Polygon is launching an upgrade, Rio, to improve network speed and efficiency.

Polygon’s Rio Hardfork

The Rio hardfork has been implemented for Polygon.

Enhanced Performance

This update significantly improves speed and reliability on Polygon’s Proof-of-Stake (PoS) sidechain.

Transaction Capacity

The Rio hardfork enables a transaction processing speed of 5,000 transactions per second (TPS).

Finality

It also introduces instant finality for transactions.