Cardano Reports Another Significant Milestone for Layer 2 Hydra Solution: Details

Hydra refers to a collection of Layer 2 solutions aimed at improving network security and scalability

Cardano Developer Sebastien Nagel announced the release of the first version of hydra-node, which can connect to the Cardano public testnet. This remains another milestone for Cardano’s layer 2 hydra solution.

This is our first version of hydra-node which can connect to the public Cardano testnet – version 0.4.0!

It's still a bit tricky to set up, there be dragons🐉 and footguns 🔫. We aim to improve on the situation with 0.5.0 and many more releases to come. https://t.co/Ql8Xe8ZFNx

— Sebastian Nagel (@ch1bo_) March 23, 2022

As U.Today previously reported, the first Hydra Heads recently launched on the public Cardano testnet. Hydra Heads, the first in a suite of protocols, is a critical element in Cardano’s scaling journey.

Hydra refers to a set of Layer 2 solutions aimed at improving network security and scalability. Although it was conceived as part of the work of the Ouroboros research team, it has forged an independent path since the publication of the original article.

Cardano founder highlights ecosystem growth

Recounting his previous prediction, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson highlighted ecosystem growth as there are now millions of native assets issued on the Cardano blockchain and dApps now in the hundreds.

The CEO of IOG previously predicted that there would be hundreds of assets running on Cardano, thousands of dApps, tons of cool projects, and many unique uses and utilities. The recent activation of smart contracts on Cardano has led to a significant increase in user activity. With the first decentralized finance (DeFi) apps now rolling out to the Cardano ecosystem, and more on the way, the trend of increased user activity may continue.

Cardano large holder addresses are accumulating

As Cardano rose above the $1 mark in a three-day positive run, ADA large holder addresses have continued to accumulate.

$ADA soars by 10% over the last 24hours as the accumulation patterns continue

The addresses by holding indicator show an increasing accumulation across the board in the different brackets

Addresses holding 10-100 and 100k-1m ADA increased their balance by 12% and 11% in 30 days pic.twitter.com/Y8ab2dXLWs

— IntoTheBlock (@intotheblock) March 23, 2022

InTheBlock reports that the addresses per farm indicator shows an increasing accumulation at all levels in different slices. Notably, addresses holding 10-100 ADA and 100,000-1 million ADA have increased their balances by 12% and 11%, respectively, since March.

At the time of publication, ADA traded at $1.07, having attained intraday highs of $1.08 earlier. ADA is up 9.37% in the last 24 hours and 30.33% over the past week.