Leading Ethereum scaling solution Polygon has unveiled its plans to implement a hardfork on its PoS chain on Jan 17, 2023. According to a tweet on Jan. 12, Polygon stated the proposed hardfork is “good news” for developers and users alike, as it will help create a “better” user experience.
Via a blog post on their official website, Polygon revealed more details on the upcoming hardfork stating it aims at upgrading the network performance by decreasing the occurrence of gas spikes and eliminating reorgs.
Polygon’s Hardfork To Reduce Gas Spikes
The Polygon PoS chain is arguably the biggest Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution, allowing developers and users to enjoy faster transactions and low gas fees while maintaining the security of the Ethereum network.
However, Polygon experiences a high network demand from time to time, which sometimes results in an exponential increase in gas fees known as “gas spikes”. While higher gas fees are expected during increased network activity
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