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Polygon announced Friday that Google Cloud is officially a validator for the proof-of-stake sidechain.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This comes months after T-Mobile\u2019s parent company, Deutsche Telekom, also became a validator, showing that Polygon is consistently attracting the interest of large technology firms.<\/p>\n
Polygon took to X to share the news, saying that the same infrastructure that powers YouTube and Gmail, both products boasting billions of users, will now be helping secure its own network.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Google Cloud has staked just over $5,300 worth of MATIC<\/a> on Polygon so far, according to Polygon\u2019s staking dashboard<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Besides being another big tech name being attached to Polygon, Google\u2019s involvement could have implications for Polygon\u2019s anticipated switch from a PoS chain to a validium<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong> T-Mobile parent joins Polygon blockchain as validator<\/a><\/p>\n Validiums are similar to zero-knowledge proofs, but they diverge in how they store data. Instead of storing data on Ethereum, validiums rely on off-chain storage solutions, which makes the blockchain less clogged and more efficient.\u00a0<\/p>\n Polygon did acknowledge the need for off-chain storage as a decentralization tradeoff in a June blog<\/a>. Plus, since only the proofs are stored on-chain, rather than the underlying data, validiums don\u2019t benefit from the security of Ethereum.<\/p>\n Still, when the transition to a zkEVM validium goes through, perhaps by early 2024<\/a> according to Polygon Labs, Google Cloud will be among 100 other validators securing the chain and guaranteeing data availability.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t miss the next big story \u2013 join our\u00a0free daily newsletter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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