According to ChainCatcher, Polygon has proposed a hard fork of its Proof of Stake (PoS) blockchain. If approved, the software upgrade will take place on January 17 and will address issues such as rising gas fees and blockchain reorganization.

It is reported that discussions about hard forks were first introduced to the Polygon community in December 2022. The first change in this hard fork involves the adjustment of gas fees. Polygon's goal is to use forks to solve the problem of rapidly rising gas fees that occurs when there is a large increase in on-chain activity. The second change relates to reorganization, which may occur when a validator node receives information to temporarily create a new version of the blockchain. To address the relatively frequent reorganizations, Polygon hopes to reduce the time required to verify successful transactions. (Source link)