When I first looked at Plasma in the Layer-2 landscape, it seemed quietly sidelined, overshadowed by rollups and ZK innovations. Yet underneath that obscurity lies a strategic architecture that still matters: Plasma channels move transactions off-chain in a way that keeps the base chain secure, reducing congestion and fees. Networks using Plasma report transaction throughput jumps of 10x to 50x, while gas costs can drop from $15 to under $1 per transfer, a difference that fundamentally shifts the economics for microtransactions. If this holds, Plasma is not a relic but a foundational tool Layer-2 designers keep coming back to. It’s the infrastructure that quietly underwrites opportunity.
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