Polygon Proof-of-Stake is an EVM sidechain for Ethereum, planning to become a Validium. The bridge is validated by Polygon validators.
Stack
Polygon PoS
Cluster
Others
Type
Sidechain
Launch Date
May 2020
Gas Token
POL
Chain ID
eip155:137
VM
Universal (EVM)
Data Availability
Ethereum (calldata)
Maturity
A project that just recently launched or that doesn't currently fall into any of the other categories.
Realtime
Transactions Per Second
1.517 s
Block Time
1,511 TPS
All-Time High
26/6/2026 17:19 UTC
341.5 TPS
24h Peak
6/8/2026 15:24 UTC
62.9
Current TPS
12
Transaction Cost
$0.0019
ERC-20 Transfer
$0.0086
Swap Fee
$0.0173
Average Fee
$0.0134
Median Fee
updated 0 seconds ago
6
Fully Diluted Valuation
$802.53M
+3.37%
Yesterday
3
Active Addresses
417.99K
+2.84%
1
Throughput
23.63Mgas/s
-5.67%
4
Stablecoin Supply
$3.07B
-2.53%
3
Revenue
$66.20K
-9.93%
3
App Revenue
$1.27M
-16.04%
Events
JUNE3
Polygon PoS Hard Fork (Pectra-aligned)
4 June 2024
Polygon PoS activated a major hard fork aligned with recent Ethereum upgrades, improving compatibility, performance, and long-term maintainability.
DEC14
Heimdall v2 Upgrade
15 December 2022
The Heimdall v2 upgrade improved consensus performance, validator stability, and checkpoint efficiency on the Polygon PoS network.
JAN17
EIP-1559 Fee Burn Introduced
18 January 2022
Polygon PoS implemented EIP-1559-style fee mechanics, introducing a base fee burn and improving fee predictability for users.
FEB8
Matic Rebrands to Polygon
9 February 2021
Matic Network rebranded to Polygon, expanding its vision from a single PoS chain to a multi-chain scaling framework for Ethereum.
MAY29
Matic Network Mainnet Launch
30 May 2020
The Matic Network mainnet went live, introducing a Plasma-based sidechain secured by a Proof-of-Stake validator set and checkpoints to Ethereum.
Achievements
Lifetime
Level 
16
7.8B
57%
to
17
Transaction Count
Level 
13
$12.9M
19%
to
14
Rent Paid to L1
Level 
13
$118.1M
12%
to
14
Revenue
Level 
13
$105.2M
3%
to
14
Onchain Profit
Level 
16
176.8M
51%
to
17
Active Addresses
Usage Breakdown
47.74%
%
%
22.55%
12.01%
%
15.03%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
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