@Plasma When I first used Plasma’s mainnet beta, which launched in September 2025, I noticed how quickly stablecoin activity was growing. TVL has already reached $7B, and daily USDT transfers are hitting meaningful volumes for a network built strictly around payments.
Last month, I tried bridging stablecoins across other chains during peak hours. It took over ten minutes and multiple fees, a reliable process but painfully slow like funds stuck in a crowded bank line on payday.
Plasma avoids that bottleneck. Its PlasmaBFT consensus combined with full EVM compatibility delivers sub second finality and high throughput for stablecoin transfers. By focusing narrowly on payments, the network keeps performance high under load. Base fees follow an EIP-1559-style burn model, balancing validator incentives while reducing long-term supply pressure.
$XPL, capped at 10B, secures validators, covers gas for non-stablecoin activity, and funds ecosystem incentives that bootstrap liquidity and integrations. Unlocks stretch into 2026, so short term dilution affects staking, liquidity and early user strategy.
Using it, I can see that Plasma’s payment first approach moves real digital dollars efficiently handling high stablecoin volumes without trying to do everything at once.
