Polygon Rio Upgrade Boosts Network Capacity by 33%
Polygon Rio Upgrade Boosts Network Capacity by 33%
🚀 Polygon's 33% boost
Polygon's Rio Upgrade delivers significant scaling improvements to push toward their GigaGas roadmap goal.
Key improvements include:
- Block gas limit increases from 45M to 60M
- 33% boost in transaction throughput ceiling
- Redesigned block production for better efficiency
- Stateless block verification reduces hardware needs
The upgrade also eliminates reorganizations while cutting infrastructure requirements for validators.
This represents another step in Polygon's multi-phase scaling strategy to reach enterprise-level transaction capacity.
Polygon's roadmap is (still) scaling towards GigaGas. Enabled by the Rio Upgrade: - Block gas limit increasing from 45M to 60M, raising the ceiling on tps by 33% - Redesigned block production architecture for efficiency - Stateless block verification cuts hardware requirements +
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