Sandeep Nailwal: The Man Who Made Ethereum Soar

During the days of high Gas fees and transaction congestion on Ethereum,

there was a team quietly paving a new path—

Polygon (formerly Matic Network)

and one of the key figures behind this,

is the low-profile yet dedicated:

Sandeep Nailwal

From Entrepreneur to Crypto Believer

Born in Delhi, India, he studied computer science and business management in his early years.

He worked in management consulting at companies like Deloitte,

before starting his own e-commerce platform.

His entrepreneurial experience in traditional industries gave him a sharper perception of the real-world application of blockchain.

* The Starting Point of Polygon (Matic)

Around 2017, the crypto industry experienced its first wave of excitement,

but the scalability issues of Ethereum began to surface (slow transactions, high fees).

Sandeep and his team proposed a simple idea:

Could we use sidechains to offload Ethereum's burden?

Thus, Matic Network was born.

In the early days, they toiled in silence, with little funding and resources to support them.

m The Great Leap from Matic to Polygon

In 2021, the Matic brand was upgraded to Polygon, positioning itself as a more comprehensive Layer 2 scaling platform for Ethereum.

It attracted top DeFi projects like Uniswap, Aave, and Curve to deploy on its network.

It successfully exploded in the bull market, becoming one of the most active Layer 2 ecosystems.

At the same time, they acquired a ZK technology team, laying the groundwork for zero-knowledge proof rollups.

Sandeep led Polygon from an unknown entity to one of the most important scaling networks for Ethereum.

@' Core Traits: Persistence + Pragmatism

He is not an extreme idealist tech geek,

but rather very pragmatic in finding a balance between technology, business, ecology, and policy.

Faced with market ridicule, he always kept his head down and focused on work, not rushing to defend himself.

V This spirit of “slow cultivation, explosive growth” has also influenced the overall atmosphere of the Polygon community.

Challenges and Future

The competition in Layer 2 is fierce (with the rise of Arbitrum, Optimism, zkSync, etc.).

Polygon needs to continuously innovate, solidify its technological advantages, and expand its global ecosystem.

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Sandeep himself has repeatedly stated publicly:

V The real goal is to make blockchain technology serve 1 billion ordinary users.#山寨季何时到来？ #中国投资者涌向印尼 $BTC $ETH