Plasma
?Plasma's potential gem
?Plasma is a Bitcoin-based commission-free payment platform. The project offers an interesting solution for fast and free transfers in USD₮, as well as support for smart contracts.
? What does Plasma do?
Plasma is a high-performance infrastructure that combines commission-free transfers, Nakamoto PoS consensus engine and UTXO/Account hybrid architecture.
The main features are:
1. more than 1,000 transactions per second
2. Zero commission
3. Transfers in USD₮
4. Modular smart contracts
5. Bitcoin network security
This solution aims to increase the real utility of Bitcoin in the Web3 and payment systems sphere.
? Funding and investors
Plasma has already raised $27.5 million in two rounds:
October 2024 - $3.5 million
February 2025 - $24 million
Investors include:
Framework Ventures
Manifold Trading
Bitfinex
Anthos Capital
Christian Angermayer
Karatage
Paolo Ardoino
Peter Thiel
Zaheer
? Why we paid attention.
The project combines several strong narratives:
Bitcoin + DeFi + commission-free payment platform. This is rare in a market where most solutions are built on etherium-like L2.
The infrastructure looks technically sound and the investor list looks credible. With low activity in the market, projects like this could be a catalyst for interest in new forms of decentralized payments.
? Conclusion
Plasma is an interesting case study to follow. It is not a HYIP memcoin, but an attempt to develop the base layer of Bitcoin with real payment logic.