Solana’s NFT market share surge heightens its rivalry with Polygon (MATIC), leveraging its technical superiority. Solana’s Proof-of-History (PoH) and Proof-of-Stake (PoS) enable 65,000 TPS with fees below $0.01, outpacing Polygon’s 7,000 TPS as an Ethereum Layer-2 solution, where fees are low but still higher than Solana’s. Solana’s monolithic architecture ensures high throughput and low latency, ideal for NFT minting, while Polygon relies on Ethereum’s ecosystem for security, limiting its independence. However, Polygon’s EVM compatibility and broader dApp support give it an edge in developer adoption, though Solana’s speed drives its NFT dominance.