Picture a world where trillions of dollars in stablecoins move every day, yet most of that value still runs on general-purpose blockchains plagued by variable fees, slow confirmations, and periodic congestion. The experience often feels outdated—more like legacy online banking than modern digital payments. Plasma is built to solve this exact problem. It isn’t just another EVM network; it’s a Layer 1 designed specifically around stablecoin payments.
Built for performance
Plasma’s technical foundation is purpose-engineered:
Consensus: Powered by PlasmaBFT, a Fast HotStuff–based design that delivers sub-second finality and throughput well above 1,000 TPS, with near-zero latency for payment use cases.
Execution layer: Built on Reth, a high-performance Rust-based EVM. Full Ethereum compatibility means existing Solidity contracts, MetaMask setups, and tools like Foundry or Hardhat can be deployed without code changes.
Native stablecoin UX: USDT transfers are permanently gas-free, and other stablecoins can cover fees via protocol subsidies or approved gas assets such as USDT, USDC, or even BTC. No more friction from needing ETH just to move stablecoins.
Bitcoin-anchored security: Plasma regularly commits state checkpoints to Bitcoin, inheriting BTC’s neutrality and censorship resistance for final settlement. A native BTC bridge enables trustless Bitcoin transfers into the ecosystem without compromising speed.
Who is Plasma for?
Everyday users: In regions like Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa—where USDT is already used for daily spending, payroll, and remittances—instant settlement with zero gas fees turns stablecoins into a true alternative to traditional payment rails.
Merchants and institutions: Payment processors, remittance services, cross-border commerce platforms, and DeFi protocols that require fast, predictable, low-cost settlement. Plasma’s mainnet beta is live, with TVL already above $10 billion and more than 100 DeFi integrations expanding rapidly.
Plasma isn’t competing with Ethereum—it complements it. Think of Plasma as the “Chrome browser” for stablecoins: fast, intuitive, and reliable. By combining Bitcoin’s security, Ethereum’s developer ecosystem, and extreme optimization for stablecoin flows, Plasma forms a powerful three-layer foundation.
With the stablecoin market nearing $250 billion in supply and settlement volumes already exceeding Visa’s, the next wave of trillion-dollar on-chain traffic is inevitable. Plasma is positioning itself to be the network that carries it.
