Cardano Enters New Scalability Era With Hydra Node V1.0 Release
Cardano’s scaling roadmap hit a visible milestone yesterday as the Hydra team tagged hydra-node v1.0.0 on GitHub—positioning the isomorphic state-channels protocol for production use while still flagging remaining limitations. In a brief comment on X, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson struck an upbeat tone about the near-term trajectory: “Hydra is going to have an awesome 2026,” […]
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Cardano has been at the forefront of growth when it comes to smart contracts capability. Ever since smart contracts debuted on the blockchain, high traffic has been anticipated for the network. Smart contracts on Cardano had been in the works for quite a while and were one of the most anticipated upgrades in the space. Now that this is a reality, the developer has had to move on to building further capabilities to accommodate the anticipated traffic increase. Hydra was built to make room for increased traffic on the network. A Layer 2 solution like Hydra provides the much-needed....
It's been barely half a year since Cardano's network hit the 1 million wallets mark. In a tweet posted by the Cardano Foundation on Monday, the number of Cardano (ADA) wallets has surpassed the 2 million mark. The network reached the previous milestone of 1 million ADA wallets on May 22, 2021.During that period, the Cardano Foundation successfully implemented the Alonzo hard fork, enabling smart contracts on its network. Meanwhile, Charles Hoskinson, Cardano's founder, has shifted his attention to increasing the adoption of blockchain technology in Africa. Via a tweet posted last week,....
Charles Hoskinson used a Nov. 5 video address to rebut a renewed wave of criticism that Cardano has “failed on scalability,” centering his response on two pillars: Hydra, Cardano’s off-chain scaling stack, and Leios, a forthcoming Ouroboros upgrade that he says now has a complete design and a clear path to mainnet in 2026. Hoskinson’s […]
Input Output, which is a platform that drives the decentralised and smart contract platform Cardano, has now released the Cardano node 1.35.0. The Input Output team has announced via a tweet, that the release of Cardano node 1.35.0 has been successful. This development marks an important step closer to the Vasil Hard Fork. Cardano developers […]