Polygon breaks records in on-chain activity, promises NFT accessibility through low gas fees

  • Integration of the succinct blockchain Mina Protocol brings added security and privacy to smart contract applications built on Polygon Network.
  • World's largest peer-to-peer marketplace OpenSea has more Polygon users than on Ethereum layer 1. 
  • 77% of OpenSea's Polygon NFT sales in August were for $100 or less, the layer 2 scaling solution promises NFT accessibility for retail traders.

Polygon has announced a merge with zero-knowledge proofs protocol Mina Protocol through a bridge. Guaranteeing privacy to users becomes increasingly essential with the security challenges faced by NFT collectors, and Polygon is taking steps to enhance privacy in its ecosystem. 

Polygon users break records on OpenSea, makes NFTs accessible to all

Mina Protocol, better known as the cryptocurrency industry’s “smallest blockchain” operates on 22kb of data. The protocol’s lightweight blockchain provides fast sync speeds and easy setup, with no additional requirements for hardware to maintain the network. 

Ethereum’s layer-two scaling solution, Polygon has announced a merge with Mina Protocol through a bridge and together the two are set to offer enhanced privacy to smart contract applications built on Polygon. 

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