Polygon’s POL Upgrade Live On Ethereum Mainnet, MATIC To $1?
After months of development and weeks after testnet deployment, the POL upgrade is now live on the Ethereum mainnet. According to an update on October 25, Polygon Labs, the team behind the Ethereum sidechain, Polygon, said the move is a milestone for the project. The team claims the release of POL “paves the way for the next series of milestones in the Polygon 2.0 roadmap.” Polygon 2.0 Taking Shape: What’s In Store? The Ethereum sidechain continues to build. Despite challenges in the last bear run, which saw MATIC, the platform’s native currency, drop below $1....
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On Thursday, the Polygon Foundation announced the date for its upcoming MATIC to POL upgrade after reaching a community consensus. The long-awaited token migration will occur in less than two months and aims to kickstart Polygon’s native token expansion. MATIC saw a 7% drop following the news. Related Reading: Memecoins Reign Continues: Most Popular Narrative In Q2 – CoinGecko Report Save The Date: Polygon Token Upgrade Coming Soon The Layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum, Polygon, revealed the highly anticipated date for its native token upgrade. Set for September 4, the initial phase....
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....
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....
“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....
Three Ethereum testnets now have a set date for the London hardfork, a key step towards a full mainnet implementation. The hotly anticipated “London” Ethereum hardfork now has a set block height for three Ethereum testnets — a key penultimate step towards a full mainnet launch.In a blog post on the Ethereum Foundation’s website, Ethereum core developer Tim Beiko wrote that the Ropsten, Goerli, and Rinkeby testnets now have set block heights at which London will go live, with Ropsten expected to be the first at block 10499401, or sometime on June 24th. Goerli is expected to be next on June....