Recent allegations revealed that Polygon privileged the spot betting company to run one of its validators (Validator).
Sports betting company DraftKings of 2022 At the beginning, he received a large payment from Polygon by agreeing to run validators on the Polygon network. In those days, this agreement wasFor the first time, a large publicly traded company will take an active role in blockchain governanceIt was launched as “. But blockchain data Polygon and A secret agreement between DraftKing revealed that it was.
Although Polygon stated that it treated all network validators equally, it gave DraftKing an extra privilege, according to the data. Polygon to other verifiers Between 5%-10% when paying commission to DraftKing 100% commission paid. So staked All MATIC awards He left it to DraftKing.
DraftKings, on the other hand, later Few of the other validators of the Polygon network have He earned millions more through a private staking relationship. Neither company disclosed these financial ties.
However, DraftKing ran a very unsuccessful verification operation and eventually He had to part ways with Polygon.