What Makes Plasma Different
Plasma solves these issues by placing stablecoins at the protocol level. It uses a high performance consensus mechanism called PlasmaBFT, which provides sub second finality. This means transactions are confirmed almost instantly, mirroring the speed of traditional credit card networks but with the transparency of the blockchain.
One of the most disruptive features of Plasma is the zero fee transfer for USDT. Through a protocol managed paymaster system, simple stablecoin transfers are gasless for the user. This removes the biggest barrier to entry: the need to hold a native gas token just to send a payment.
