Why QR Payments Fail Before the Scan Finishes — And How Plasma Avoids It
QR payments look simple because the hard part is invisible. That invisibility is where most systems quietly break.
In retail environments, a QR code is not a feature — it’s a countdown. The merchant is waiting. The line is forming. The customer expects the moment to close quickly and cleanly. Any hesitation after the scan feels like failure, even if the transaction eventually succeeds.
Most stablecoin systems introduce friction after the scan. Wallet checks, fee prompts, network delays, or balance mismatches interrupt what should be a single motion. Users don’t analyze the cause. They just feel uncertainty. And uncertainty kills repeat behavior in retail.
Plasma is designed to compress the entire QR moment into one mental step: scan, pay, done.
There is no second asset to manage, no fee decision to interpret, no ambiguity about whether the payment “really went through.” The system is built so the QR interaction ends decisively, not provisionally. That decisiveness matters more than raw speed.
Retail payments are judged in seconds, but remembered in outcomes. If the moment feels unfinished, trust erodes instantly.
Plasma focuses on completing the moment — not decorating it.
When QR payments stop asking users to think,
they finally start behaving like everyday money.
