Unconfirmed: Polygon: The Layer 2 Solution Doing 8 Times as Many Transactions a Day as Ethereum

Jaynti Kanani, cofounder and CEO of Polygon, discusses why the layer 2 solution has seen so much success during a down crypto market. Show highlights:

• what factors have led to Polygon’s and MATIC's impressive performance YTD
• how Polygon is scaling Ethereum
• what types of projects are taking off on Polygon
• how Polygon is attempting to address the issue of layer 2 composability 
• how Polygon plans to use its latest funding
• why Jaynti is confident Polygon will still be necessary after ETH 2.0 launches

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Episode Links

Jaynti Kanani

Twitter: https://twitter.com/_jdkanani

Polygon

Website:  https://polygon.technology/ 

Overview:

• https://www.theblockresearch.com/polygon-a-technical-overview-105799
• https://www.theblockresearch.com/mapping-out-polygons-ecosystem-105540

Popularity:

• https://www.coindesk.com/defi-projects-continue-flocking-to-layer-2-solution-polygon 
• https://www.coindesk.com/institutional-investors-have-arrived-on-polygon-amid-rising-ethereum-layer-2-demand-blockchain-data
• https://www.coindesk.com/polygons-matic-token-ended-may-up-120-despite-bitcoins-price-crash 

Investments:

• https://www.coindesk.com/au21-capital-opens-polygon-fund
• https://www.coindesk.com/mark-cuban-invests-in-ethereum-layer-2-polygon

Miscellaneous:

• https://www.coindesk.com/okcoin-integrates-polygon-reduce-users-ethereum-gas-fees
• https://polygon.technology/lightpaper-polygon.pdf 
• https://www.coindesk.com/kyber-network-announces-polygon-integration-and-liquidity-mining-program
• https://defiwatch.net/second-letter-to-polygon/ 
• https://www.coindesk.com/google-cloud-now-provides-blockchain-insights-for-polygon-network
• https://www.coindesk.com/decentralized-exchange-aggregator-1inch-network-expands-to-polygon

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