Polygon plans Jan. 17 hard fork to reduce gas fees

Ethereum (ETH) Layer-2 network Polygon (MATIC) proposed a hard fork on Jan. 17 to reduce gas spikes and address chain reorganizations by changing the BaseFeeChangeDenominator, according to a Jan. 12 statement. Polygon gas spike reduction Although Polygon boasts better scalability and cheaper fees than Ethereum, it is not immune to gas spikes during network congestion….