Polygon upgrade quietly fixes bug that put $24B of MATIC at risk
“Considering how much was at stake, I believe our team has made the best decisions possible given the circumstances,” said Polygon’s co-founder Jaynti Kanani. Ethereum-based layer two scaling network Polygon has quietly fixed a vulnerability that put almost $24 billion worth of its native token MATIC at risk. According to a Dec. 29 blog post from Polygon, the “critical” vulnerability in the network’s Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Genesis contract was first highlighted by two whitehat hackers on Dec. 3 and Dec. 4 via blockchain security and bug bounty hosting platform Immunefi.All you need to know....
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MATIC supply is likely to become deflationary once fee burning commences according to estimates by the Polygon team. The Ethereum upgrade that introduced a partial network fee burning mechanism in August last year has launched on the layer-two scaling network Polygon. Ethereum’s EIP-1559 upgrade shipped with its London hard fork last summer and has been a success in terms of gas price predictability and network fee burning. The upgrade has now launched on the layer-two scaling network Polygon in an effort to improve “fee visibility”. It went live about an hour ago at block 23850000.The....
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Although the market downturn has somewhat slowed, the effects are still amplified within the altcoin market. MATIC, Polygon’s native token, has suffered greatly from the recent bearish market sentiment that spread within the past couple of days. Related Reading: FET: On-Chain Development Fuels 44% Surge In Just A Week According to CoinGecko, MATIC has fallen 18% since last week, marking a big slash on the token’s upward trajectory. Despite MATIC’s poor performance in the last couple of days, Polygon continues to innovate, cementing its position within the crypto community. Polygon....