Cardano set to reveal scaling plans for 2022 as number of blockchain projects nears 200
Tim Harrison, IOHK’s Director of Communications recently informed the Cardano community of an update coming in mid-month. The update is about scaling plans for 2022 and building new projects on the Cardano blockchain. The tweet contained an image showing the number of projects currently being built on the Cardano network at 199.
Cardano co-founder and IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson shared the tweet and then asked: ”Who wants to be project 200?”
U.Today reported earlier in late December that Charles Hoskinson mentioned that over 175 projects were being built on Cardano at the time, and around 11 projects would be launched by the end of Q1 2022.
Now, this number has grown to 199, and over 17 projects might launch by the end of April 2022 at the latest.
Hydra: Cardano’s Layer 2 scaling solution
The Alonzo hard fork, which enables the implementation of smart contracts, decentralized applications (DApps) and other applications on the Cardano blockchain, went live in September 2021.
Hydra, a major Layer 2 solution to further increase Cardano’s scalability by stacking a new protocol on top of the existing Layer 1 blockchain, is one of the improvements brought on by the Alonzo hard fork.
This comes as Cardano seeks to address scaling challenges in achieving the throughput required to support real-world applications, especially when factoring in network fees, combating flood attacks (DDoS) and storage management.
According to IOHK, Hydra is a Layer 2 scaling solution that aims to address these issues by maximizing throughput, minimizing latency, incurring minimal to no expenses and drastically lowering storage requirements.
At the end of December, a Gimbal Developer hinted at steady progress on the Hydra solution, stating that the next steps will focus on on-chain validations and close the gap to testnet launch.
