{"id":45619,"date":"2021-07-06T18:43:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T15:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=45619"},"modified":"2025-09-01T12:08:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T09:08:39","slug":"polygon-transaction-volumes-several-times-higher-than-ethereum-and-binance-smart-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/polygon-transaction-volumes-several-times-higher-than-ethereum-and-binance-smart-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"Polygon transaction volumes several times higher than Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By the end of June, daily transaction volume in the Polygon network (formerly Matic Network) surpassed Binance Smart Chain by 2.38x and Ethereum by 6.59x.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The chart below shows the rapid on-chain activity growth in Polygon that began in April, as well as a decline in the metrics of competing ecosystems.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"1024\\\" height=\\\"707\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dinamika-dnevnogo-obema-tranzaktsij-v-ekosistemah-Polygon-Ethereum-i-Binance-Smart-Chain.-Dannye-PolygonScan-Etherscan-BscScan-1-1024x707.png\\\" alt=\\\"Polygon transaction volumes exceeded Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-141601\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dinamika-dnevnogo-obema-tranzaktsij-v-ekosistemah-Polygon-Ethereum-i-Binance-Smart-Chain.-Dannye-PolygonScan-Etherscan-BscScan-1-1024x707.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dinamika-dnevnogo-obema-tranzaktsij-v-ekosistemah-Polygon-Ethereum-i-Binance-Smart-Chain.-Dannye-PolygonScan-Etherscan-BscScan-1-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dinamika-dnevnogo-obema-tranzaktsij-v-ekosistemah-Polygon-Ethereum-i-Binance-Smart-Chain.-Dannye-PolygonScan-Etherscan-BscScan-1-768x530.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dinamika-dnevnogo-obema-tranzaktsij-v-ekosistemah-Polygon-Ethereum-i-Binance-Smart-Chain.-Dannye-PolygonScan-Etherscan-BscScan-1-1536x1061.png 1536w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dinamika-dnevnogo-obema-tranzaktsij-v-ekosistemah-Polygon-Ethereum-i-Binance-Smart-Chain.-Dannye-PolygonScan-Etherscan-BscScan-1.png 1746w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\\\" \/><figcaption>Daily on-chain transaction volume dynamics in the Polygon, Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain ecosystems. Data: PolygonScan, Etherscan, BscScan, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/june-2021-in-figures-hashrate-slump-amid-chinas-crackdown-polygon-sets-records-tether-halts-the-machine\">ForkLog report for June<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The number of unique Polygon addresses is also rising steadily, signaling an expanding user base.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"1024\\\" height=\\\"744\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dinamika-chisla-unikalnyh-adresov-v-seti-Polygon.-Dannye-PolygonScan-1-1024x744.png\\\" alt=\\\"Polygon unique addresses\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-141602\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dinamika-chisla-unikalnyh-adresov-v-seti-Polygon.-Dannye-PolygonScan-1-1024x744.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dinamika-chisla-unikalnyh-adresov-v-seti-Polygon.-Dannye-PolygonScan-1-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dinamika-chisla-unikalnyh-adresov-v-seti-Polygon.-Dannye-PolygonScan-1-768x558.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dinamika-chisla-unikalnyh-adresov-v-seti-Polygon.-Dannye-PolygonScan-1.png 1472w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\\\" \/><figcaption>Trend in the number of unique addresses in the Polygon network. Data: PolygonScan, ForkLog report for June.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Users are drawn to Polygon&#8217;s high transaction speed and ultra-low fees. The latter, according to researcher Raphael Signal, are hundreds of times lower than those on Binance Smart Chain and Ethereum.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-conversation=\\\"none\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">15\/ Despite the increase in rev\/tx, we can actually see just how inexpensive <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/0xPolygon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@0xPolygon<\/a> is for users.<\/p>\n<p>~148x cheaper than BSC and<br \/>~2401x cheaper than ETH<\/p>\n<p>This coupled w\/ dapp adoption is IMO the primary reason for the high tx\/user noted earlier. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/f1UTbuVR0v\\\">pic.twitter.com\/f1UTbuVR0v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Raphael (@RaphaelSignal) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaphaelSignal\/status\/1409863948489347074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">June 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The new platform still trails the aforementioned protocols in terms of the value of assets locked in smart contracts (TVL).<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"1024\\\" height=\\\"537\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/notional-value-locked-l1s-1024x537.png\\\" alt=\\\"Polygon transaction volumes\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-141603\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/notional-value-locked-l1s-1024x537.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/notional-value-locked-l1s-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/notional-value-locked-l1s-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/notional-value-locked-l1s-1536x806.png 1536w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/notional-value-locked-l1s-2048x1075.png 2048w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\\\" \/><figcaption>TVL of ecosystems built on Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Polygon and Solana. Data: DeBank, The Block.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As of writing, the TVL of the Polygon-based ecosystem stands at $5.38 billion. The corresponding figure for Ethereum exceeds $56 billion, and for BSC is approaching $16 billion. The TVL of the Solana-based ecosystem has surpassed $1 billion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In May <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/mark-cuban-invests-in-polygon-network-as-matic-surges-30-in-24-hours\">billionaire Mark Cuban invested<\/a> in the Polygon project.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">Facebook<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily transaction volume in the Polygon network exceeded Binance Smart Chain by 2.38x and Ethereum by 6.59x.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1307,1227,1093,46,1264],"class_list":["post-45619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bnb-chain","tag-cryptocurrency-transactions","tag-defi","tag-ethereum","tag-polygon-matic"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"22","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45621,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45619\/revisions\/45621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}