A timeline outlining key moments, and milestones for this wiki
2017-10-01
Polygon goes live as Matic Network
2019-04-01
MATIC was launched in 2019 with the IEO (Initial Exchange Offering) on the cryptocurrency exchange Binance
2020-05-01
The Matic mainnet officially went live.
2021-02-01
In February 2021, Matic Network revealed it became Polygon, the first well-structured, easy-to-use platform for Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development.
2021-08-01
Polygon merges with zk-rollup platform Hermez Network
2022-02-01
Polygon raises $450 million in a new venture financing round
2022-04-01
Polygon commits to to a carbon negative roadmap
2022-10-01
The first ZK scaling solution that’s fully equivalent to EVM launches on public testnet.
2023-01-01
Polygon Foundation is established by the co-creators of Polygon dedicated to supporting Polygon, including research, development & education.
2023-10-01
On October 25, 2023, Polygon Labs launched the Ethereum contract for the new Polygon token, POL.