Hydra update Dec 08

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+title: Hydra Team Update
+slug: 2023-12-08-hydra
+authors: [v0d1ch]
+tags: [hydra]
+hide_table_of_contents: false
+---
+
+### High-level summary
+
+This week, the Hydra team released version 0.14 and spent time finalizing
+substantial rewrite of hydra-node's _Direct Chain_ layer using stateless
+observation. They also updated the dependencies needed to start addressing the
+Conway support and spend some time investigating and making a plan related to
+JSON serialization for transactions.
+
+
+### What did the team achieve this week
+- Release (0.14.0)[https://github.com/input-output-hk/hydra/releases/tag/0.14.0]
+- (Updated)[https://github.com/input-output-hk/hydra/pull/1168] dependencies to prepare for Conway support
+- Completed substantial refactoring in hydra-node using (stateless observation)[https://github.com/input-output-hk/hydra/pull/1196]
+- Investigated regressions about JSON serialized transactions and drafted an
+  ADR to address this
+- Met with the Disruptive-IT company to discuss potential Hydra utilization
+
+### What are the goals of next week
+- Analyse our mainnet head and why some transactions were invalid
+- Detect incompatible blocks and provide better UX
+- Update to cardano-node 8.6 and Conway support in hydra-node
+- Draft the end-to-end workflow for incremental decommits
+
+### Any new challenges, roadblocks or things we are waiting for?
+- 
+
+### Other things that are on our mind
+- Met a candidate for product marketing