Polygon developers announce the launch of Napoli Hard Fork and show their progress regarding Feijoa Hard Fork, in order to bring EIP-4844 to Polygon and reduce current Polygon network fees.
Polygon network, known for its scalability solution for Ethereum, has implemented a new hard fork called Napoli. This represents a significant step within the Polygon ecosystem and aims to improve the network's interoperability and efficiency.
The Napoli Hard Fork will integrate a number of outstanding features from Ethereum’s Dencun upgrade and has activated RIP-7212 on the Polygon PoS (Proof of Stake) sidechain, marking a new era of interoperability and efficiency.
Innovations and continuous development at Polygon
The Napoli Hard Fork on the Polygon network has implemented several significant improvements that strengthen both the functionality and efficiency of the chain. Among the features and improvements included in this hard fork, we can highlight the support of important improvement proposals that have been implemented in Ethereum (remember, Polygon is a Layer2 compatible with Ethereum), these proposals are:
- EIP-1153: Introduces transient storage opcodes, allowing for temporary forms of storage in transactions. This can offer a more efficient way to handle intermediate state in smart contracts.
- EIP-5656: Adds the MCOPY instruction, which handles memory copying. This can optimize operations that require copying data into memory, potentially improving performance and decreasing gas costs for certain operations.
- EIP-6780: Restricts the use of the SELFDESTRUCT opcode so that it can only be used within the same transaction. This can increase the security of smart contracts by avoiding potentially dangerous or maliciously exploitable design patterns.
Specific improvements with RIP-7212
But one of the most relevant points of this update can be seen in the implementation of the Rollup Improvement Proposal (RIP) RIP-7212. With this improvement, the Polygon network seeks to reach an important milestone: support for the secp256r1 cryptographic curve. Thus, with this new support, Polygon will improve its interoperability, especially with cryptography technologies and standards that already use this curve, which is common in many traditional applications.
In this way, the Napoli Hard Fork will have a considerable impact on the Polygon network. Starting with a performance optimization, thanks to the fact that the new instructions and opcodes can allow developers to write more efficient contracts that consume less gas. In addition, the SELFDESTRUCT restriction increases security by preventing its misuse within smart contracts, which will strengthen the security of the platform in order to create more reinforced and secure decentralized applications.
Finally, Polygon will benefit from improved interoperability thanks to the inclusion of support for the new secp256r1 cryptographic curve. This new cryptographic curve will open new avenues for smoother integration with other systems and chains.
Thus, this hard fork demonstrates Polygon's ongoing efforts to keep its network at the forefront of blockchain technology, promoting scalability and efficiency for its users and developers.
Community focus
Polygon celebrates the arrival of Napoli with a post on X where they make clear the strong commitment of the developers to the community and the mission of offering tools that allow this chain to evolve.
After all, the Polygon community plays an active role in the development of the network, with contributors proposing additional changes for future hard forks. These changes are aimed at improving options for developers and increasing code size limits.
Paving the way for Feijoa Hard Fork
But on the other hand, Polygon also continues working towards the goal of bringing Ethereum's latest innovation to its network: the EIP-4844To this end, Polygon developers are working on the Feijoa hard fork, which will be the next significant update for the Polygon network, specifically for its zkEVM component.
The Feijoa upgrade is important because it directly integrates EIP-4844, also known as “Proto-Danksharding.” This EIP introduces blobspace, a database storage concept designed to efficiently manage binary large objects (BLOBs), which do not require permanent storage on Ethereum and are therefore cheaper in terms of costs per byte.
With this new update, Polygon will be able to significantly reduce transaction fees on the Polygon network, something that is already visible in networks such as Base or Optimism, where improvements in fee reduction can already be seen.
It is thus clear that Napoli Hard Fork and Feijoa Hard Fork will play a fundamental role in the advancement of blockchain technology and its crucial role in Polygon's scalability strategy.
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