Have you heard about StrongBlock? It is a project that is running soon 200,000 Ethereum nodes, and now they are also supporting dVPN (Sentinel) and Polygon (MATIC) with nodes. But, many people are accusing StrongBlock of being a Ponzi, and they are accusing StrongBlock of only coming up with the fact that they have partnered with Polygon. Is that really so? Or has the partnership between StrongBlock and Polygon ever been confirmed by official Polyon sources?
Has the partnership between StrongBlock and Polygon ever been confirmed by official Polyon sources?
It is quite easy to find a tweet from PolygonNews on August 20th supporting the deal. But, this isn't an official Polygon channel, so we shouldn't consider this an official confirmation from Polygon.
However, a press release was published on November 20th in which the partnership is confirmed and also strengthened. Shortly after this, StrongBlock actually launched the NaaS for Polygon. In the press release (which can be found here, you will see the following quote from Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of Polygon:
"We are honored to have StrongBlock bring its one-click node launching system to the Polygon network to increase access and reliability for existing and future Polygon users."
I believe this should be considered an official confirmation also from Polygon about the relationship between the two protocols.
Let me spice it up a little with Fantom as well
Not only is StrongBlock cooperating with Polygon, but they have also been embraced officially by the Fantom Foundation (for which they will launch nodes within shortly). You can find the official article confirming this right here: https://fantom.foundation/blog/fantom-nodes-available-soon-through-strongblock-nodes-as-a-service/
In other words, StrongBlock isn't a Ponzi just claiming to do actual work, but they are actually working and turning into a leading protocol in the cryptosphere!
I just saw a comment from someone saying that this article could have been written by anyone and it doesn't really confirm 100% the official partnership between Polygon and Strongblock. What do you think about that?
Great question, and to be honest, that article could have been created by anyone. But, once again - why would StrongBlock lie about this? Why would they risk their name and honor? They have already verified partnerships with Fantom and Sentinel, they are both true and confirmed from all parts... why would they start to lie about Polygon?
And if it all was a lie, why wouldn't Polygon warn their users about StrongBlock who has recently created more than 1000 Polygon nodes (which is clearly strengthening the Polygon blockchain), and warn against it and tell it that there is no such partnership at all? Why wouldn't they say that this is all fake? Clearly, because it isn't... at least, that is the way I see it!