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What is PlasmaFDN explained simply? Most blockchains try to do everything for everyone. Plasma is doing the opposite. As Paul explains, Plasma is a blockchain purpose-built for one use case: stablecoins. That means every decision - from the tech stack to liquidity incentives - is optimized around making stablecoins... show more

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