Polygon (formerly Matic Network) is a layer-2 platform that aims at creating a more decentralized scaling solution for Ethereum-based apps without sacrificing security. Its major purpose is to link blockchains to improve Defi technologies and apps. Polygon's Software Development Kit (SDK) is a flexible, versatile framework that can be used to create a variety of Ethereum-compatible dApps.
Polygon is designed to scale Ethereum, improve its usability, and reduce gas fees while not compromising security.
It is designed to be Ethereum’s internet of blockchains, making it easy for developers to connect across blockchains networks that are Ethereum-compatible.
Due to the fixed supply, it relies on a token pool allocated to staking rewards to incentivize validators.
A new version of our Polygon Wallet is live. Now called Polygon Wallet Suite, our new environment provides a more seamless exprience with great improvements on the user interface as well as on its overall experience.
This guide shows instructions to deposit and withdraw funds using Polygon's network. For performing those actions, you need to connect a wallet to Polygon's environmnet. In this tutorial, we used Metamask, but Polygon is integrated with other wallets such as Coinbase, Bitski, Venly and WalletConnect.