# Polygon Advantage

We are building a decentralised metaverse that will host millions of professionals, company HQs, live competitions and hiring assessments. For this reason, we needed a blockchain platform that is affordable, has high throughput now and is future-proof. It needs to have a proven track record of stability and be sufficiently decentralised.

Polygon has proven to be a natural fit for our requirements.

It is the leading **Layer 2 network** built on the Ethereum blockchain, with its mainnet live since May 2020. Polygon is capable of supporting 10,000 transactions per second with a processing time of just 2.3 seconds. And the best part: It is cheap! To give some reference, gas fees on Polygon is barely $0.01 per transaction.

To give a reference, the Ethereum mainnet has a massive $30-70 transaction fee with an average transaction time of 13.15 seconds!

Polygon's affordability, without compromising on performance, enables us to offer a gas-free experience, helping stakeholders purchase WLPD without second thoughts and initiating more frequent earning transfers to them.
