Hydra v2 Nearly Doubles Glacier Drop Claim Throughput in IOG Test
A repeat benchmark processed 24,576 script-based claims in 43% less time. The comparison used the same machine and a workload generated by the team behind the 2025 distribution.
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IOG Compares Two Hydra Versions
Input Output report say Hydra v2 achieve about 1.9 times the claim throughput of version 0.22.4 for one Glacier Drop benchmark wey dem publish October 22.
Di company record 79 claims per second for di newer software, compare wit 42 for di earlier release. Total processing time for di 24,576-claim workload drop from 590.4 seconds to 339.1 seconds.
Na di team wey run di Hydra Head during Midnight’s 2025 Glacier Drop conduct di test, no be di Hydra core developers. Di team alternate three runs for each version for di same host, and each run results dey within 3% of di median for dia own version.
IOG identify di newer implementation as Hydra v2 without specify any benchmark release tag.
Each Claim Executes Three Plutus Scripts
Di workload consist of transactions wey di team’s claim-processing pipeline build, using actual scripts and signatures on top generated allocations.
Each claim run three Plutus scripts. So di benchmark measure one workflow wey include contract validation, give developers better comparison wey relate to that kind application, no be just simple transfer test.
Di result apply to this particular workload and configuration. Applications wey get different contracts, transaction structures, or participant arrangements fit show different performance characteristics.
Hydra na Cardano layer 2 protocol for processing transactions inside shared environments wey dem dey call Heads. Participants dey agree on updates outside di main chain, while di protocol provide road to settle funds on Cardano. Di benchmark dey measure processing inside that environment, no be extra Cardano mainnet capacity.
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Deposits and Withdrawals Change Head Operations
Di report still describe how Hydra v2 change di way dem manage funds.
Head fit open without initial balance and later receive deposits. Participants fit still withdraw funds go Cardano while di Head still dey run, reduce di need to close whole session any time available balance change.
For recurring distribution service, this one support to top up funds and process more claims inside existing Head.
Di Glacier Drop comparison join those operational changes with measured reduction for processing time. Workflow wey dem previously run on version 0.22.4 finish di same claim set more than four minutes faster for di newer implementation.