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Over time I’ve realized something uncomfortable.
Most blockchain designs don’t eliminate risk.
They distribute it across assumptions.
Assume validators won’t coordinate badly.
Assume governance can move quickly under stress.
Assume wallets handle edge cases.
Assume apps abstract volatility away.
Individually, each assumption seems reasonable.
Collectively, they form a dependency web.
And dependency webs fail in clusters.
Assumption Budget Is a Real Constraint
Every protocol has an “assumption budget.”
The more moving parts that must behave correctly at the same time, the thinner the margin gets.
In quiet markets, you don’t notice this.
Under stress, you do.
When volatility spikes or liquidity shifts fast, the real question becomes:
How many things must coordinate perfectly for this to remain stable?
That’s when excessive assumptions get exposed.
What Felt Different With Plasma
What stood out to me about Plasma wasn’t feature count.
It was constraint placement.
Instead of letting uncertainty float upward into apps and governance, it seems to close more of those variables early.
Validator incentives are bounded.
Finality doesn’t feel probabilistic.
Economic behavior isn’t constantly tuned.
It feels like fewer knobs exist to begin with.
That reduces how many things can drift out of alignment.
Why This Matters More Over Time
The systems that survive cycles aren’t the ones that offer the most flexibility.
They’re the ones that require the fewest coordinated miracles.
When fewer assumptions must hold simultaneously, stability scales more naturally.
That’s why Plasma started making sense to me.
Not because it does more.
Because it assumes less.
And in infrastructure, fewer assumptions usually win.
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