#预测市场发展 Polymarket's move is brilliant! Spinning off from Polygon to become an independent L2 is not only a technical upgrade but also a sign of the maturity of the prediction market ecosystem.

Think about it, prediction markets are like the "truth machine" of information markets — allowing everyone to express their judgments about the future with real money through decentralization. The reason Polymarket is doing this shows that the demand for prediction markets has grown so large that it can no longer be confined by any single infrastructure. Previously relying on Polygon, a single outage could impact their business, and this passive experience indeed motivated their autonomous development.

What’s even more exciting is their determination — abandoning third-party providers and building infrastructure entirely in-house. This reflects a core principle: decentralization is not just an ideal but must be thoroughly implemented at the foundational level. The launch of the 5-minute market further pushes the granularity of prediction markets to the extreme — short cycles, high frequency, real-time feedback. This is essentially building a "real-time truth mechanism."

The prediction market track is moving from niche to mainstream, from experimental to production-grade. Every such technological upgrade proves that Web3 is not just hype but is actively solving real-world problems. This direction is worth continuous attention.