Opera – a popular internet browser with Web 3.0 application support and a built-in crypto wallet – reportedly disclosed its decision to integrate with Polygon (MATIC).

Specifically, the integration – with the timeline of official finalization being the first quarter of next year – will reportedly allow more than 80 million users of Operate to tap into Polygon’s ecosystem, initially via Android-based devices, then to the remaining platform. 

Polygon reportedly functions as a layer two Ethereum (ETH) scaling solution, built with an aim to achieve reduced gas fees and accelerated transaction times.

Via the integration, Opera users will reportedly have the ability to tap into Polygon decentralized applications (DApps), nominally Sushiswap, Curve and Aave, together with blockchain games and non fungible tokens platforms like Decentraland, OpenSea and TheSandbox.

Jorgen Arnese, executive vice president of Opera Mobile, reportedly remarked that the freshly surfaced integration will offer assistance in “removing the biggest challenge that crypto enthusiasts”, nominally high gas fees and slow transaction speeds.

“With this integration, Opera’s hundreds of millions monthly active users will be able to experience Polygon’s thriving DApp ecosystem and best-in-class Web 3.0 technology.” Arjun Kalsy, vice president of growth at Polygon, additionally shared the perspective regarding the development. 

Ethereum scaling solutions such as Polygon are steadily increasing their crucial role across the ecosystem throughout the past years, since the network only has the capability to complete approximately 15 transactions every second. 

In times of peak network activity, for instance when celebrities are looking to drop more than 10,000 NFTs at the same time, gas prices can surge to ridiculously high numbers.