Polygon PoS Activates Madhugiri Hardfork, Lifting Throughput and Enabling 1-Second Blocks

Overview

• The Madhugiri hardfork went live at block 80,084,800 on Polygon PoS, with operators reporting stable performance and clean activation.
• Early post-fork measurements indicate roughly a 33% throughput increase, with observed rates near 1,400 transactions per second.
• Consensus timing now targets one second, and the chain can adjust block intervals without future hardforks to tune performance.
• Fusaka EIPs (EIP-7823, EIP-7825, EIP-7883) are active alongside canonical StateSync inclusion, strengthening EVM security and speeding node synchronization.
• Validators must run Bor v2.5.x or higher to stay in consensus, and Polygon is planning a phased configuration path toward 60 million gas per block while users and most dApps need no action.