Polygon Handled Over 16,000,000 Transactions in Single Day and ‘Didn’t Even Blink,’ Says Founder Sandeep Nailwal

Polygon Handled Over 16,000,000 Transactions in Single Day and ‘Didn’t Even Blink,’ Says Founder Sandeep Nailwal


Ethereum (ETH) scaling solution Polygon (MATIC) processed the highest number of daily transactions in the blockchain’s history last week.

On November 16th, the Polygon blockchain saw 16,449,264 transactions, marking a sudden and massive increase from the average of below three million per day.

In a post on social media platform X, Polygon founder Sandeep Nailwal says the network handled the spike without experiencing any downtime.

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“Polygon handled 16+ million transactions, and the network didn’t even blink.  

At its peak, PoS (proof of stake) had a throughput of 255 tps (transactions per second) – that’s around two to three times of the entire ETH ecosystem combined. Total transaction fees generated by the validators are around [$1 million] in a single day, though the gas fees spiked

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