How the Ordinals-inspired POLS token triggered a 1000% surge in Polygon’s gas fees

The Polygon network gas fees have surged by 1000%, peaking at $0.10, during a rush to mint a new Ordinals-inspired token named POLS. The Ethereum layer-2 Polygon (MATIC) network experienced a sudden surge in user activity due to the minting of POLS tokens, causing gas fees to spike dramatically. On Wednesday, Polygon founder Sandeep Nailwal […]