Plasma is a decentralized scaling solution for Ethereum, designed to increase transaction throughput by creating smaller chains (child chains) that run alongside the main Ethereum blockchain. It allows for faster and more efficient processing of transactions by offloading them from the main chain, while still ensuring security through periodic checkpoints and fraud proofs.
Plasma
Plasma is a decentralized scaling solution for Ethereum, designed to increase transaction throughput by creating smaller chains (child chains) that run alongside the main Ethereum blockchain. It allows for faster and more efficient processing of transactions by offloading them from the main chain, while still ensuring security through periodic checkpoints and fraud proofs.
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About Plasma
Plasma was proposed in 2017 by Vitalik Buterin and Joseph Poon as a solution to Ethereum's scalability issues. It aimed to increase transaction throughput by creating child chains that operated alongside the main Ethereum blockchain. This approach allowed for more efficient processing of transactions while maintaining security through periodic checkpoints and fraud proofs.
Plasma's strengths included increased transaction throughput and reduced congestion on the Ethereum main chain. Its weaknesses involved complexity in implementation and potential security vulnerabilities in child chains. Competitors of Plasma included other Layer 2 scaling solutions like Optimistic Rollups, zk-Rollups, and state channels.
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