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Polygon (MATIC) is envisioned as a way for any developer to create a dedicated blockchain network combining all of the best features from stand-alone blockchains (flexibility, sovereignty and scalability) with the best of Ethereum (security, developer experience, interoperability).
After a year-long closed testing phase, Polygon has officially launched Polygon ID, a new system aimed at enabling on-chain user identification. This innovative system utilizes zero-knowledge proofs to offer a more private and secure method for verifying user identities compared to existing practices. Polygon ID: A New Era for On-Chain Identity The introduction of Polygon […]
Polygon (MATIC), the Layer 2 solution for Ethereum, is cooperating with the Starbucks coffee house chain, giving a wide range of users the opportunity to playfully take their first steps into Web3. The resulting loyalty program, Odyssey, is slated to launch in 2022. Polygon (MATIC) operates Starbucks Odyssey The US coffee house chain Starbucks announced in the spring […]
Crypto wallets built into Opera give millions of users easy access to Web 3.0. Blockchain integration gives Opera users access to several thousand DApps on the Polygon and Solana networks. On March 30, Norwegian company Opera-Software announced that its namesake web browser has now added support for more blockchains/cryptocurrencies: they include Bitcoin, Polygon, Solana, Celo, […]
The decentralized finance platform AAVE announced the launch of Lens Protocol on February 7th. Lens Protocol is a decentralized social medium for Web3 built on the Polygon blockchain platform. According to the official website, “The Lens Protocol is a permissionless, combinable, and decentralized social graph that makes building a social platform for Web3 easy.” In the […]
Polygon (MATIC) has decided to follow other deflationary networks like Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain (BSC). According to an announcement made on December 14, the EIP-1559 upgrade will be implemented in a polygon test network in Mumbai. EIP-1559 (Ethereum Improvement Proposal) is an upgrade that was part of Ethereum’s London Hark-Fork in August. It limits transaction fees […]
Polygon (MATIC), has launched a new technology in line with its mission to scale the Ethereum blockchain. The Miden virtual machine, powered by zk-STARK, will improve the validation process for decentralized applications (dApps) on the Polygon network. As announced by Polygon on its official Twitter account, We are proud to reveal the newest member of the […]