, and improving CI with nix-based builds. The Hydra V1 specification is being formalized in LaTeX, and the community projects "Hydra for Payments" and "Hydra for Voting" have advanced, with the former completing its first phase. The Cardano Foundation also published a retrospective blog post on Hydra's progress in 2022.
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+ [**Read more**](https://cardano-scaling.org/monthly/2022-12) 
+</div>

blog/2023-02-26-monthly-report-cardano-scaling/index.md

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+slug: 2023-02-26-monthly-report-cardano-scaling
+title: "Monthly Cardano Scaling Report"
+authors: [scaling]
+tags: [development, scaling]
+---
+Since December 2022, the Hydra project has made progress on several fronts. The team focused on aligning the implementation with the HeadV1 protocol specification, addressing gaps in the on-chain scripts, and improving the mutation test framework. The roadmap was slightly updated, with new items like creating a use case-centric roadmap. Community efforts include the Hydra for Voting project and a lite paper on Hydra for auctions. The team also outlined key themes for 2023, including achieving mainnet maturity, increasing adoption, and promoting sustainable open-source development. The goal is to position Hydra as a maintainable, community-driven project.
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+ [**Read more**](https://cardano-scaling.org/monthly/2023-01) 
+</div>

blog/2023-03-02-monthly-report-cardano-scaling/index.md

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+slug: 2023-03-02-monthly-report-cardano-scaling
+title: "Monthly Cardano Scaling Report"
+authors: [scaling]
+tags: [development, scaling]
+---
+Since January 2023, the Hydra project has made significant progress. Version 0.9.0 was released, incorporating on-chain and off-chain updates, with a focus now on achieving mainnet compatibility for version 0.10.0. The roadmap was updated to align with 2023 objectives, including new items like creating a use case-centric roadmap and opening the specification with a change process. Key development work included aligning the implementation with the HeadV1 specification, improving Hydra transaction profiling, and addressing off-chain protocol logic. Community efforts included audit guidelines, a new tutorial, and ongoing collaborations like Hydra for Payments and Hydra for Voting. The Hydra project also expanded its presence on Discord to engage more with the community.
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+ [**Read more**](https://cardano-scaling.org/monthly/2023-02) 
+</div>

blog/2023-04-04-monthly-report-cardano-scaling/index.md

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+slug: 2023-04-04-monthly-report-cardano-scaling
+title: "Monthly Cardano Scaling Report"
+authors: [scaling]
+tags: [development, scaling]
+---
+Since February 2023, the Hydra project released version 0.9.0, which brought significant on-chain and off-chain updates, including cost reductions in Plutus scripts, improved mutation testing, and the addition of a new tutorial. The focus now shifts to making Hydra mainnet compatible, with version 0.10.0 being the first mainnet-ready release. The roadmap was updated, prioritizing API configurability and marking less-demanded features as ideas for discussion. The team also optimized on-chain scripts and improved Hydra's UX. A key milestone was opening a Hydra head on the Cardano mainnet during a team workshop in Austria.
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+ [**Read more**](https://cardano-scaling.org/monthly/2023-03) 
+</div>

blog/2023-05-03-monthly-report-cardano-scaling/index.md

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+slug: 2023-05-30-monthly-report-cardano-scaling
+title: "Monthly Cardano Scaling Report"
+authors: [scaling]
+tags: [development, scaling]
+---
+Since March 2023, the Hydra project made significant progress, focusing on preparing for the 0.10.0 release, which will be the first mainnet-compatible version. Key developments include updates to the configurable API, enhancements to the Hydra specification, and fixing script continuity issues. The team also addressed a rollback bug that affected the opening of Hydra heads on the mainnet. Community projects like Hydra for Voting and Hydra for Auctions are advancing, driving API discussions and exploring new use cases like ballot voting and NFT auctions on both L1 and L2.
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+ [**Read more**](https://cardano-scaling.org/monthly/2023-04) 
+</div>

blog/2023-05-30-monthly-report-cardano-scaling/index.md

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+slug: 2023-05-30-monthly-report-cardano-scaling
+title: "Monthly Cardano Scaling Report"
+authors: [scaling]
+tags: [development, scaling]
+---
+Since April 2023, the Hydra project released version 0.10.0, the first mainnet-compatible release, which includes key features like limited mainnet exposure, client API enhancements, and quality-of-life improvements for running the hydra-node. The team focused on timed transactions, removing unnecessary configuration options, and improving continuous integration (CI) performance. Community contributions included the Hydrozoa research proposal and updates to the Hydra for Payments project, which aims to make Hydra more accessible for payment use cases with the HydraNow mobile app. The team continues to refine and expand Hydra's capabilities and user experience.
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+ [**Read more**](https://cardano-scaling.org/monthly/2023-05) 
+</div>

