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Summary
Polygon is a Layer 2 Blockchain smart contract platform that was created to fix Ethereum’s scaling issues. It offers faster transaction speeds and cheaper gas fees over Ethereum, while being compatible with the Ethereum virtual machine (EVM), meaning that smart contracts, including NFTs, can be shared between Polygon and Ethereum. Polygon’s native token is called MATIC.
Technical Details
Polygon offers multiple different scaling solutions, but this article will focus mostly on Polygon PoS and the MATIC token.
Tokenomics
Circulating supply
~4.88b of 10 possible (62.4%)
Daily Active Users
~400k
Speed & Scalability
Peak Capacity
65,000 Transactions per second (tps)
Average tps
TBD
Cost per transaction
$0.0059
Total Transactions
TBD
Total Validators
TBD
Community
Twitter followers
1.3m
Active Wallets
~15m
VC Backing
Investments
$450.5m
Lead Investors
Sequoia Capital, Kevin O’Leary, Celsius Network, SoftBank Vision Fund,
Note: the data listed here is approximate as of the date of publish and is not yet automated (I’m working on it). It’s meant to act as a starting place to compare against other crypto projects. Please see Solana Beach for more accurate statistics.