Hey, brothers, I'm Azu. I've been hanging out in the square these days, watching everyone talk about @Plasma . Eight out of ten comments are cursing that XPL's price collapsed, dropping from $1.6 to $0.3, it's simply an 'epic' plunge. Everyone is in FUD, asking: for a chain with '0 transaction fee for USDT transfers', what's the point of issuing a token $XPL ? Is it just to cut us off?
To be honest, I was also puzzled at first. A '0 Gas' chain, what use does its Gas token have? Isn't that a paradox, an 'airdrop'?
But I have a habit, the more FUD there is, the more I want to dive in and see what's going on. I spent two days going through XPL's economic model and token allocation documentation. After reading it, I felt a bit chilled — this is not an 'airdrop' at all; it's simply a cleverly designed, interlocking 'hidden agenda', a textbook-level 'value flywheel' model.