POL History
What was POL's original name before the rebrand?
MATIC (Matic Network)
How much lower are Polygon's transaction fees compared to Ethereum?
99% lower (less than $0.01 average)
Who created Polkadot?
Dr Gavin Wood
In the shopping mall analogy, what does the Relay Chain represent?
The Mall (provides security and infrastructure)
How many new crypto assets are we adding support for in Malaysia?
29
In what city, country, and year was Matic Network founded?
Mumbai, India, 2017
What is AggLayer?
A system that unifies all chains into one seamless network, eliminating the need for bridges
In what year did DOT have its ICO (Intial Coin Offering)?
2017
What are parachains?
Independent blockchains (like shops in the mall) that connect to the Relay Chain for shared security
What types of crypto are excluded from our recent Malaysia crypto listing?
Stablecoins, memecoins, and a couple of other exceptions
What platform hosted MATIC's IEO in 2019 that brought it global attention?
Binance Launchpad
Name the three strategic pillars of Polygon.
Instant Value, Aggregation, and Hyper-Security
What year was the Polkadot whitepaper published?
2016
How long does it now take to unstake DOT, and how long did it used to take?
24–48 hours now, down from 28 days
Name the two tiers of trading support for the new assets and explain the difference.
"Exchange and Instant Buy & Sell" (full trading features) and "Instant Buy & Sell Only" (no exchange/limit orders, only instant transactions)
Name three major retail brands that adopted Polygon after the 2021 rebrand.
Nike (Swoosh), Starbucks (Odyssey), and Disney
Name two institutional players using Polygon and what sector they represent.
BlackRock (BUIDL) and Franklin Templeton, both in the Real-World Assets / institutional finance sector
What significant change happened to DOT's supply on March 14, 2026?
DOT introduced a hard cap of 2.1 billion tokens, making it a fixed/finite supply similar to Bitcoin
What is JAM and what does it turn Polkadot into?
Join-Accumulate Machine — transforms the Relay Chain into a global supercomputer that can process any computing task, not just crypto transactions
Name at least 4 of the 8 assets that get full Exchange and Instant Buy & Sell access.
Arbitrum (ARB)
Bittensor (TAO)
Jupiter (JUP)
Ondo (ONDO)
PAX Gold (PAXG)
Render (RENDER)
Sui (SUI)
Toncoin (TON)
What is the Lisovo Hardfork (March 4, 2026) and what two key features did it introduce?
A network upgrade that made Polygon officially optimized for AI bots ("Agent First") and introduced subsidized gas fees for AI agents
Explain what makes POL a "hyperproductive token" — name at least two utilities.
1) Multi-chain staking across the Polygon ecosystem,
2) Unified liquidity via AggLayer
3) Serving as gas/security token across multiple Polygon chains
4) Enabling zero-friction buy/sell on platforms like Luno
What is the significance of the event in DOT's history, that occurred on March 14, 2026? Why does it matter?
DOT introduced a hard cap of 2.1 billion tokens, making it a finite scarce resource similar to Bitcoin — shifting from an inflationary to a capped supply model
Name one of the two ways Polkadot differs from both Cosmos and Avalanche (in terms of security and upgrades.)
Polkadot uses shared security (all chains protected equally by the Relay Chain) while Cosmos uses sovereign security and Avalanche uses independent validator sets.
Polkadot upgrades are forkless and automatic, while both competitors require hard forks
Name at least 4 of the assets that will have sends and receives enabled.
ARB, JUP, ONDO, OP, PYTH, RENDER