"Paid" means very little until you can see it. On Polygon you can, and it takes about 30 seconds. Every row on the Stack POL ledger ends with a link to its transaction on Polygonscan, the public explorer for the Polygon network. Here is how to read what you find there.
Step 1: open the transaction
Click the transaction link on any ledger row. It opens a page on polygonscan.com titled Transaction Details. The long code at the top, starting with 0x, is the transaction hash: a unique fingerprint for that one payment.
Step 2: check the status
Look for Status. "Success" means the payment went through and is final. Polygon transactions confirm in seconds, so anything on the ledger is already settled.
Step 3: who paid whom
- From is the wallet that sent the payment. For a game reward, that is the game's own payout wallet. For an InstantAdPay or LinkSpin referral payment, it is the buyer interacting with the smart contract.
- To is either the receiving wallet (game rewards) or the smart contract (package purchases).
- Internal transactions or transfers: on a package purchase, the contract splits the money in the same transaction and you will see each payment to each wallet listed here. That is what "paid in the same transaction" looks like on the chain.
Step 4: amount and time
Value shows the POL amount. Timestamp shows when it happened, in UTC; Stack POL shows the same time in US Central. If the numbers on Stack POL and Polygonscan ever disagree, the chain is right and we want to know.
Step 5: check your own wallet
Paste your own wallet address into the search box at the top of Polygonscan. You will see every transaction your wallet has ever made or received. If your wallet is linked to your account, that list and your Stack POL page should tell the same story.
Why this matters
Most platforms ask you to trust a number on a dashboard. The programs in this network chose to pay on a public chain so you do not have to. Stack POL just puts all those public payments in one place.
Questions people ask
Is Polygonscan safe to use?
Yes. It is a read-only explorer. You never need to connect a wallet or sign anything to look up a transaction.
Why does the time look different?
Polygonscan shows UTC. Stack POL shows US Central time, which is 6 hours behind UTC in winter and 5 in summer.