The Polygon Foundation has scheduled The Giugliano hard fork for the main network on April 8, targeting improved speed and fee transparency. The upgrade, activating at block 85,268,500 around 2 p.m. UTC, is designed to reduce transaction finality time and provide direct on-chain access to fee data. Node operators must update their software before launch, while regular users require no action.
The Polygon Foundation has scheduled The Giugliano hard fork for activation on its main network at block 85,268,500, expected around 2 p.m. UTC on April 8. This upgrade aims to achieve faster transaction finality and clearer fee data for users and developers.
The change allows block producers to announce blocks earlier, thereby reducing the time for transactions to become irreversible. Testing on the Amoy testnet demonstrated a finality time improvement of approximately two seconds.
A key feature introduces EIP-1559-type fee parameters directly into block headers. This enables direct access to gas pricing data, eliminating the need for additional computational layers for this information.
New RPC endpoints will also allow wallets and decentralized applications to access fee-related data without relying on external estimation services. According to a statement by the foundation, “The Giugliano upgrade includes several changes in order to increase the efficiency of the protocol.”
Node operators are required to upgrade their software to Bor v2.7.0 or Erigon v3.5.0 before the activation date. This upgrade follows a series of network incidents in 2025, including a consensus problem that caused a finality delay of 15 minutes.
Another incident on the Heimdall layer, triggered by a validator exit, led to a finality delay of nearly one hour. These events prompted earlier upgrades like Madhugiri, which increased network throughput to 1,400 transactions per second.
The Giugliano hard fork is part of the broader Gigagas roadmap unveiled in June 2025, targeting 100,000 transactions per second for payment and tokenized asset systems. Previous stages, like the Bhilai upgrade, successfully reduced finality latency from over 60 seconds to about 5 seconds.
Despite the anticipated upgrade, market sentiment has remained weak. According to CoinGecko data, the POL token fell by 3.1% and was trading at $0.09024.
