Polygon

Rally Protocol is sponsoring a 1:1 workshop series to help developers learn web3 mobile development and integrate onchain features on 0xPolygon. The series consists of 4 sessions and participants who complete it will have their first 10,000 transactions sponsored by Rally Protocol. The workshop series begins on January 8th, and interested developers can apply through the provided link.

Polygon Miden is a novel ZK rollup optimized for privacy, parallelization, and client-side proving capabilities. The Miden Node, which has completed a test version, functions by exposing RPC endpoints, verifying user-generated proofs, producing blocks, and updating the state. Transactions in Miden facilitate account state changes and are performed against a single account, enabling parallel execution and asynchronicity. Users have the option to store data publicly or privately, as well as choose who generates the ZK proof. Off-chain storage and client-side proofs enhance privacy and scalability. Miden aims for absolute privacy while addressing the possibility of an experienced observer gaining information.

Polygon launched the zkEVM Mainnet Beta and the Polygon CDK chains in 2023. The developer relations engineer at Polygon Labs, Jarrod Watts, discusses Polygon 2.0 and the future plans for 2024.

The ETH India Global Hackathon recently announced the winners in the DeFi and zkEVM categories. Some of the winners include Descrownomics, ZenPay, PROJECT A.N.T.H.E.M., TokenKrafters, Graphite, Neper Finance, and Finn. These projects address various challenges in the DeFi space, such as trustless transactions, accessible graph computations, and decentralized stablecoin protocols. Additionally, several projects made innovative use of zkEVM, including ZK Bridge, AllowFlow, ZKFaceRecovery, and zkRizz. The hackathon received hundreds of submissions but only a selected few were chosen as winners.

The Polygon Village Council is an independent body consisting of web3 experts from Polygon Labs and Village ecosystem members. Its purpose is to supervise and focus on the selection process of projects participating in Village Build Ideas and Village Startup Support. The council includes members with expertise in investment, marketing, community strategy, and onboarding high-quality teams.

Polygon PoS recently processed over 16 million transactions in one day, demonstrating the capability and scalability of its network. Inscriptions, which are data stored within transaction notes, have gained mainstream attention with the release of Bitcoin's Taproot Ordinals. These onchain inscriptions provide immutable data and enhance the decentralization and security of the underlying blockchain. The significant number of Ethereum, BNBchain, and Polygon inscriptions recorded by multichain indexer @evmink further highlights the relevance of this technology. The recent technical upgrades to the Polygon PoS network have enabled it to handle these massive transaction volumes with ease.

Polygon has launched Polygon Portal, a complete UX overhaul called 'Polygon Wallet Suite'. It offers a unified dashboard for bridging assets seamlessly between Polygon and Ethereum, a Refuel Gas feature to purchase MATIC or ETH for gas, monitoring of pending/completed transactions, access to developer tools, and easy asset swapping with third-party DEXs. The Polygon Portal aims to improve the user experience and streamline the journey on Polygon chains.

HyperOracle has announced its integration with Polygon CDK, enabling Polygon builders to access unmatched computational powers. This integration allows for the development of novel applications, ranging from fully-decentralized stablecoins to AI-powered dApps.

Chainlink Data Feeds integration on Polygon zkEVM provides added security for DeFi protocols through multiple layers of decentralization. The integration is resistant to API downtime, flash crashes, and data manipulation attacks. More leading Chainlink services are expected to become available on Polygon in the future.

Polygon Connect India concluded its event with visionary speakers such as Sandeep Nailwal and Vitalik Buterin, breakout sessions, live demos, pitching, and more. The event served as a great closing to the 2023 DevX Global Tour.