Stablecoin payments currently face a persistent issue in the blockchain ecosystem—users must hold ETH or TRX to pay for transaction fees when transferring USDT. This fragmented experience directly hampers the penetration of cryptocurrencies into genuine commercial payment scenarios. Emerging Layer 1 networks are attempting to fundamentally transform this logic.

The key breakthrough lies in the architecture centered around intent. This is not just an innovation at the technical level but a deeper change in how users interact with the blockchain. Users no longer need to understand the concept of Gas fees or hold a specific native token solely for paying transaction fees. Through a paymaster mechanism at the protocol level, users can directly use the transferred assets (such as USDT) to offset network costs. This experience is approaching the usability standards of Visa or Alipay—seamless, intuitive, and requiring no understanding of underlying technology.

The commercial value support is equally significant. Tether and Bitfinex, as the largest liquidity controllers in the global crypto market, have long relied on third-party public chains like Ethereum and TRON. Congestion, high costs, and centralization risks have persisted. A settlement track tailored for Tether means that in the future, a vast amount of USDT settlement transactions and fiat on/off ramps could migrate to it—providing a genuine commercial foundation unmatched by other public chains.

In terms of security, a hybrid consensus mechanism is adopted, with the final state anchored on the Bitcoin network. With confirmation speeds in seconds and Bitcoin-level immutability, it meets the high concurrency demands of commercial payments and aligns with financial institutions' standards for asset security. This is not just a new public chain; fundamentally, it is a strategic financial infrastructure built for the stablecoin ecosystem.