The original concept of the scaling solution of Plasma was introduced in 2017 by Vitalik and researcher Joseph Poon. It was designed as an off-chain scaling framework to solve Ethereum's early limitations in transaction throughput and cost.

But @Plasma right now is a new crypto project that launched its mainnet in Sept 2025 and has gained significant attention, which they are unrelated with the old Ethereum Plasma framework.

Many people might be confused, but they are two different things fundamentally. #Plasma is a high-performance Layer 1 blockchain optimized specifically for stablecoin payments, not general-purpose smart contracts. Their token $XPL can be used for staking, governance and validator rewards.

They have a lot of priorities in 2026, but I am wondering after live main-net and ongoing upgrades, what are the potential surges/recovery in 2026 based on adoption.