A timeline outlining key moments, and milestones for this wiki
1st October 2017
Polygon goes live as Matic Network
1st April 2019
MATIC was launched in 2019 with the IEO (Initial Exchange Offering) on the cryptocurrency exchange Binance
1st May 2020
The Matic mainnet officially went live.
1st February 2021
In February 2021, Matic Network revealed it became Polygon, the first well-structured, easy-to-use platform for Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development.
1st August 2021
Polygon merges with zk-rollup platform Hermez Network
1st February 2022
Polygon raises $450 million in a new venture financing round
1st April 2022
Polygon commits to to a carbon negative roadmap
1st October 2022
The first ZK scaling solution that’s fully equivalent to EVM launches on public testnet.
1st January 2023
Polygon Foundation is established by the co-creators of Polygon dedicated to supporting Polygon, including research, development & education.
1st October 2023
On October 25, 2023, Polygon Labs launched the Ethereum contract for the new Polygon token, POL.