This upgrade focuses on improving finality and fee handling:
Node operators must update:
before the activation block to avoid issues.
Giugliano is one step in Polygon’s Gigagas plan to dramatically scale throughput (targeting thousands of TPS) while enhancing user experience for payments, real-world assets (RWAs), and general DeFi activity. The network has faced stability challenges in the past (e.g., finality bugs and validator-related disruptions in 2025), and this upgrade continues the push for more reliable performance.
The upgrade was successfully tested on the Amoy testnet last month, showing the expected improvements in finality.
Polygon continues to position itself as a high-performance Ethereum scaling solution, focusing on real usability rather than hype. The Giugliano hard fork is a technical but important milestone in that direction.
If you’re running a Polygon node or building on the network, check the official Polygon docs or the GitHub releases for Bor/Erigon for the exact upgrade steps.
