Honestly, at this point, I really feel a bit socially dead. As a veteran player who has been in the crypto circle for many years, I used to stubbornly criticize Plasma, often complaining about it at offline gatherings, convinced that it was a product eliminated by history—its data availability issues were insurmountable, destined to be just a relic of the past. Back then, I was all about Rollups and sidechains, joking with a few friends that if Plasma ever made a comeback, I would live stream myself eating a keyboard.

The turning point happened last week. A friend deeply involved in the project dragged me over and spent half a day going through the code with me, focusing on the implementation of the Paymaster mechanism. After reading it, I was stunned and sat there for half a minute, unable to react—feeling like I had been slapped hard by this era.

What really broke my defense was its Sync synchronization design. My previous prejudice against layer 2 scaling solutions was mainly rooted in the sense of disjointed interaction. I never expected this scheme to achieve almost seamless synchronization with the Ethereum mainnet. Do you know what that means? No more worrying about those insanely complex cross-chain protocols, and no more trembling while waiting for long confirmations during transfers. The coolest part is the wallet adaptation—taking out MetaMask, I didn’t feel like I was using any scaling solution at all, it was a completely native experience. Honestly, that smoothness gave me the illusion of using Ethereum mainnet at nearly 100 times the speed. The hassle of repeatedly switching in the wallet that used to bother me is now truly gone.