Ethereum’s imminent transition to the proof of stake (PoS) consensus will reverberate throughout the broader ecosystem in a multitude of ways, but it will have a singular impact on the carbon emissions profile of Polygon’s network. Thanks to the work of the Crypto Carbon Ratings Institute (CCRI), we can now share specific numbers on what … Read more
Polygon’s zero-knowledge (ZK) tech teams have recently unveiled the cutting-edge Polygon zkEVM, as well as open-source licensing for the revolutionary Plonky2 proving system. We are excited to announce yet another milestone: open-source licensing for our PIL toolkit. We will be licensing the PIL toolkit jointly under the Apache2 and MIT licenses. Developers around the world … Read more
The Ethereum scaling solutions space has been heating up lately. Which is a good thing, because Ethereum (and its community) needs scaling as soon as possible. As you know, Polygon’s mission is to develop various kinds of Ethereum scaling solutions, from sidechains to rollups (and more). But all these solutions come with trade-offs. There’s no … Read more
