Summary Matic Whitepaper Abstract Why Matic? Slow Transactions Low Transaction Throughput Scalability Size of Blockchain Multiple micropayment channels with other off-chain solutions High Transaction Fees Poor Usability Introducing Matic Network Architecture Actors Consensus and Security Fraud Proofs Matic Stack Matic Deposit Bridge Matic POS Chain DPoS Layer Matic VM Matic Withdrawal Bridge Spam Protection Gas Strcuture Network Economics Focus on User Experience Potential Use Cases Payments Atomic Swaps Liquidity providers Decentralized Exchange (DEX) Lending & Credit Scoring platform Identity Securing Personal Data Infrastructure Dagger Challenges, security concerns and mitigation Future Research Directions Team