{"id":88367,"date":"2023-12-18T10:43:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T08:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=88367"},"modified":"2025-09-13T17:40:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T14:40:16","slug":"polygon-ends-support-for-polygon-edge-developer-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/polygon-ends-support-for-polygon-edge-developer-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Polygon ends support for Polygon Edge developer tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Polygon Labs developers <a href=\\\"https:\/\/polygon.technology\/blog\/polygon-labs-to-focus-contributions-on-polygon-cdk-discontinues-contributions-for-edge\\\">announced the discontinuation<\/a> of support for Polygon Edge \u2014 an early open-source solution for creating <span data-descr=\\\"Ethereum Virtual Machine \u2014 the Ethereum virtual machine\\\" class=\\\"old_tooltip\\\">EVM<\/span>-compatible networks.<\/p>\n<p>Support has shifted toward the new Polygon CDK, which provides the basis for <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-layer%e2%80%912-solution-in-blockchain\">second-layer<\/a> protocols based on zero-knowledge proofs, according to the blog.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u201cThe environment in which Edge was developed has changed, and Polygon Labs now supports a solution that gives developers the ability to build within the (future) unified L2 zk-based ecosystem,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Several protocols, including Immutable, Astar, Canto, Gnosis Pay and Manta Network, have already committed to using the Polygon CDK.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, based on Polygon Edge, the Dogechain blockchain, linked to the meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin (DOGE), was launched. In the <a href=\\\"https:\/\/dogechain.dog\/DogechainWP.pdf\\\">technical document<\/a> of the network, the tool is mentioned 22 times.<\/p>\n<p>The original Dogecoin protocol lacked smart contract support as it was a fork of Litecoin. Creating an EVM-compatible Dogechain was intended to unlock opportunities for building DeFi projects and NFTs.<\/p>\n<p>However, the new blockchain did not receive support from community leaders. Jens Wiechers, a member of the Dogecoin Foundation&#8217;s executive board, said that the organization has no involvement with the network. The meme-token creators also rejected any involvement with Dogechain.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Claims in paid media that Dogecoin launched a \\&#8221;Dogechain\\&#8221; test network are false. Neither <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dogecoin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@Dogecoin<\/a>\/<a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dogecoin_devs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@dogecoin_devs<\/a>, nor <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillyM2k?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@BillyM2k<\/a>, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ummjackson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@ummjackson<\/a> or others associated with <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DogecoinFdn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@DogecoinFdn<\/a> are in any way affiliated with the token.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2b22 Jens Wiechers \u2b21 ?? (@jwiechers) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jwiechers\/status\/1559576884182237186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">August 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In November, gas costs on Polygon surged <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/polygon-fees-rise-1000-after-pols-launch\">almost 1000%<\/a>, to around 5000 Gwei (~$0.1) amid the popularity of <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-ordinals-and-brc-20-tokens\">Ordinals<\/a> tokens POLS.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in October, the Polygon team <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/polygon-launches-ethereum-token-pol-to-replace-matic\">launched<\/a> a smart contract on the Ethereum mainnet for the new Polygon Ecosystem Token (POL), intended to replace MATIC. Details <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/polygon-proposes-replacing-matic-with-pol\">of the proposal<\/a> for the new asset appeared in September.<\/p>\n<p>In late June, Polygon Labs unveiled the proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/developers-unveil-polygon-2-0-architecture\">Polygon 2.0 architecture<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polygon Labs developers announced the discontinuation of support for Polygon Edge \u2014 an early open-source solution for creating EVM-compatible networks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1264,2337],"class_list":["post-88367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-polygon-matic","tag-sdk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"20","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88369,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88367\/revisions\/88369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}