Have you ever thought about it— the average daily transfer count of stablecoins on-chain has already surpassed most mainstream public chains' native tokens? But there's a often overlooked issue behind this—are existing general-purpose public chains truly prepared for such high-frequency, low-tolerance payment scenarios?

Plasma provides an interesting answer: instead of "optimizing stablecoin experience" on a certain general-purpose chain, why not start from Layer 1 and build the entire network logic directly around stablecoins? Just looking at the data makes it clear—confirmation time under 1 second, USDT transfer gas fees drop to zero. This is not marketing talk; it's a direct result of the underlying architecture.

On the technical side? Plasma is fully compatible with the EVM ecosystem. What does this mean for developers? Solidity contracts, existing wallets, infrastructure—basically ready to use, with significantly reduced migration costs. Sometimes lowering the barrier to entry for developers is more effective in capturing the market than piling up performance metrics.

In terms of consensus mechanism, Plasma adopts PlasmaBFT, whose core advantage is achieving sub-second finality, avoiding the redundant confirmation waiting process typical of traditional public chains. This is especially critical for payment and clearing scenarios—you don't want to wait ages to know if a transfer has gone through.

There's also a clever fee model. Plasma designs a "stablecoin-prioritized" gas structure, where users pay gas directly with stablecoins, eliminating the need to swap for native tokens first. For ordinary users, this simplifies things; for high-frequency traders, it saves unnecessary steps. These details come together to form a different product philosophy.