According to @ItsDave_ADA, a personal demo on Cardano’s Hydra reached 149k TPS and heavily stressed local hardware, with the author asserting Hydra remained fast under load. Source: Dave (@ItsDave_ADA), X post dated Dec 8, 2025. According to @ItsDave_ADA, optimization work reshaped approaches to code, throughput, and UTxO design, while security limitations were observed as use-case specific rather than universal constraints. Source: Dave (@ItsDave_ADA), X post dated Dec 8, 2025. According to @ItsDave_ADA, the UI is already built, with deeper testing, better visualization, animated asset-movement, and L1 settlement testing planned, and he notes uncertainty about integrating L1 settlement with this throughput demo and provides no mainnet benchmark or independent validation in the post. Source: Dave (@ItsDave_ADA), X post dated Dec 8, 2025. According to Input Output Global, Hydra is an isomorphic state-channel solution designed for low-latency, high-throughput Cardano applications such as payments, DeFi, and gaming, making high-TPS demos relevant to these use cases. Source: Input Output Global Hydra Head protocol documentation. According to @ItsDave_ADA, this remains an ongoing demo with more headroom identified, making the next trading-relevant checkpoints the results of deeper testing and any published findings from planned L1 settlement integration. Source: Dave (@ItsDave_ADA), X post dated Dec 8, 2025.