In collaboration with the Community Treasury Board, we’re transitioning how the Community Treasury is managed. The CTB will transition from its governing role and into an advisory role. The Polygon Foundation will set the Treasury’s long-term strategy, and Polygon Labs will handle day-to-day execution with biannual reporting to the community.
What’s Changing
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The CTB transitions from governing body to advisory role.
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The Polygon Foundation sets Treasury strategy.
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Polygon Labs manages execution and publishes biannual reports.
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PIPs continue for technical changes and community feedback.
Why Now
The original PFP framework created the Community Treasury to “provide economic support during early stage network growth.” This mandate called for heavy experimentation and broad builder support during an era of heated competition between blockchains and a strategic focus on growth over revenue.
The ecosystem has matured. Priorities are sharper, and spending needs to align more tightly with where Polygon is going. A leaner structure lets us move at the pace the market demands. This is one piece of a larger effort to get focused, and while there are no silver bullets, it’s a necessary adjustment to achieve those goals.
The CTB’s work shaped how we got here, and provided an appropriate structure within the context of Polygon’s strategy at the time. A different structure makes sense now: Foundation-led strategy, Labs execution, clearer lines of accountability.
The CTB’s Role Going Forward
The CTB members have been close to this ecosystem for years. They built funding strategies, put their names on allocation decisions, and held the line on transparency when it would’ve been easier to move quietly. That work shaped how the Treasury operates today.
Their perspective doesn’t disappear. They’ll continue as advisors available for input on Treasury strategy, ecosystem priorities, and community sentiment. While the formal governing role is ending, the relationship does not.
Community Treasury Visibility Going Forward
The new structure is leaner, with fewer layers between decision and execution, and faster movement when the market demands it.
Maintaining transparency as a priority: biannual reports will show how funds were prioritized and what they produced, measured against the goals we stated. Onchain, you can track what moves. If we miss, it’s not a secret.
Timing
This announcement accompanies the broader update on POL benefits for holders.
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To the CTB members – David, Pete, Maggie, Roc, and Mashal – thank you. You took on a role that didn’t come with a playbook, made real decisions with real impact, and did it in public. What we build next stands on what you built first.