Plasma is well known as layer-1 blockchain that solves some of the pressing challenges that's facing stablecoins payment and adoption in the crypto space, but nobody is actually asking how did they fix this challenges.
First @Plasma identify a problem and built a solution, here's how they solve transaction settlement delay;
$XPL achieves sub-second settlement (often described as sub-second finality) primarily through its custom consensus mechanism called PlasmaBFT, a highly optimized, Rust-implemented variant of Fast HotStuff a well-known (Byzantine Fault Tolerant) protocol.
PlasmaBFT was specifically designed and tailored for high-frequency stablecoin payments, prioritizing low latency, predictability, and real-world usability over general purpose computation. Traditional BFT protocols process phases is usually (proposal/voting/commitment) sequentially, creating delays. Unlike optimized PlasmaBFT which uses pipelining, where multiple stages and blocks overlap in parallel. This allows the network to work on the next block while finalizing the current one, drastically reducing end-to-end latency.
We’ve spent years chasing the visa dream until Plasma stopped the chasing and started shipping sub-second, zero fees on stablecoin transfers, real finality, and real usability. Now Visa have to chase to catch-up with the technology.
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