Polygon Is Now Even Faster For Onchain Payments

Gas Limit Raised to 140M

@0xpolygon has deployed another significant network upgrade, raising its gas limit to 140M and pushing maximum theoretical throughput to over 3,800 transactions per second (TPS). The move marks the latest step in a sustained capacity build-out that has seen the network upgraded repeatedly in response to real demand pressure.

The upgrade follows a series of incremental gas limit increases that began in mid-2025. According to Polygon Labs, the chain had already reached 2,600+ TPS after raising its gas limit from 60M to 110M in early 2026, a move the team described as an 83% increase in blockspace capacity. The latest raise to 140M builds on that trajectory, extending capacity further to support global payment volumes.

The expanded throughput is accompanied by a separate block-time reduction. CoinTelegraph reports that Polygon reduced its average block production time to 1.75 seconds, the first such reduction since the chain launched, delivering roughly 14% more processing capacity per second according to Polygon software engineer Lucca Martins.

Building Toward Institutional and Retail Settlement

The throughput expansion is designed to make $POL capable of handling high-frequency retail and institutional settlement at a fraction of the cost of legacy financial infrastructure. A CoinGecko ecosystem report noted that payment processor volumes on Polygon quadrupled in 2025, with monthly volume reaching $1.98B by January 2026, reflecting genuine demand rather than speculative positioning.

The upgrades sit within Polygon's broader Gigagas roadmap, which targets 100,000 TPS as an end goal. Alongside raw throughput, the network has also introduced onchain fee transparency and a private payments feature that allows stablecoin transfers to be verified without exposing sender, receiver, or amount, addressing a key requirement for institutional adoption. Visa expanded its stablecoin settlement pilot to include Polygon in late April 2026, a sign that enterprise-grade integrations are keeping pace with the technical improvements.

For retail and institutional users, the combination of higher throughput, sub-2-second block times, and fees that remain a fraction of a cent per transaction positions Polygon as a serious contender for mainstream payment infrastructure.

Sources
Polygon Labs: Network Capacity Upgrade
CoinTelegraph: Polygon Reduces Block Production Time to 1.75 Seconds
CoinGecko: Polygon Ecosystem Report