Polygon Reduces Block Time to Enhance Throughput

Polygon has successfully reduced its average block time by 250 milliseconds, bringing it down to 1.75 seconds. According to NS3.AI, this marks the first reduction since the network's inception. Polygon software engineer Lucca Martins stated that this adjustment increases the maximum theoretical throughput to approximately 3,260 transactions per second (TPS), representing a 14% increase in payments per second. This development aligns with Polygon's efforts to expand its private stablecoin payment tools and focus on more institutional settlement use cases.