What Is Polygon (POL)?
Polygon is shapeshifting into 2.0, from MATIC to POL and beyond. Discover how its ZK-powered chains, tokenomics, and ecosystem make it a primary Ethereum scaler.
Introduction to Polygon
Polygon has become one of the most important projects in Ethereum’s scaling journey. Originally launched as the Matic Network in 2017, it rebranded as Polygon in 2021 and quickly rose to prominence as the home of fast, low-cost transactions.
Polygon continues to evolve. The Polygon 2.0 upgrade aims to transform it from a single chain into a network of zero-knowledge (ZK) powered Layer-2 (L2) chains that feel like one unified blockchain.
At the heart of this shift is the transition from the legacy MATIC token to Polygon Ecosystem Token (
