Polygon Completes ‘Performance-Boosting’ Hard Fork As MATIC Targets $2 Price High
The much-awaited hard fork aimed at boosting Polygon’s performance went live today at block 38,189,056, brewing a wave of optimism among the MATIC community.
Polygon Completes Hard Fork to Reduce Gas-Fee Spikes, Disruptive Reorgs
Polygon, an Ethereum scaling project, successfully completed a hard fork designed to reduce instances of spiking gas fees and disruptive chain reorganizations known as "reorgs."
Blockchain Game Synergy Land Migrates to Polygon
The blockchain game of musical chairs doesn't appear to be slowing down.
Polygon-Based Project Jarvis Loses $660K to a Security Exploit
Jarvis Network recently announced losing over half a million dollars to a security breach. The exploit cost the popular Polygon DeFi project 663,101 Matic tokens, or USD 660,000.
Mastercard and Polygon to Launch a Web3 Artist Accelerator
Mastercard in partnership with Polygon is launching a Web3 musicians accelerator that will help 5 emerging artists set up and manage their brands in the Web3 space.
Assessing if MATIC Can Defend Polygon in Solana Market Value Flip
Polygon [MATIC] displaced Solana [SOL] off the 10th position on the market capitalization standings according to information from CoinMarketCap. The ousting happened despite SOL recording more than two times MATIC’s gains in the last seven days.
Polygon Announces Upcoming Hard Fork To Address Gas Spikes and Chain Reorganizations
The Ethereum scaling blockchain, Polygon, has revealed plans to initiate a hard fork on Jan. 17, 2023. According to the team, the network upgrade will “reduce the severity of gas spikes” and “address chain reorganizations (reorgs) in an effort to reduce time to finality.”
MATIC’s Latest Price Pump Could Have Everything To Do With This Polygon Update
Polygon’s [MATIC] zkEVM has remained a topic of discussion for quite a few months now. This was because its public testnet went live in 2022.
Solana Looks To Move Back Into Top 10 As SOL Gains 36% Over Past Week
Solana (SOL) seeks to move back into the top 10 cryptocurrencies after temporarily flipping Polygon market cap on Jan. 14.
Polygon Plans Jan. 17 Hard Fork To Reduce Gas Fees
Ethereum (ETH) Layer-2 network Polygon (MATIC) proposed a hard fork on Jan. 17 to reduce gas spikes and address chain reorganizations by changing the BaseFeeChangeDenominator, according to a Jan. 12 statement.
Polygon Founder-Backed Early-Stage Web3 Accelerator Beacon Holds First Demo Day of the Year
Polygon Founder-led web3 accelerator startup Beacon, which was launched last December, on Wednesday announced that it is already hosting its inaugural demo day.
Polygon Proposes Hard Fork to Reduce Reorgs, Gas Spikes
After a heated community debate last month, Polygon Labs appears to be moving forward with plans to hard-fork the network early next week, according to a blog post published on Polygon’s website Thursday. In the post, Polygon Labs claims the hard fork—proposed to occur January 17—will help prevent network gas fee spikes and address chain reorganizations, also known as reorgs. Unlike soft forks, hard forks are not backwards-compatible and require all node operators on the network to update to the latest software at a specified time. Some hard forks are contentious, while others are simply major upgrades to a network. (decrypt)
Holograph Now Live on Polygon, Avalanche, & Ethereum Mainnets
Holograph recently tweeted about going live on Avalanche, Polygon, and Ethereum mainnets. The platform makes developing multichain digital assets 10 times quicker, quicker, and easier.
All Doesn’t Seem Well With MATIC Despite Polygon’s Latest Accomplishment
Polygon [MATIC] recently reached a new milestone in terms of decentralized exchange (DEX) volume. It crossed $50 billion in DEX volume over the last 12 months, according to a tweet on 11 January.
Venture Capital Funds and Smart Contract Networks — Why the Promised Land Failed to Deliver
We shouldn’t be surprised that Solana and Polygon networks face DDoS attacks that slowed down transactions and made these networks unusable on multiple occasions. This is the price of centralization.
Is Polygon Co-founder Trading Solana’s Meme Coin BONK?
Bonk Inu in a tweet on January 7 claimed that user experience on the Solana blockchain is so good that even Polygon’s co-founder Sandeep Nailwal experienced using BONK tokens.
Massive Crypto Layoffs This Week; SBF Pleaded Not Guilty | Cointime Weekly Jan.1 – Jan.7
SEC had a busy week; US regulators and the Fed jointly issue crypto warnings; Polygon partners with MasterCard; Animoca halves fundraising target.
Polygon ($MATIC) Partners With Mastercard to Launch Web3-Focused Incubator
On Friday (6 January 2023), payments giant Mastercard announced at CES 2023 that via a partnership with blockchain startup Polygon ($MATIC) it is launching a Web3-focused incubator to help artists.
Polygon Paid y00ts NFT Collection $3 Million to Leave Solana
DeLabs, the startup behind top Solana NFT collections DeGods and y00ts, has revealed that it received a $3 million grant to move y00ts to the Ethereum sidechain Polygon.
