This was showcased at the recent RareEvo event in Vegas, and it’s a great example of how Hydra heads can speed up transactions on Cardano.
Doom running on Hydra (Cardano’s isomorphic state channels), is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. Literally every frame is a transaction. https://t.co/8AxsYpjaCt
— John Woods (@JohnAlanWoods) August 18, 2024
For those who don’t know the details behind Hydra it is a layer 2 state channel for Cardano that is equivalent to the Bitcoin lighting network in that it allows participants to transact rapidly at very low cost. However it has a few cool features in addition to lightning:
- It is isomorphic with the Cardano mainnet which means that it runs smart contracts and support any other mainnet capabilities.
- Hydra state can be pushed back to layer 1 at any point without closing the channel that has been opened which allows for use cases like exchanges and clearing to operate easily
- It can scale horizontally without limit, which means that layer 2 transactions are uncapped.
Doom is a fantastic example to showcase and you can try it yourself at http://doom.hydra.family.