There’s something striking about how much friction developers still accept just to build around Bitcoin. Bridge risk, unpredictable fees, awkward UX — all treated as normal, even though they clearly aren’t.
That’s why @Plasma is at least worth noting. Not because of positioning or noise, but because the approach is unusually plain. A clean whitepaper. Code aimed at reducing migration overhead. An attempt to make settlement less fragile rather than more expressive.
The project stays quiet, which makes it easy to overlook. Attention tends to follow slogans and logos, not infrastructure work that focuses on removing bottlenecks.
If a Bitcoin DeFi rotation actually materializes, the gap between narrative-driven projects and systems built for execution may become clearer. At that point, $XPL will likely be judged less on storytelling and more on whether the stack holds up.
Builders usually notice that difference first.
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