Polygon launches Madhugiri hard fork, increasing throughput by 33%

Jinse Finance reported that Polygon has officially activated its latest network upgrade—the Madhugiri hard fork, aimed at accelerating on-chain processing efficiency through performance optimization. This upgrade reduces block time delay from 2 seconds to 1 second, enabling faster transaction confirmations and is expected to increase overall throughput by approximately 33%. Madhugiri integrates several optimization measures previously developed for the Ethereum Fusaka upgrade, including enhancements to gas measurement methods and execution processes, allowing the network to better handle higher computational loads. Additionally, the hard fork introduces a brand-new transaction type to further optimize the cross-chain interaction structure between Polygon and Ethereum.