blog/2023-06-27-monthly-report-cardano-scaling/index.md

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+slug: 2023-06-27-monthly-report-cardano-scaling
+title: "Monthly Cardano Scaling Report"
+authors: [scaling]
+tags: [development, scaling]
+---
+Since May 2023, the Hydra team has focused on several key developments, preparing for the upcoming version 0.11.0 release. Notable updates include allowing commits with multiple UTXOs, enhancing off-chain performance, and introducing commits from external wallets. The team also benchmarked Hydra Head performance, identified persistence as a bottleneck, and made improvements based on real-world usage. Community engagement included planning a Hydra workshop and concluding the Hydra for Auctions project, which successfully demonstrated moving smart contracts from layer 1 to layer 2 for enhanced scalability.
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+ [**Read more**](https://cardano-scaling.org/monthly/2023-06) 
+</div>

blog/2023-07-31-monthly-report-cardano-scaling/index.md

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+slug: 2023-07-31-monthly-report-cardano-scaling
+title: "Monthly Cardano Scaling Report"
+authors: [scaling]
+tags: [development, scaling]
+---
+Since June 2023, the Hydra project released version 0.11.0, enhancing external wallet support and transaction processing, and deprecating internal commits. The team improved security with authenticated network messages and optimized protocol performance by sending only transaction IDs in snapshots. They also addressed a multi-signature verification bug via GitHub security advisories and updated to GHC 9.2.7, improving compatibility and Plutus script efficiency. The Starmap update focused on making Hydra more accessible and preparing for mainnet deployment.
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+ [**Read more**](https://cardano-scaling.org/monthly/2023-07) 
+</div>

blog/2023-08-30-monthly-report-cardano-scaling/index.md

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+slug: 2023-08-30-monthly-report-cardano-scaling
+title: "Monthly Cardano Scaling Report"
+authors: [scaling]
+tags: [development, scaling]
+---
+Since July 2023, the Hydra project has made significant progress, including the release of version 0.12.0, which introduced support for cardano-node 8.1.2, authenticated messages, event-sourced persistence, new API endpoints, and security fixes. The project roadmap has been updated to prioritize network resiliency and incremental commit/decommit features for version 0.13.0. The team also updated the Hydra tutorial to include Mithril and prepared for a Hydra master class at RareEvo 2023, which had positive feedback. In addition, the team participated in Catalyst Fund10, reviewing several proposals related to Hydra and Mithril.
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+ [**Read more**](https://cardano-scaling.org/monthly/2023-08) 
+</div>

blog/2023-09-29-monthly-report-cardano-scaling/index.md

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+slug: 2023-09-29-monthly-report-cardano-scaling
+title: "Monthly Cardano Scaling Report"
+authors: [scaling]
+tags: [development, scaling]
+---
+Since August 2023, the Hydra project has made several important strides. The roadmap remained largely unchanged, focusing on clarifying upcoming features. Notable updates include completing support for inline datums in the commit API and making progress on network resilience, particularly in handling node crashes and disconnections. The work on incremental commits and decommits has been split into two features, with ongoing design discussions. A workshop in Nantes, France, brought together the Hydra and Mithril teams, where they explored topics like Aiken validator experiments and the concept of a "Shallow cardano-node" using Mithril to streamline Hydra node operations. Additionally, the team worked on refactoring the chain state to improve storage efficiency and maintain backward compatibility.
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+ [**Read more**](https://cardano-scaling.org/monthly/2023-09) 
+</div>

blog/2023-11-06-monthly-report-cardano-scaling/index.md

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+slug: 2023-11-06-monthly-report-cardano-scaling
+title: "Monthly Cardano Scaling Report"
+authors: [scaling]
+tags: [development, scaling]
+---
+Since September 2023, the Hydra project has achieved several milestones, including the release of version 0.13.0, which focused on security fixes, inline datums support, improved stability, and state persistence. The project roadmap was updated for version 0.14.0. Key developments include enhancing network resilience, creating a Hydra Poll DApp for the Cardano Summit, and upgrading the toolchain to GHC 9.6 and Brick 1.10. Community contributions were highlighted, such as the Hypix project integrating CIP-68 NFTs, Kupo's integration with Hydra, and progress on offline mode for Hydra nodes. The Hydra-for-voting project was revived to improve on-chain voting processes.
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+ [**Read more**](https://cardano-scaling.org/monthly/2023-10) 
+</div>

blog/2023-12-04-monthly-report-cardano-scaling/index.md

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+slug: 2023-12-04-monthly-report-cardano-scaling
+title: "Monthly Cardano Scaling Report"
+authors: [scaling]
+tags: [development, scaling]
+---
+Since October 2023, the Hydra project has seen significant developments. The release of version 0.14.0 is imminent, focusing on stateless chain observation and internal refactoring. The roadmap was updated to clarify support for the upcoming Conway hard fork and drop Babbage support, while substantial progress was made on the design of the incremental decommit feature. Collaboration with the MeshJS team led to the integration of Hydra-specific features in their SDK. The Hydra specification is being migrated to Markdown for easier accessibility. Community contributions include SundaeLabs' offline mode PR and TxPipe's Cardaminal wallet, aiming for Hydra compatibility.
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+ [**Read more**](https://cardano-scaling.org/monthly/2023-11) 
+</div>

