Polygon

An overview of using Polygon with Tableland.

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Polygon is one of the EVM-compatible Layer 2 solutions that Tableland currently supports. Check out the overview of what this network is and relevant information when using it.

Overview

Polygon is a popular L2 scaling solution called a sidechain. It has low transaction costs and high transaction speed & throughput, so many developers choose Polygon when designing cost effective applications that require a high transaction throughput or speed.

For comparison, Polygon supports 7k tx/s compared to Ethereum’s 15 tx/s and ~10000x lower costs per transaction than Ethereum. It’s important to note that sidechains do use different security assumptions than the L1; it’s what allows Polygon to architect its network in a way that enables all of these benefits for developers. Nevertheless, it’s a great scaling solution.

Polygon (mainnet)

• Average block time: ≤ 2 seconds
• Chain ID: 137
• Symbol: MATIC
• Status Dashboard:
  • https://polygon.io/system
• Block Explorer:
  • https://polygonscan.com/
• Gas Station:
  • https://polygonscan.com/gastracker
  • https://gasstation-mainnet.matic.network/v2
• RPC URL:
  • https://polygon-rpc.com
  • See https://chainlist.org/chain/137
• Tableland contract address: 0x5c4e6A9e5C1e1BF445A062006faF19EA6c49aFeA
• SDK network name: matic
• Tableland gateway: https://tableland.network/api/v1

Polygon Mumbai (testnet)

• Average block time: ≤ 2 seconds
• Chain ID: 80001
• Symbol: MATIC
• Status Dashboard:
  • N/A
• Block Explorer:
  • https://mumbai.polygonscan.com/
• Faucet:
  • https://mumbaifaucet.com/
  • https://faucet.polygon.technology/
  • https://faucet.paradigm.xyz/
• Gas Station:
  • https://gasstation-mumbai.matic.today/v2
• RPC URL:
  • See https://chainlist.org/chain/80001
• Tableland contract address: 0x4b48841d4b32C4650E4ABc117A03FE8B51f38F68
• SDK network name: maticmum
• Tableland gateway: https://testnets.tableland.network/api/v1

Getting testnet funds

Request testnet Ether from a faucet noted above. Note that bridging is not required since MATIC is the native token, not ETH.