{"id":274650,"date":"2023-11-17T07:12:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T06:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecryptowolf.net\/2023\/11\/17\/polygon-gas-fees-spike-1000-amid-ordinals-inspired-token-craze\/"},"modified":"2023-11-17T07:12:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T06:12:04","slug":"polygon-gas-fees-spike-1000-amid-ordinals-inspired-token-craze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecryptowolf.net\/2023\/11\/17\/polygon-gas-fees-spike-1000-amid-ordinals-inspired-token-craze\/","title":{"rendered":"Polygon gas fees spike 1000% amid Ordinals-inspired token craze"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gas fees on Ethereum layer-2 Polygon (MATIC<\/a>) surged greater than 1,000% to succeed in a peak of $0.10 as customers inundated the community with the minting of Ordinals-inspired tokens dubbed POLS.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a Nov. 16 X (previously Twitter) publish Polygon founder Sandeep Nailwal shared his shock on the elevated transaction exercise on the community saying the spike might\u2019ve been because of the launch of a brand new Polygon-based nonfungible token (NFT) assortment. <\/p>\n

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What is happening on @0xPolygon<\/a> POS chain? 6m transactions in final 24 hrs. 170 TPS on common. 1mn+ MATIC burnt by the protocol. The chain labored easily, gas fees went loopy although however no reorgs or 0 blocks and so on.<\/p>\n

I hear there’s some sport Baby Shark Launching, might that be the\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sandeep Nailwal | sandeep. polygon (@sandeepnailwal) November 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The purpose for the uptick in community exercise and sudden spike in gas fees appears to be coming primarily from a frenzy of enthusiasm for minting the brand new POLS token. <\/p>\n

Dune Analytics knowledge confirmed the frenzy of minting exercise for POLS coincided with greater than 102 million MATIC tokens \u2014 value $86 million at present costs\u2014 getting used as gas. <\/p>\n

POLS brought about greater than $86 million of MATIC for use as gas.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The POLS token is constructed on a protocol dubbed PRC-20, which operates equally to the Bitcoin Ordinals-derived BRC-20 token standard<\/a>. <\/p>\n

According to knowledge from Ethereum Virtual Machine knowledge supplier EVM, solely 8.7% of the entire POLS provide has been minted, with simply over 18,100 homeowners claiming the token. <\/p>\n

Related: <\/em><\/strong>Bitcoin Ordinals see resurgence from Binance listing<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

At the time of publication, Polygon gas fees have since returned to typical ranges, settling at round 882 gwei. Gas fees quantify the quantity of computing effort wanted to conduct a transaction on a given blockchain, with 1 gwei equal to roughly 0.000000001 MATIC.<\/p>\n

Polygon gas fees have since returned to barely above-average ranges. Source: Livdir<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Bitcoin community witnessed an identical, albeit extra extended, spike in activity in May this year<\/a> following the release of the Ordinals protocol<\/a>, which allowed customers to mint NFTs instantly onto the Bitcoin blockchain. <\/p>\n

The ensuing frenzy for Ordinals NFTs and BRC-20 tokens noticed Bitcoin fees attain ranges not since April 2021, a growth that noticed extra traditionally-minded Bitcoiners such as Samson Mow<\/a> and Adam Back forged down the NFT protocol and token customary as wasteful. <\/p>\n

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