According to @ItsDave_ADA, a developer with no prior Hydra experience had a Hydra environment running in about 30 minutes on Cardano devnet, indicating a faster setup workflow for builders (source: @ItsDave_ADA, Nov 17, 2025). The developer manually created and funded three independent Hydra participants, seeded them, and successfully opened a Hydra Head on devnet, reporting a significantly improved developer experience versus earlier attempts (source: @ItsDave_ADA, Nov 17, 2025). For ADA-focused traders monitoring ecosystem execution, this user-reported devnet milestone evidences operational progress that can inform assessments of near-term developer activity within Cardano’s tooling stack (source: @ItsDave_ADA, Nov 17, 2025).