- Polygon has taken steps to enhance cloud options for developers building using Layer 2 kits.
- Fleek promises to be faster and more efficient than existing solutions.
- Several projects are being built using Polygon’s Layer 2 kit.
Since revealing its multichain vision in June 2023, Polygon Labs has focused its efforts on releasing and improving tools to help projects decouple Ethereum Layer 2 chains and connect to the Polygon (MATIC) ecosystem. Among these tools is Polygon’s Chain Development Kit (CDK).
Released in August 2023, the CDK is built with a focus on modularity, allowing developers to select components from a variety of options to achieve customized user experiences. To provide more options, Polygon has teamed up with Fleek, an on-chain cloud services platform that promises to reduce costs, reduce latency, improve performance, and improve user experience for projects.
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Polygon Labs has partnered with Fleek to enable developers to build web services on distributed cloud infrastructure. Daily Coin.
Commenting on the development, Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal claimed that Polygon’s flexibility has been enhanced by adding Fleek as an alternative to cloud computing services.
"Accessibility, democracy, and freedom of choice are among the core principles of Web3, and Fleek's vision aligns with this ethos. By offering Polygon CDK developers more freedom in which tools they prefer for their cloud infrastructure needs, the Polygon network will become even more flexible and diverse—accelerating the evolution and maturation of the blockchain space as a whole," he noted.
Traditionally, crypto nodes and decentralized applications typically rely on enterprise and centralized cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS). The dominance of Amazon Web Services (AWS) hosting Ethereum nodes has led to centralization issues in the past. In announcing the Polygon Labs partnership, Fleek argues that while these platforms work, they are “far from ideal.”
How Fleek Competes with Its Competitors
Fleek claims to create a better product for users by combining the network incentive capabilities of blockchain with the efficiencies of services like Uber and Airbnb, which decentralize and algorithmically run the supply side of the network.
From a cost perspective, Fleek claims to rely on a decentralized network of nodes to eliminate 75-80% of costs incurred due to human-related factors. At the same time, the company claims it already outperforms existing cloud providers. In a simple edge functionality test, Fleek achieved 7x faster first byte than AWS.
Polygon plans to enable projects built using the CDK to take advantage of these impressive features to reduce costs, reduce latency, improve performance, and improve user experience. Some projects that have already used CDK include OKX, Astar, and Immutable.
On the flip side
- Fleek is still in testing.
Why This Matters
Cloud services are very important for blockchain nodes and dApps. However, the dominance of corporate services has raised concerns about censorship and centralization. With Fleek, Polygon provides more options to developers building with layer 2 toolkits.
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