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 According to Polygon, “the same infrastructure used to power YouTube and Gmail” will help secure its network. 
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 Polygon Labs announced on Sep. 29 that Google Cloud has joined the Polygon PoS <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="network" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/network.html">network</a> as a <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="validator" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/validator.html">validator</a>.&nbsp; 
 Google Cloud joins more than 100 other validators verifying transactions on its L2 Ethereum network. 
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 This month, @GoogleCloud became part of the decentralized validator set for Polygon PoS. The same infrastructure used to power @YouTube and @gmail is now helping to secure the fast, low-cost, Ethereum-for-all Polygon protocol. With 100+ validators securing the Polygon PoS…— Polygon (Labs) (@0xPolygonLabs) September 29, 2023 
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 Per a post from Polygon Labs on the X platform announcing the partnership: 
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 “The same infrastructure used to power YouTube and Gmail is now helping to secure the fast, low-cost, Ethereum-for-all Polygon protocol.” 
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 Validators on the Polygon network help secure the network by operating nodes, staking MATIC, and participating in proof-of-stake consensus mechanics. 
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 Separately, learn more about our work in the blockchain space, in an ongoing strategic collaboration with @0xPolygonLabs https://t.co/r6yAtUSXEc— Google Cloud Singapore (@GoogleCloud_SG) September 29, 2023 
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 The Google Cloud Singapore account confirmed on X that Google Cloud was “now serving as a validator on the Polygon PoS network,” adding that it would be “contributing to the network's collective security, governance, and decentralization alongside 100+ other validators.” 
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 <figcaption style="text-align: center;"> Image source: Polygon Staking 
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 While many of the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="validator" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/validator.html">validator</a>s are anonymous, as Cointelegraph recently reported, Google Cloud joins Germany's Deutsche Telekom, one of Europe’s largest telecommunications firms, on the Polygon <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="network" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/network.html">network</a>. 
 For its part, Google Cloud describes its relationship with Polygon Labs as “an ongoing strategic collaboration.” Alongside the announcement that it would be joining the network as a validator, Google Cloud APAC also released a YouTube video titled “Polygon Labs is solving for a Web3 future for all.”<iframe width="100%" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bJRFyKhXodc" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> 
 Polygon Labs recently launched its “Polygon 2.0” initiative to update the Polygon <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="network" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/network.html">network</a>. As Cointelegraph reported, “Phase 0,” the current phase, <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Category Features" href="https://thebittimes.com/features.html">Features</a> three Polygon Improvement Proposals (PIPs), PIPs 17-19. 
 PIP 17 involves the transition from MATIC to new token POL, whilst PIPs 18 and 19 address supporting endeavors such as the technical description of POL and updating gas tokens. According to Polygon, these changes are slated to begin taking place in Q4 2023. 
 Related: Google Cloud adds 11 blockchains to data warehouse ‘BigQuery’ 
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Source: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://thebittimes.com/google-cloud-is-now-a-validator-on-the-polygon-network-tbt64584.html">https://thebittimes.com/google-cloud-is-now-a-validator-on-the-polygon-network-tbt64584.html</a>

Google Cloud is now a validator on the Polygon network

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