The scope of analysis is limited to Polygon's economic system design, incentive structure, token utility, on-chain and off-chain balance, and sustainability evaluation. Polygon is a network that has evolved to provide scalability and low transaction costs in the Ethereum ecosystem, and the current official site positions Polygon as the foundation for global payments, stablecoins, and on-chain infrastructure for institutions. Polygon PoS consists of a Bor execution layer and a Heimdall-v2 verification/checkpoint layer, and is linked to the staking, checkpoint, and bridge contract of the Ethereum mainnet. POL is a Polygon ecosystem token that replaces the existing MATIC. It serves as...
Polygon has strong low cost payment performance, but POL value capture and AggLayer network effects remain maturity bottlenecks.
Investment View
The investment view should focus less on TPS and more on whether repeat payment demand becomes fees and security budget.