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Polygon
Polygon ($MATIC), Ethereum’s “Internet of Blockchains”, is a decentralized Ethereum scaling platform that enables developers to build scalable user-friendly dApps with low transaction fees without ever sacrificing on security.
Quick Facts
- Polygon is a Layer 2 blockchain platform. Smart contracts are written in Cadence, a resource-oriented programing language that introduces new features to smart contract programming that help developers ensure that their code is safe, secure, clear, and approachable
- Polygon utilizes a Proof of Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism
- Polygon is a network of scaling solutions for the EVM. It has a number of different offerings:
- Polygon Edge — A modular and extensible framework for building private or public Ethereum-compatible blockchain networks (Live)
- Polygon PoS Chain — An EVM-compatible Ethereum sidechain, secured by a permissionless set of PoS validators (Live)
- Polygon Hermez — An open-source zk-Rollup optimized for secure, low-cost and usable token transfers on the wings of Ethereum (Live)
- Polygon Avail — A general-purpose, scalable data availability-focused blockchain targeted for standalone chains and off-chain scaling solutions (DevNet)
- Polygon Nightfall — A one-of-a-kind scaling solution that uses optimistic roll-ups along with Zero-Knowledge cryptography (TestNet)
- Polygon Miden — A STARK based zk-Rollup with support for arbitrary smart contracts (In development)
- Polygon Zero — A highly-scalable, Ethereum-compatible zk-Rollup. It uses an incredibly fast recursive proof system that is Eth-friendly (In development)
- Currently “a single Polygon side chain” can theoretically handle 7,200 Transactions Per Second (TPS)
- Polygon’s Cost Per Transaction (CPT) averages around $0.0001
- Polygon’s White Paper 📄
Technical Specifications
(as of 4/24/22)
Performance Data
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Financial Ecosystem
(as of 4/24/22)
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Key Projects
Learning Resources
How to Build a Full Stack NFT Marketplace on Ethereum with Polygon and Next.js
How to Build a Full Stack NFT Marketplace on Ethereum with Polygon and Next.js
Social Media
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Company Info
- Legal Name: Polygon Technology
- Founded: 2017
- HQ: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Current employee count: 300+ people
Key People
- Sandeep Nailwal — Co-Founder
- Jaynti Kanani — Co-Founder
- Anurag Arjun — Co-Founder
- Mihailo Bjelic — Co-Founder
Funding Ecosystem
Investors
- Steadview Capital, Kevin O’Leary, Sino Global Capital, Celsius Network, SoftBank Vision Fund, The Spartan Group, Alan Howard, Animoca Brands, Elevation Capital, Makers Fund, Blue Pool Capital, Scopely, Alameda Research, Transcend Fund, Tiger Global Management, Dragonfly Capital Partners, Republic Capital, Union Square Ventures, Accel, Finality Capital Partners, Sangha Capital, Standard Crypto, Galaxy Digital, Seven Seven Six, Unacademy, Work Play Ventures, Ghaf Capital Partners, Digital Currency Group, Galaxy Interactive, CoinFund, Variant, Third Point, Bitfinex, Dune Ventures, Sound Ventures, Sequoia Capital India, Voodoo, Mark Cuban, High Naut Capital, MiH Ventures, ZBS Capital, Coinbase Ventures