On September 4ththe long-awaited upgrade from MATIC to POL continueswith POL replacing MATIC as the native gas and staking token for the Polygon PoS network in the initial phase. In subsequent phasesPOL will play a crucial role in the AggLayer.

This upgrade is fully community-drivenstemming from the feedback following the proposal of POL as an upgrade to MATIC in PIP-17 last year.

The community recognized the need for an upgraded token with expanded utility to align with Polygon’s new direction as an aggregated blockchain network.

Blog post below with more details:

https://go.polygon.technology/4bQg6Er

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Will the amount of unclaimed staking/delegation rewards remain unchanged and unclaimed (claimable in $POL instead of $MATIC) after the upgrade?

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Yesthat is correct!
As you described it.

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