blog/2024-01-31-monthly-report-cardano-scaling/index.md

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+slug: 2024-01-31-monthly-report-cardano-scaling
+title: "Monthly Cardano Scaling Report"
+authors: [scaling]
+tags: [development, scaling]
+---
+Since November 2023, the Hydra project has made significant progress. Version 0.15.0 was released, featuring offline mode and Conway support. The team also prepared for running Cardano nodes in P2P mode, with non-P2P relays shutting down in January 2024. Notable developments include API changes, removing JSON transactions in favor of CBOR encoding, and ongoing work on Hydra Chess to refine the DApp workflow. Additionally, the Hydra Explorer was initiated to track Hydra heads. The team is also involved in community events like the upcoming Cardano Buidler Fest and supporting Catalyst projects, including streaming API and Hydra auctions.
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+ [**Read more**](https://cardano-scaling.org/monthly/2024-01) 
+</div>

blog/2024-02-26-monthly-report-cardano-scaling/index.md

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+slug: 2024-02-26-monthly-report-cardano-scaling
+title: "Monthly Cardano Scaling Report"
+authors: [scaling]
+tags: [development, scaling]
+---
+The first joint report for Hydra and Mithril projects highlights progress since January 2024. Mithril released distribution 2408.0, with updates like SanchoNet network release and Cardano transaction certification. Enhanced support for Conway and SanchoNet was also implemented. Hydra saw roadmap changes, with significant updates including dropping JSON encoded transaction support, progress on the Hydra heads explorer, and work on incremental commit features. The team resolved a fanout bug discovered during hydra-chess development and deployed a Hydra explorer supporting multiple versions, though it currently supports only one version per network.
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+ [**Read more**](https://cardano-scaling.org/monthly/2024-02) 
+</div>

blog/2024-03-28-monthly-report-cardano-scaling/index.md

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+slug: 2024-03-28-monthly-report-cardano-scaling
+title: "Monthly Cardano Scaling Report"
+authors: [scaling]
+tags: [development, scaling]
+---
+In March, Mithril saw an increase in SPO participation, reaching 230 pools with 4.6B₳ stake, representing 20% of the active stake. The release of Mithril distribution 2412.0 included support for Prometheus metrics, Pallas-based chain observer implementation, and the deprecation of the snapshot command. Hydra focused on incremental commits and decommits, Conway era support, and preparing for the 0.16.0 release. Significant progress was made on streaming plugins, with SundaeLabs contributing to a plugin architecture that enhances Hydra's extensibility for various external systems and scalable persistence methods.
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+ [**Read more**](https://cardano-scaling.org/monthly/2024-03) 
+</div>

blog/2024-05-02-monthly-report-cardano-scaling/index.md

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+slug: 2024-05-02-monthly-report-cardano-scaling
+title: "Monthly Cardano Scaling Report"
+authors: [scaling]
+tags: [development, scaling]
+---
+In April, the Mithril project focused on increasing SPO participation, reaching 258 registered signers, representing 22% of Cardano’s active stake. Key updates included a pre-release of distribution 2418.1 and decentralization experiments for the signer registration process. The Hydra project updated its roadmap, emphasizing incremental commits and decommits, and introduced enhancements to the /commit endpoint. The Cardano Buidler Fest featured significant contributions, including the integration of Mithril into Cardano’s IBC protocol and Sundae Labs’ development of the Gummiworm fork for enhanced security in Hydra heads. Logo designs for both projects were also refreshed.
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+ [**Read more**](https://cardano-scaling.org/monthly/2024-04) 
+</div>

blog/2024-05-29-monthly-report-cardano-scaling/index.md

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+slug: 2024-05-29-monthly-report-cardano-scaling
+title: "Monthly Cardano Scaling Report"
+authors: [scaling]
+tags: [development, scaling]
+---
+In May, the Mithril project released distribution 2418.1, which included critical updates like changes to the certificate chain structure and memory optimizations. Significant progress was made in Cardano transaction certification, achieving a 100x improvement in throughput and reducing storage requirements. The Hydra project released version 0.17.0 with breaking changes to the /commit endpoint, new HTTP endpoints, and focused on incremental decommits. Testing and optimization efforts continued, and several Hydra-related Catalyst proposals were discussed, exploring diverse use cases and alternative scaling approaches.
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+ [**Read more**](https://cardano-scaling.org/monthly/2024-05) 
+</div>

blog/2024-06-25-monthly-report-cardano-scaling/index.md

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+slug: 2024-06-25-monthly-report-cardano-scaling
+title: "Monthly Cardano Scaling Report"
+authors: [scaling]
+tags: [development, scaling]
+---
+The Mithril project in June saw the release of distribution 2423.0, including critical updates like removing the deprecated snapshot command and improving transaction certification performance. Work on Cardano integration progressed, focusing on decentralizing signature diffusion. The Hydra project made significant strides with incremental decommits, updating the protocol's specification, and fixing a critical bug in the decommit feature. They also made breaking changes to the hydra-node API and enhanced the system's security and efficiency, with a planned release in the near future.
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+ [**Read more**](https://cardano-scaling.org/monthly/2024-06) 
+</div>