🔥 @Plasma : Cheap Technology That Competitors Hate

Why is #plasma hated?

Not because it’s ugly — but because it’s too cheap and too efficient. Plasma can make transaction costs almost zero, and that destroys the business model of L2 competitors that rely on high gas fees.

Rollups like Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, Linea, and zkSync rely on:

• transaction fees

• token economics

• sequencer revenue

Plasma makes all of that less relevant.

That’s why it’s assumed to be “dead,” “outdated,” and “inflexible” — when in fact modern Plasma technology is much stronger.

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To maintain dominance, several strategies have emerged:

• Promoting the narrative: “Plasma is no longer suitable for use.”

• VC funding: Elevating rollups through billions of dollars & large campaigns.

• Developer incentives: Locking in the ecosystem to prevent migration to Plasma.

• Diverting attention: Focusing the narrative on zkRollup & zkEVM.

In essence, $XPL is sidelined — not because it’s bad, but because it threatens the profit margins of the L2 industry.

If Plasma rises again:

• L2 transaction costs could drop 90–99%

• rollup dominance could be shaken

• token model & L2 revenue could change significantly

Plasma is not hated because it is weak.

Plasma is hated because it is too strong and too cheap for its enemies.