Polygon Crosses 1,400 TPS After Madhugiri Upgrade

Polygon has crossed a significant performance threshold following the activation of its Madhugiri network upgrade, with the chain recording peak throughput above 1,400 transactions per second (TPS). According to on-chain metrics, Polygon reached a maximum of 1,409 TPS in a single block, representing a 33% increase in throughput compared to pre-upgrade levels.

While throughput claims are common across blockchain ecosystems, Polygon’s latest figures are notable because they reflect observed block-level performance, not theoretical limits or lab benchmarks. The milestone signals a maturing architecture designed for sustained, real-world usage rather than short-term scaling demonstrations.

• What Changed With Madhugiri
• From 1,400 TPS Toward 5,000 TPS
• Enterprise Reliability Without Constant Hardforks
• Security & Fusaka EIPs

What Changed With Madhugiri

The Madhugiri hardfork is best understood as a structural upgrade, not a single performance tweak. Rather than simply raising limits, the upgrade reworks how Polygon handles block timing, consensus finality & future scalability.

At the core of the upgrade is a shift toward configurable blocktimes, allowing Polygon to improve speed incrementally without repeating the operational overhead of full hardforks. This design choice reduces friction for node operators, developers & enterprises, while giving the protocol more flexibility to evolve over time.

Blocktime control is one of the most sensitive levers in blockchain performance. Faster blocks can reduce latency, but poorly coordinated changes can destabilize consensus or increase operational risk.

Madhugiri addresses this by standardizing consensus time to one second, while allowing fine-grained tuning at the block producer level. The result is lower latency & smoother transaction flow today, with the ability to safely push throughput higher in the future.

From 1,400 TPS Toward 5,000 TPS

Polygon’s current ~1,400 TPS throughput is not positioned as an endpoint. Instead, Madhugiri lays the groundwork for reaching the network’s previously announced 5,000 TPS target, which was unlocked in earlier upgrades but depended on deeper consensus-level changes to materialize in practice.

To frame the scale of this capacity, Polygon Labs noted that even at today’s throughput, the network could have processed every ACH payment made in the United States in 2024, with significant headroom remaining. The comparison is intentional: Polygon is increasingly positioning itself as financial infrastructure, not just a crypto-native execution layer.

For institutions, raw TPS matters less than predictability. This is particularly relevant for organizations already building on the network, including Revolut, MasterCard, Stripe, Reliance Jio & BlackRock, which depend on stable infrastructure rather than rapid, disruptive change.

Security & Fusaka EIPs

Madhugiri is not solely a performance upgrade. It also activates multiple Ethereum Fusaka EIPs, tightening gas economics & placing explicit bounds on expensive cryptographic operations.

These changes reduce denial-of-service risks, stabilize block validation & preserve headroom for future throughput increases. The emphasis on security alongside speed reflects Polygon’s intent to scale responsibly, especially as transaction volumes shift from experimentation toward production-grade financial usage.

The Madhugiri upgrade builds on a sequence of earlier improvements, including the Rio payments upgrade, which introduced near-instant finality, eliminated reorg risk & enabled higher sustained throughput.

Combined with rising institutional adoption & recent highs in on-chain payments volume, these upgrades point to a consistent strategic direction. Polygon is no longer optimizing primarily for developer experimentation, but for reliable, high-volume payments & settlement, where performance must hold up under real economic load.

As future performance improvements roll out without network disruption, Polygon’s role is increasingly defined not by experimentation, but by its ability to operate as dependable financial infrastructure at global scale.

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