Polygon 新代币升级在即,MATIC 是否值得埋伏?

foresightnewsPublished on 2024-08-23Last updated on 2024-08-23

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代币升级完成的初始阶段,POL 将成为 Polygon PoS 的 Gas 费以及质押代币。

代币升级完成的初始阶段,POL 将成为 Polygon PoS 的 Gas 费以及质押代币。


撰文:1912212.eth,Foresight News


8 月 22 日凌晨,一则 Coinbase 将 Polygon Ecosystem Token (POL) 列入上币路线图的消息,终于将已被市场遗忘太久的 Polygon 拉回市场舞台,MATIC 四小时线内上涨超 6%,价格突破 0.5 USDT。


POL 为 Polygon (MATIC) 迁移代币。Polygon 的主网升级计划于今年 9 月 4 日进行,在获得社区批准后,其原生代币将从 MATIC 转换为 POL。


MATIC 作为曾经的百倍币,在上轮牛市中引领风骚,彼时 Arbitrum、OP 等一众竞争对手并未上线主网,Polygon 备受市场资金叫好与追捧,以至于 Dragonfly 合伙人一度撰文发出「非常期待 Rollups,也担心其生不逢时无人喝彩」的感慨。


时过境迁,以太坊二层并未受到巨大关注度。MATIC 币价也在过去 1 年中,仅仅获得最高 1 倍多的涨幅。此次品牌升级,能否拯救 MATIC 委靡表现?


Polygon 主网 MATIC 代币自动升级


加密行业中部分老项目方为品牌重塑或为摆脱陈旧形象,往往选择更新品牌名称或者代币符号,以注入新活力,增强其品牌贴合度等。本次 Polygon 代币升级主要更换其代币名称为 POL,本次代币升级提案于 2023 年 9 月提出并被通过,但一直并未实行,9 月 4 日即为正式升级计划时间。


目前,Polygon PoS 上的 MATIC 不需要任何操作,将在主网完成升级之后自动转换为 POL。而在以太坊、Polygon zkEVM 以及各交易所上的 MATIC 则将在后续进行迁移。此外,以太坊上的 MATIC 可以通过与部分 DEX 聚合器如 Kyber 以及 CowSwap 来进行交互兑换。


POL 与 MATIC 进行 1 比 1 迁移,初始供应量为 100 亿 POL,年释放量为 2%(可根据社区意愿进行调整)。为了激励验证者并确保网络安全,将分配总 POL 供应量的 1% 作为验证者的质押奖励。另外 1% 的 POL 释放量将分配给社区财库。该基金旨在支持 Polygon 生态系统的发展和壮大。社区财政部将由社区管理,并用于各种计划,例如协议开发、研究、生态系统赠款和收养激励。


初始阶段,POL 将成为 Polygon PoS 的 Gas 费以及质押代币。升级完成之后,根据 PIP-42 提案,Polygon PoS 验证者必须质押才能获得协议中的奖励和交易费用。


「瑞士军刀」为何长时间隐身?


Polygon 在以太坊扩容方案上的激进态度与动作,曾一度让业界大声惊叹。上轮周期中支柱产品侧链 Polygon PoS 之后,又马不停蹄或自身打造,或收购的方式纳入开源 zk-Rollups 产品 Polygon zkEVM、zk-OPRollup 客户端 Polygon Miden 以及 Polygon SDK 以建设以太坊上的零知识证明 L2,今年初又推出专注于跨链的产品 Agglayer。


纵观其产品全家桶,其覆盖范围之广以及布局密度,确实有别于其他协议。在过去两年中,随着 Arbitrum 与 OP 两大 OP Rollups 主角登场,Polygon PoS 其正统性并不强甚至被不断质疑为只是侧链、不算真 L2。ZK 领域,ZKSync 占据其赛道大 C 位,暂时无人能及。跨链协议中也出现 Wormhole 与 LayerZero 两大明星曾一度轮流占据市场热点。全家桶战略导致的多而不专,显露缺憾。


人员流失也造成一定负面影响。2023 年伊始,Polygon 将其模块化区块链项目 Avail 分拆成了独立实体,Polygon 联合创始人 Anurag Arjun 于 Polygon 离职并收购 Avail,Polygon 研究负责人 Prabal Banerjee 也跟随离职并加入其中。10 月,Polygon 联合创始人 Jaynti Kanani 也宣布退出其网络的日常工作,未来专注于新的冒险。 此外,自 2022 年 3 月起担任 Polygon Labs 首席运营官 Michael Blank 于 2024 年 4 月也宣布离职。


多位核心高管以及联合创始人离职,让市场担忧其发展潜力或不及预期。


与竞品对比或被低估


今年 6 月,灰度旗下基金甚至移除了 MATIC 代币,MATIC 如今究竟还值得买吗?不妨先对比一下各 L2 数据。以 Arbitrum 与 OP 为例,MATIC 现总市值 53 亿美元,代币已接近全流通,后续抛压为每年通胀 2%。ARB 现市值约为 20 亿美元,FDV 目前为 57 亿美元。OP 市值为 18 亿美元,FDV 为 67 亿美元。两大竞争对手在 FDV 上已大大高于 Polygon。



翻看 Messari 数据图显示,今年二季度末,Polygon PoS 的平均交易费用降至 0.01 美元,环比下降 41.1%。日活跃地址为 120 万(环比 +47.6%),日均交易量为 410 万(环比 +3.9%)。


日均交易量数据方面,Arbitrum 为 200 万笔,为 Polygon 的二分之一;OP 为 40 万笔,是 Polygon 的五分之一。


稳定币市值方面,Arbitrum 为 40 亿美元,OP 为 12 亿美元,Polygon 的为 18 亿美元,超过 OP 但落后于 Arbitrum。


从日活跃地址数以及日均交易量来看,Polygon 显然占据明显优势,且后续抛压较少。鉴于其上轮牛市先发优势,目前 50 多亿美元估值也仅仅是 Arbitrum 的 2 倍,处于合理区间范围。


此外,在 Polygon 代币更换名称这种明牌利好之下,只要大行情趋势向上,其币价走势往往震荡向上至利好出尽而导致价格滑落。


此外,模块化公链 Avail 与 Polygon 与深度绑定,获得空投的资格主要为 MATIC 的质押用户,大大提升了用户质押意愿。目前,其产品 zkEVM 以及跨链协议 Agglayer 均未发空投,在后续市场热度起势之后,或将再次因空投而受到关注。


宏观市场方面,美联储概率选择降息,风险资产仍会获得资金流入。L2 虽然沉寂日久,但在其板块轮动中,有产品和生态做支撑的代币仍会得到资金的追捧和青睐。


小结


MEME 不是永恒的,「价值投资」的时刻或将到来。Polygon 此次代币正式升级并加强代币经济学效用,在大行情回暖后有机会再次展现生命力。

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