Polygon is becoming one of the most relevant Ethereum L2 protocols and one that seems to be here to stay. Among its many benefits, Polygon has attracted several of the top DeFi protocols in the Ethereum blockchain which have contributed to the growth of its ecosystem. What are investors doing in Polygon and how real is the traction of this new runtime? This session will take an in depth look to analytics and indicators that highlight fascinating trends in the Polygon blockchain. Using blockchain datasets, we will provide unique insights into the behavior of investors, the protocol traction and some of the fundamental patterns observed in the Polygon activity. We will emphasize in the analysis of DeFi protocols in the Polygon blockchain compared to other alternatives. Find out more at https://app.intotheblock.com/

1. A Deep Dive Into Analytics for the Polygon
Platform
June 2021

2. Agenda
● What is Polygon?
● Awesome Polygon analytics
● Some opportunities to think about
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3. A quick update about IntoTheBlock…

4. Quick Q2 2021 Highlights
● Over 30 new institutional customers for ITB analytics
● Massive increase in capital allocated to DeFi quant strategies from some of the top
asset managers in the crypto market
● New capabilities : Mining insights, Curve analytics, Polygon analytics
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5. Lots of new customer launches…
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10. New capabilities…
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Mining Insights

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Polygon and Curve Analytics

13. What is Polygon?

14. Ethereum Internet of Blockchains...
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Polygon
Two major types of solutions
● Secured chains (“L2 Aggregator”)
○ zkRollups
○ Optimistic Rollups
○ Shared security chains
○ Plasma etc.
● Stand alone chains (Sidechains)
Interoperability Protocol
Has some analogies with Polkadot and
Cosmos

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The Architecture

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The Ethereum Layer
Polygon chains can rely on Ethereum
for smart contract execution
There are four fundamental building
blocks of Ethereum used in the
Polygon platform
● Finality
● Staking
● Dispute resolution
● Message relaying

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The Security Layer
This layer is completely optional
It includes a series of validators that
can assess the validity of any
Ethereum chain
It enables two fundamental
capabilities
● Validator management
● Polygon chain validation

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The Network Layer
A group of independent blockchain
networks
Some key capabilities of this layer
includes
● Transaction collation
● Block production
● Consensus mechanisms

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The Execution Layer
A group of independent blockchain
networks
It includes two sublayers
● Pluggable EVM implementations
● Smart contract execution

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A Fast Growing Ecosystem

22. Is Polygon for real?
Polygon adoption by the numbers

23. Transactions and Addresses…
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24. Polygon Transactions
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25. Ethereum Transactions
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26. Polygon Active Addresses
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27. Ethereum Active Addresses
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28. Polygon Large Transactions
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29. Ethereum Large Transactions
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30. Gas Costs
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31. Polygon Gas Cost Trends
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32. Ethereum Gas Cost Trends
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33. Polygon Fees Trends
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34. Contracts
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35. Polygon ERC-20 Contracts
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36. Blocks
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37. Polygon Block Size
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38. Polygon Bridge
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39. Polygon Bridge Inflows
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40. Polygon Bridge Outflows
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41. Polygon Bridge Balances
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42. Interesting opportunities in Polygon today

43. Asymmetrical DeFi Opportunities
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44. Summary
● Polygon is one of the most exciting blockchain runtimes in the Ethereum ecosystem
● Polygon is a very attractive ecosystem for DeFi and NFT projects
● Analytics clearly show a growing adoption in the Polygon ecosystem
● Polygon offers a set of asymmetrical opportunities for generating high returns in DeFi
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46. Thank You!
Jesus Rodriguez
jr@intotheblock.io
medium.com/@jrodthoughts
intotheblock.com