Polygon

The vision behind Polygon as the Value Layer of the Internet is to usher a world in which value can be created and exchanged freely and globally, similarly to how we create and exchange information today. A world which enables new – fairer, more inclusive and more efficient – forms of human organizations and governance. We strongly believe that realizing this vision can significantly advance our society. In order to make this ambitious vision a reality, Polygon’s infrastructure must improve. Specifically, it must become exponentially more scalable, without sacrificing security and user experience. To address this, a reimagined protocol architecture is being introduced as part of the Polygon 2.0 effort. This radical redesign turns Polygon into a network of ZK-powered L2 chains, unified via a novel cross-chain coordination protocol. The network can support a practically unlimited number of chains, and cross-chain interactions can happen seamlessly and instantly without additional security or trust assumptions. This design fully delivers on the aforementioned requirement – exponential scalability without sacrificing security and user experience.