Polygon Rolls Out Madhugiri Hard Fork For 33% Throughput Boost

Polygon has officially activated the Madhugiri hard fork, a major protocol upgrade designed to improve network performance by delivering a 33% boost in throughput and reducing block consensus time from two seconds to one.

Polygon developer Krishang Shah said the upgrade incorporates three Ethereum Fusaka-related EIPs—EIP-7823, EIP-7825 and EIP-7883—which enhance efficiency by restricting gas-heavy mathematical operations and preventing single transactions from consuming excessive computing power.

The hard fork also introduces a dedicated transaction type for traffic between Ethereum and Polygon, improving bridge performance. Additionally, Madhugiri includes an architectural flexibility mechanism that allows future throughput increases with minimal technical friction, something Polygon previously described as equivalent to “flipping a few switches.”

With higher throughput and faster block finality now live, Polygon is positioning itself for high-trust, high-volume sectors such as real-world asset tokenization and stablecoin issuance.

Polygon Labs’ Aishwary Gupta forecast a coming “stablecoin supercycle,” predicting the emergence of more than 100,000 stablecoins over the next five years alongside greater emphasis on transparency and audited RWAs.

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