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ClayStack, a decentralized liquid staking platform backed by leading funds and angels such as CoinFund, ParaFi, and Coinbase Ventures, will launch the Malawi Testnet later this month.   The ClayStack platform empowers users to effortlessly stake their crypto assets while maintaining their liquidity. When users deposit crypto in the platform’s smart contracts, they receive an […] The post The Best of Both Worlds: ClayStack Brings Liquid Staking to Polygon! appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

ClayStack, a decentralized liquid staking platform backed by leading funds and angels such as CoinFund, ParaFi, and Coinbase Ventures, will launch the Malawi Testnet later this month.   The ClayStack platform empowers users to effortlessly stake their crypto assets while maintaining their liquidity. When users deposit crypto in the platform’s smart contracts, they receive an […] The post The Best of Both Worlds: ClayStack Brings Liquid Staking to Polygon! appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

Welcome to “ZKVerse” – a content series dedicated to exploring the world of Zero Knowledge (ZK) proofs. This technology has recently emerged as one of the key solutions that will allow the Ethereum network to accommodate its next billion users. Unfortunately, ZK is as promising as it is arcane. In this blog series, we will […] The post ZKVerse: A Gentle Introduction to Zero Knowledge Proofs appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

Blockchain adoption in India is at its all time high, and startups have played a major role in accelerating its growth. They have positioned themselves as the backbone of the blockchain industry and it will only strengthen the ecosystem in the coming years. Hence, to facilitate the growth of the startup ecosystem, Polygon along with […] The post Built the next web3 unicorn in India with Polygon LEAP 2021 Accelerator appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

Dorahacks has just successfully hosted the Polygon Grants Hackathon. The 2-month hackathon saw 137 Polygon native projects compete to win $100k in prizes. The prizes were split between the Judge Pool and the Quadratic Funding Pool. Additional funding came via community quadratic voting and resulted in 62,210 $MATIC (~$110K+) donated by the community itself.  The […] The post Polygon Grants Hackathon concludes with a BANG! appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

Polygon and Wanchain announce strategic partnership, plan to launch world’s first direct decentralised Layer 2-to-Layer 2 cross-chain bridge London, United Kingdom, December 7, 2021 — Polygon and Wanchain are proud to announce a strategic partnership that will drive further adoption of Layer 2 cross-chain bridges and accelerate the development of interoperable blockchain technology as a […] The post Polygon and Wanchain Join Forces, Usher in New Era of Blockchain Interoperability appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

Ethereum’s smart contract blockchain has grown by leaps and bounds, but its march toward mainstream adoption has come at the price of a growing carbon footprint. While the network is moving toward Proof of Stake (PoS), it will take some time for the process to complete. In a world where sustainability comes with hard tradeoffs, […] The post Why Eco-Friendly Projects Choose Polygon appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

Matic.js is an open-source javascript library for interacting with the Polygon bridge. It provides APIs for deposits, withdrawals, transfers, etc. The latest version v3 is an all-in-all improvement over its predecessor, which was used in multiple applications. The newest iteration was developed after analyzing and understanding several improvements, feedback, and issues sourced from our community. […] The post What's new in matic.js v3 appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

Polygon will be at Blockchance to present findings from its month-long Africa tour about the state of blockchain on the continent.  Polygon Hermez undertook the journey with the support of the Ethereum foundation and found a booming and vibrant blockchain community. On Dec. 4, Polygon’s Enterprise Lead Antoni Martin will present our insights from the […] The post Bringing Blockchain to real use cases: Next 2 Billion users appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

Special thanks to Ed Felten, John Adler, and Georgios Konstantopoulos for review. With the wide adoption of Ethereum, we see a steady increase in submitted transactions on Ethereum, leading to higher gas prices as transactions fight for limited space in the block. This has led to various Layer-2 (L2) solutions that aim to process a […] The post Polygon Research: Ethereum Scaling with Rollups appeared first on Polygon | Ethereum's Internet of Blockchains.