I look at incentives when markets go quiet.
That’s when they show their real shape. In 2024, as speculative volume thinned, many networks saw validators drift or disengage. Plasma’s incentive model stands out because it assumes that reality upfront.
Simply put, incentives are signals. Plasma ties validator rewards to uptime, deterministic finality, and correct execution, not hype-driven activity. That keeps behavior steady even when attention fades. Progress over the past year focused on tightening these rules, not increasing rewards.
From experience, I trust systems that don’t beg participants to stay. Philosophically, aligned incentives don’t motivate heroics. They normalize responsibility.
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