#Stablecoins didnât become popular because people love complexity. They won because theyâre simple, predictable, and practical. Yet somehow, most blockchains still force stablecoin users to jump through an odd hoop: âHold our native token first⊠just to move your dollars.â
#Plasma was built to fix exactly that.
Plasma is a purpose-built blockchain designed from the ground up for stablecoins. Not as a side feature. Not as an afterthought. Stablecoins are the core.
Gas That Feels Invisible (Because It Should):
On Plasma, users can pay transaction fees using whitelisted ERC-20 tokens like USDT or even BTC. No need to buy, store, or manage the native token just to send money. You open your wallet, you send stablecoins, and it works â the way normal users expect it to.
This is made possible through custom gas tokens powered by a protocol-managed paymaster. In simple terms, Plasma itself handles the gas abstraction at the protocol level. Users donât see it. Developers donât need to rebuild anything around it. Wallets donât need major changes.
And yes â @Plasma remains fully EVM compatible.
Why This Is a Big Deal:
Most chains still depend on native-token gas. Thatâs fine for traders and crypto natives, but itâs a terrible experience for stablecoin-first apps like payments, remittances, payroll, or on-chain commerce.
Some projects try to solve this with external paymasters. But those come with tradeoffs:
Extra fees or hidden markups
Inconsistent pricing and access rules
Dependence on third-party funding and uptime
Plasma takes a different path.
Instead of outsourcing the problem, the protocol itself runs a standard EIP-4337 paymaster. That means gas payments in stablecoins are seamless, reliable, and fee-free from the userâs point of view. No third-party risk. No fragmented UX. No surprise costs.
Better UX for Users, Less Headache for Builders:
For users, Plasma feels natural. You hold stablecoins, you pay in stablecoins, you transact â done.
For developers, itâs even better. Thereâs no need to maintain custom gas logic or integrate external services. $XPL handles the complexity at the base layer, letting builders focus on what actually matters: their product.
The Bigger Picture:
Plasma isnât trying to be everything to everyone. Itâs doing one thing extremely well: making stablecoins usable at scale.
In a world where stablecoins are becoming the default digital dollar for billions, Plasma isnât following the trend â itâs built for it.