Hydro aims to decentralize financial services by bringing the public blockchain to traditionally private systems. It allows developers around the world to enhance their platforms and applications by leveraging blockchain technology. Hydro consists of 6 underlying, open architecture protocols :- 1. Raindrop 2. Snowflake 3. Ice 4. Tide 5. Hail 6. Tide Any developer globally can build a dApp or series of dApps on top of these protocols.