Blockchain Technical Foundations Newsletter …

[Rahul Aravind M]

Resources

Official Documentation

Polygon PoS Developer Docs

https://docs.polygon.technology/pos/

(Also available at: Polygon Wiki)

Staking & Validator Setup

Staking Portal: https://staking.polygon.technology/

Validator Docs: Staking Overview

Bridge Tools & Concepts

Bridge UI: https://wallet.polygon.technology/polygon/bridge

Bridge Docs:

Bridge Overview

Bridge Concepts

Polygon Architecture Overview

https://docs.polygon.technology/pos/design/architecture/

(Additional context: Exaion Node Docs)

📜 Protocol Specs & Governance

Polygon (Matic) Whitepaper

GitHub: maticnetwork/whitepaper

(Mirror: polygon.technology/papers/matic-whitepaper.pdf)

PoS Architecture & Protocol Design

Polygon PoS Design Docs

Polygon 2.0 & POL Token

Announcement: Polygon 2.0 Blog

POL Proposal & Governance:

PIP Announcement

KuCoin Learn: POL Migration Guide

📺 Walkthroughs & Tutorials

Polygon PoS Explained – Finematics

Finematics YouTube Channel (Search for “Polygon”)

Polygon Bridge Guide

Community Guide: https://polygon-bridge.github.io/

(Wallet providers and Polygon support docs also offer step-by-step tutorials.)

🧠 Deep Dives

Heimdall & Bor Layers

Heimdall: https://docs.polygon.technology/pos/design/heimdall/

Bor: https://docs.polygon.technology/pos/design/bor/

Node Setup: Full Node Binaries

Polygon zkEVM vs. PoS

Comparison Article: Metana Blog – PoS vs. zkEVM

ZK-Validium Explained – Vitalik Buterin

Blog: https://vitalik.eth.limo/

Suggested Reading:

"Different Types of Layer 2s" (Oct 2023)

"An Incomplete Guide to Rollups"