Polygon (formerly Matic) was founded in 2017 by Jaynti Kanani, Sandeep Nailwal, Anurag Arjun, and Mihailo Bjelic to provide a scaling solution and framework for Ethereum-compatible blockchain networks. With the rise in popularity of decentralized finance (DeFi) applications and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), the Ethereum network has become increasingly congested, with hight cost transactions and limited […]
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