Conclusion

In this dashboard, we attempted to determine the impact of the hard fork on the Polygon network by examining various metrics with the data available on Flipside.

Based on the information obtained, we have listed the most important results in this section:

Changes in the success and failure of transactions
Average Gas Price
Number of transactions on the network
Number of network users Sudden changes in Gas prices due to network congestion

Using the obtained data, we have reached the following results:

The number of transactions has decreased after the hard fork.
The average fee per transaction has increased after the hard fork.
The average gas price has increased after the hard fork.
Due to incomplete data, we could not obtain any information about reorgs and changes in the network after the hard fork.

Based on the charts and data presented in the previous sections, it can be argued that the average amount of gas paid by users has increased. However, it is incorrect to conclude that the update was unsuccessful since the goal of this hard fork was not to reduce gas fees. The aim was to make the fee gradient smoother to increase the cost of gas over time as the number of network transactions increased. As a result, to ensure that users have a nearly equal experience of gas fees across different time intervals of the day, they have divided the extra gas fees paid during periods of network congestion across all time intervals. Therefore, the average gas fee has increased in all hours, and the gas fee can also increase less during times of network congestion. That is why the charts after the hard fork show an increase in gas fees.

## Final Conclusion

The final result is that after the hard fork, the new algorithm has been able to reduce spikes that occurred during an increase in the network's transaction volume, making the increase in the average fee per transaction smoother and preventing sudden changes. However, the performance of the new algorithm has caused the average fee paid by users at different times to increase on average, causing the network fee to be higher on average than before the hard fork.

Dashboard	Creator	Published	Activity
EVM - 6. Continued Growth? Jan 31, 2023	ZSaed	Jan 31, 2023	0
EVM - 9. Polygon Hard Fork Feb 20, 2023	ZSaed	Feb 20, 2023	0

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