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Polygon is pleased to announce winners of Polygon’s BUIDL IT Summer 2022 hackathon! We funneled over $500,000 in resources to help developers build a more equitable web.  This year, we saw 3.6 times as many projects submitted to #BUIDLIT compared to last, a number that translates to the highest conversion rate of registrations to projects […] The post Announcing the Winners of Polygon’s BUIDL IT Hackathon!  appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

The Polygon Avail Testnet is now live. As users begin incorporating Avail into their chain designs, a question that often comes up is, “How many transactions can Avail process?” This is Part Two in a three-part series of articles that will address Polygon Avail’s current performance, as well as its ability to scale in the […] The post Polygon Avail’s Ability to Scale: What We Can Improve Next appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

With Ethereum’s Merge finally upon us, we’ve been thinking about how this historic milestone will affect our sustainability efforts. Polygon’s initial commitment to become carbon neutral and eventually carbon negative was largely addressing emissions generated by our relationship with Ethereum. The Merge dramatically changes that equation. Ethereum’s transition from Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake consensus, known as […] The post Going Beyond the Green Manifesto: Our New Impact Commitment  appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

Hola readers! Homa games, a leading platform for creating and publishing mobile games, is joining the Polygon ecosystem, PIL ZK Tooling is now open source, and OnePlanet completed its migration to Polygon. Let’s dive in.  Key takeaways:  Weekly NFT volume continued to grow the past week, climbing to $364 Mn (+37%). The past week recorded […] The post PolygonInsights – WEEK36 appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

Labor Day weekend brought a chance to reflect on all the labors of love Polygon’s Developer Relations team worked on this past August.  The team wanted to take a moment to provide a roll-up of the most important advancements and events in our continued effort to build collectively, support and expand the community in Web3, […] The post Polygon Monthly Rollup for Builders: August Recap  appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

Today, we are thrilled to announce that Starbucks Coffee Company is working with Polygon to provide the blockchain technology to build its recently announced Web3 experience, Starbucks Odyssey. As a result of the partnership, this new Web3-powered experience will allow Starbucks Rewards loyalty program members and Starbucks partners (employees) in the United States to earn […] The post Starbucks Taps Polygon for Its 'Starbucks® Odyssey' Web3 Experience  appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

Hola readers! Welcome to the monthly dose of PolygonInsights. As per coingecko, we crossed $6.5 Bn (+14%) in Mcap, the highest since April’22. A new version of Polygon Wallet Suite launched, and Plonky2 and Starky were open-sourced. Let’s dive in.  Key takeaways:  Once again, Polygon closed in green last month, growing its user base by […] The post PolygonInsights – AUGUST appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

Fall is here. Do you feel it? The changing season promises new beginnings, fresh experiences, and opportunities to learn and grow.  Polygon is excited about the new school year. There will be a spate of Web3, student-centered events in the coming months, including initiatives mapped out by Polygon.  Polygon’s university team has already been doing […] The post Back to School With Polygon appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

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 […] The post The Merge to Erase 60,000 Tonnes of Polygon’s Carbon Footprint appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

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 […] The post PIL ZK Tooling is Now Open-Source appeared first on Polygon | Blog.