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When the Polygon PoS chain first launched, it offered a much-needed solution for Ethereum’s scaling issues. It gave users and developers alike everything they love about Ethereum, but with faster throughput and lower fees. Now, with tens of thousands of decentralized apps, over 207 million unique addresses, more than 2.3 billion processed transactions, and a […] The post Hardfork Incoming: Upgrading Polygon PoS Chain to Boost Performance first appeared on Polygon | Blog.
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A blockchain wallet is like a passport that lets you travel the Web3 world visa-free. That’s why Reddit’s October announcement that users have created more than 4 million of its Vault blockchain-based wallets was a major adoption event by a mainstream audience.  With a Reddit Vault in hand, there are only a few formalities keeping […] The post How to Use Reddit Vault as Springboard to Web3 on Polygon first appeared on Polygon | Blog.
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Mastercard is launching a spotlight program for emerging musical artists built on the Polygon blockchain to help up-and-coming creators tap into the power of Web3 and blockchain technologies. Kicking off in spring 2023, the Mastercard Artist Accelerator program will prepare five emerging artists—such as musicians, DJs, producers—with the tools, skills, and access to forge their […] The post Mastercard Taps Polygon for Web3 Musical Artist Accelerator Program  first appeared on Polygon | Blog.
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Validators are network participants who lock up native tokens in the system and operate block producer nodes in order to help run the network. Enhancing their ability to self-regulate network participation is a key aspect of furthering decentralization. The community is taking an important step toward that goal by providing a framework for understanding how […] The post Enhancing Network Decentralization and Integrity With Validator Performance Framework first appeared on Polygon | Blog.
The post Enhancing Network Decentralization and Integrity With Validator Performance Framework appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

Introducing Polygon Spotlight, a community-inspired program dedicated to capturing and amplifying the stories of the greatest builders, creators, contributors, and partners building on Polygon.  Polygon Spotlight is where the drama of building the next iteration of the Internet comes to life. This is an opportunity for builders on Polygon to show off their accomplishments and […] The post Mint by Cope Studio Takes Center Stage With Polygon Spotlight appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

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Whew. What a year! And what a time for reflection. The gm’s piled up while devs built heads down–plus a ton of other stuff in Web3 happened, too (maybe you heard about it).  Through it all, the folks in DevRel at the Polygon Companies have been grateful for the brightest, most precious aspect of the […] The post A Look Back at Polygon Guilds & Advocates in 2022 appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

When the first Polygon zkEVM public testnet launched in October, the distant future of Ethereum scaling became a reality, today.  Researchers at Polygon called for the community to join the testnet in the collaborative, built-in-public ethos that has defined Ethereum from the start. Developers can pour over the source code-available zero knowledge (ZK) proving system […] The post Final Approach: Last Testnet for an Upgraded Polygon zkEVM appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

Polygon is pleased to announce the hackathon winners of Polygon Bootcamp Africa 2022, launched in partnership with Nigerian startup Xend Finance.  Developers in Africa showed up in a big way for Polygon’s first continent-wide bootcamp and hackathon combo: more than 5,400 applications were received from 43 countries for two tracks, Beginner and Master.  Eight weeks […] The post Announcing the Hackathon Winners of Polygon Bootcamp Africa appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

Key takeaways:  Weekly active wallets surged to 1.37 Mn (+13%) in the week of Dec. 12 driven by an increase in activity across DeFi dApps — Uniswap V3 (35.2k, +41%), Sushiswap (35.3k, +542%), 1inch (32k, +54%), Klimadao (30.7k, +8,123%), and Zerox (0x) (17.4k, +464%). NFT Volume is back up after dropping slightly last week, reaching […] The post PolygonInsights – WEEK50 appeared first on Polygon | Blog.