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When I first looked at @Plasma, my immediate question was the same as many others: why build a separate chain at all? A stablecoin on an Ethereum L2 seems perfectly fine—cheaper, familiar, and plugged into an existing ecosystem.
But every time I actually use a stablecoin on an L2, I notice something: I still have to think. Not a lot—but enough. Are fees high right now? Is the network busy? Is some popular app clogging block space?
That’s not a failure of Ethereum or L2s. It’s simply because stablecoins are never the top priority. When markets heat up, speculation, NFTs, and other activity take precedence. Simple value transfer becomes secondary.
Plasma ($XPL) takes a different path to avoid this exact problem. Not by trying to be more powerful—but by being more predictable. When a chain is built entirely around stablecoins, its behavior isn’t at the mercy of unrelated activity elsewhere.
Of course, there’s a trade-off. Less flexibility. Fewer integrations. A harder adoption curve. But when it comes to money, I’m sometimes willing to accept fewer options—if it means I don’t have to think twice every time I hit “send.”
The real question is whether users are willing to give up familiarity in exchange for that kind of certainty. For now, I’m still watching.
@Plasma #Plasma $XPL
But every time I actually use a stablecoin on an L2, I notice something: I still have to think. Not a lot—but enough. Are fees high right now? Is the network busy? Is some popular app clogging block space?
That’s not a failure of Ethereum or L2s. It’s simply because stablecoins are never the top priority. When markets heat up, speculation, NFTs, and other activity take precedence. Simple value transfer becomes secondary.
Plasma ($XPL) takes a different path to avoid this exact problem. Not by trying to be more powerful—but by being more predictable. When a chain is built entirely around stablecoins, its behavior isn’t at the mercy of unrelated activity elsewhere.
Of course, there’s a trade-off. Less flexibility. Fewer integrations. A harder adoption curve. But when it comes to money, I’m sometimes willing to accept fewer options—if it means I don’t have to think twice every time I hit “send.”
The real question is whether users are willing to give up familiarity in exchange for that kind of certainty. For now, I’m still watching.
@Plasma #Plasma $XPL
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