An off-chain ledger created by a small group of participants in the Hydra protocol. Inside a Head, participants exchange transactions at near-zero cost and very low latency without writing each one back to the main chain.
When the Head closes, its final state is settled back to the Cardano mainnet. The chain only records the entry and exit of the Head, not every transaction within it.
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- HydraCardano's Layer 2 protocol built on state channels (Hydra Heads) for fast, low-cost transactions off the main chain. Production-ready since version 1.0 in October 2025.Begriff ansehen
- Layer 2Protocols built on top of a Layer 1 blockchain to improve scalability or add functionality.Begriff ansehen