High-level summary
This week, the Hydra team released version 0.12.0, a significant update that brings support for cardano-node 8.1.2, along with performance enhancements and various API improvements. Additionally, the team successfully onboarded a new contributor who is now actively participating in operating a Hydra Head. They took part in a meeting of the Intersect open source committee and prepared the Hydra master-class for RareEvo, an educational initiative for the community.
If you happen to be at RareEvo, register for the Hydra master-class using this form. We hope to make it possible to follow along on-line as well and will announce details on the Hydra announcements channel on the IOG discord server.
What did the team achieve this week
- Released version 0.12.0 which adds support for cardano-node 8.1.2, performance and several API improvements. Release notes
- Replaced commit via websocket with external draft + submit. #954
- Onboarded new contributor to the point where he actively participates in operating a Head now.
- Joined a first meeting of the Intersect open source committee
- Prepared the Hydra master-class for RareEvo.
What are the goals of next week
- Monthly review meeting
- Run the Hydra master-class at RareEvo!
- Updated Hydra tutorial including Mithril and re-record demo/tutorial stuff
- Clear out red bin items (technical debt)
- Groom network resilience and explorer features