Polygon will activate its Giugliano hard fork upgrade on April 8 at approximately 2:00 PM UTC. The upgrade aims to reduce transaction confirmation times and embed new fee parameters directly into block headers. Network operators must update their nodes to avoid disruption, as the fork is part of a broader scaling roadmap targeting significant throughput increases later this year.
Polygon will roll out its Giugliano hard fork on the mainnet on April 8. The upgrade is expected to go live at around 2:00 PM UTC at block 85,268,500.
The update focuses on improving how quickly transactions reach finality. Block producers will be able to signal new blocks earlier to shorten confirmation times across the network.
The upgrade also embeds fee-related parameters directly into block headers. It adds new RPC capabilities for accessing fee data to streamline interactions with transaction costs.
Polygon previously tested the changes on its Amoy testnet. The team recorded a reduction of roughly two seconds in finality time during those tests.
Node operators are required to upgrade their infrastructure ahead of the activation block. Nodes that fail to update risk falling out of sync with the network after the fork is implemented.
The Giugliano hard fork is part of Polygon’s broader “Gigagas” scaling plan. The roadmap outlines a phased approach to increasing throughput and improving overall network efficiency.
By July, the roadmap targets a throughput of around 1,000 transactions per second. It also aims for finality times of about five seconds and more stable transaction fees.
Further milestones include scaling beyond 5,000 TPS by October. This is expected to enable smoother cross-chain liquidity through Agglayer integration.
The long-term goal is to support up to 100,000 TPS. The plan eventually aims to achieve near-instant finality with one-second block times and no chain reorganizations.
Network activity has remained steady through most of 2025. A recent report found that Polygon averaged about 119 million transactions per month and roughly 7.4 million active users.
Activity picked up sharply in the final quarter of 2025. Transactions rose from 116 million in October to 183 million by December.
Network revenue reached its highest level since early 2023 in January 2026. This was supported by strong usage of payment applications and trading activity on platforms like Polymarket.
Earlier this year, Polygon Labs reduced its workforce by 30%. The layoffs followed previous workforce reductions in 2023 and 2024.
