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Whew. What a year! And what a time for reflection. The gm’s piled up while devs built heads down–plus a ton of other stuff in Web3 happened, too (maybe you heard about it).  Through it all, the folks in DevRel at the Polygon Companies have been grateful for the brightest, most precious aspect of the […] The post A Look Back at Polygon Guilds & Advocates in 2022 appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

When the first Polygon zkEVM public testnet launched in October, the distant future of Ethereum scaling became a reality, today.  Researchers at Polygon called for the community to join the testnet in the collaborative, built-in-public ethos that has defined Ethereum from the start. Developers can pour over the source code-available zero knowledge (ZK) proving system […] The post Final Approach: Last Testnet for an Upgraded Polygon zkEVM appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

Polygon is pleased to announce the hackathon winners of Polygon Bootcamp Africa 2022, launched in partnership with Nigerian startup Xend Finance.  Developers in Africa showed up in a big way for Polygon’s first continent-wide bootcamp and hackathon combo: more than 5,400 applications were received from 43 countries for two tracks, Beginner and Master.  Eight weeks […] The post Announcing the Hackathon Winners of Polygon Bootcamp Africa appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

Key takeaways:  Weekly active wallets surged to 1.37 Mn (+13%) in the week of Dec. 12 driven by an increase in activity across DeFi dApps — Uniswap V3 (35.2k, +41%), Sushiswap (35.3k, +542%), 1inch (32k, +54%), Klimadao (30.7k, +8,123%), and Zerox (0x) (17.4k, +464%). NFT Volume is back up after dropping slightly last week, reaching […] The post PolygonInsights – WEEK50 appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

At Polygon companies, we are on a relentless pursuit of mass adoption for public blockchains, creating an infrastructure so essential that access to it will be considered a basic human right. In 2022, our grit, humility and constant focus on building are showing traction. We owe that in large part to the Polygon community: the […] The post Polygon 2022 Rewind appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

Validators are participants who lock up native tokens in the system and operate block producer nodes in order to help run the network. Enhancing their ability to self-regulate network participation is a key aspect of furthering decentralization. The community is taking an important step toward that goal by providing a framework for understanding how validators […] The post Enhancing Network Decentralization and Integrity With Validator Performance Framework appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

The Polygon network exists today because of the Polygon community. The developers, builders, creators, enthusiasts and fans who are Polygon’s biggest advocates and most helpful supporters have shaped Polygon into what it is today. As the community becomes more self-sustaining, our duty at the Polygon companies is to continuously nurture and develop the most engaged […] The post Community Update appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

Gamic, a Nigeria-based Web3 social communications platform, is coming to the Polygon network to help bring blockchain-powered opportunities to millions in Africa and beyond. Gamic app is a chat platform that combines a wallet experience with advanced community management tools. The app’s beta version will be released on Dec. 20 and will feature a Web3 […] The post Polygon Welcomes Africa's Web3 Gaming Startup Gamic appeared first on Polygon | Blog.

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On December 1, Polygon zkEVM began its audit. This audit represents an interesting challenge because it is meant to evaluate the security of a new kind of technology, specifically a technology designed to conceal information in a trustless way.  Given the nature of this challenge, we wanted to outline the methodology for the audit, its […] The post It’s Not a Race: Auditing Polygon zkEVM appeared first on Polygon | Blog.