Polygon Acquires Mir Protocol in $400M Deal in Order to Bolster ‘Groundbreaki...
On December 9, Polygon co-founder Mihailo Bjelic announced that the project has acquired the Ethereum scaling startup Mir in a $400 million deal. The Mir team of cryptographers and engineers are joining Polygon in order to create a “highly-scalable, Ethereum-compatible ZK rollup” called Polygon Zero. Mihailo Bjelic: ‘Polygon Is Focused on Zero-Knowledge Cryptography as the End Game for Blockchain Scaling’ Following Polygon’s acquisition of the Hermez Network (now Polygon Hermez) for $250 million in August, the project has announced it has....
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On April 22, the layer two (L2) scaling network Polygon introduced the new Supernets network, a blockchain protocol that’s built to bolster Web3 technology. Furthermore, Polygon is pledging $100 million to early Supernet users “who can help fast-track adoption.” The announcement details that Supernets is essentially the team’s Polygon Edge network “on steroids.”
Polygon Supernets — Dedicated, Scalable Blockchains That Aim to Ignite Mass Adoption
Polygon has revealed a new project called Supernets after launching Polygon Edge last....
Polygon (MATIC), an Ethereum (ETH) Layer 2 scaling solution, has unveiled a significant Improvement Proposal (PIP-29) that aims to establish a Protocol Council responsible for executing upgrades to system smart contracts. This proposal marks a major step towards implementing Governance 2.0 on the Polygon network. Polygon Unveils Protocol Council Per the announcement, the proposed Protocol […]
On March 29, Polygon, the layer two (L2) scaling solution that runs parallel with the Ethereum blockchain, has announced a new identity platform called Polygon ID. While the protocol is is still under development, Polygon ID is powered by zero-knowledge (ZK) cryptography and Polygon expects a public version of the ID wallet app and software development kit (SDK) to release by Q2 2022.
Polygon Reveals ID Protocol Powered by ZK Technology
Polygon has introduced a new identity platform called Polygon ID that aims to bolster zero-knowledge identity for Web3 applications. In the....
Google Cloud, the renowned cloud computing service provided by Google, has made a significant move by becoming a validator on the Polygon (MATIC) network. This collaboration aims to bolster the security of the Polygon Proof-of-Stake (PoS) network, with Google Cloud employing its infrastructure, which powers popular platforms like YouTube and Gmail, to contribute to the network’s integrity. Google Cloud Strengthens Polygon Network Security Polygon Labs, the team behind the Polygon protocol, recently announced that Google Cloud has joined their validator set. This move brings Google....
Scaling solution Polygon has stepped up its Zero-Knowledge (ZK) proof ambitions. According to an official post, a startup called Mir will collaborate with Polygon and has invested a staggering amount of $400 million. Related Reading | Polygon: Ethereum’s Friend Is Looking To Make Big Strides Mir and its team of experts will join the scaling solution to implement their ZK Rollup technology, developed for over two years. The startup was founded by Brendan Farmer and Daniel Lubarov, and its team, comprised of people with backgrounds in pure math, cryptography, and engineer, will be....