Jaynti Kanani, a co-founder of Polygon, has declared his decision to take a step back “from the daily hustle” of the project, marking the first time in six years.
In an Oct. 4 thread on X (previously Twitter), Kanani conveyed his intentions to pivot his focus towards “new adventures,” while still offering his support to Polygon “from a distance.” Together with software engineers like Sandeep Nailwal, Anurag Arjun, and Mihailo Bjelic, Kanani was integral in establishing the Matic network in 2017, which subsequently underwent rebranding to become Polygon.
In response to the announcement, Nailwal expressed, “Man, this stirs my emotions,” further stating, “What a journey we’ve embarked upon together, brother. But it’s merely the beginning for Polygon, I wish we could have continued together longer in this whirlwind journey that is Polygon. But hey, you have to pursue what you must.” The Polygon website identifies 10 co-founders for the protocol, several of whom remain active with different auxiliary projects on the platform. Arjun exited Polygon in March, coinciding with the spin-off of the blockchain data availability protocol, Avail.
Polygon Labs has started welcoming improvement proposals since June, designed to guide the network’s transition to Polygon 2.0. This forthcoming ecosystem plans to implement zero-knowledge proofs and will be structured across four protocol layers, concentrating on staking, interop, execution, and proving. At the press time, developers were actively engaged in “materializing Polygon 2.0.”
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