Celestia to Integrate with Polygon CDK for Data Availability in 2024

By: Eliza Bennet

Celestia, a data availability solution, will integrate with Polygon's Chain Development Kit (CDK) in early 2024, ensuring more efficient data availability for Polygon-based networks. This integration could potentially help reduce transaction fees by more than 100 times if networks store compressed transaction data on Celestia instead of Ethereum. Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal compares the situation to the broadband moment for Web3, speculating that it will have similar transformative effects on blockchain adoption as high-speed fiber had on Web2 applications.

In related news, Celestia's native token TIA surged to a record high recently. This sudden increase in value is attributed to token holders attempting to farm a series of Celestia-based token airdrops.

This move is expected to further strengthen Polygon’s customizable software stack, which is powered by zero-knowledge technology. This integration will plug Celestia into this stack, making it a viable data availability solution option when launching blockchains using the Polygon platform.