Overview
- Polygon reduced average block time from 2 seconds to 1.75 seconds in its first such change since launch.
- The update lifts peak capacity to about 3,260 transactions per second, which a Polygon engineer said enables roughly 14% more payments each second.
- PIP-86 proposes a further cut to 1.5 seconds and a reduction in checkpoint rewards to keep annual POL issuance near 1%.
- Earlier this week, Polygon introduced shielded stablecoin transfers that hide sender, receiver and amount with zero‑knowledge proofs while preserving KYT screening and audit files.
- Visa’s settlement pilot and Meta’s USDC creator payouts signal broader trials of Polygon as a stablecoin payments rail.