Circle, the issuer of the $48 billion USDC stablecoin, launched Paymaster, a product permitting customers to pay for transaction charges on Arbitrum and Base utilizing the second-biggest stablecoin as an alternative of ether (ETH), the second-biggest cryptocurrency.
Blockchain transactions require customers to pay transaction charges which can be used to compensate validators for processing and securing these transactions. Completely different blockchains typically use completely different tokens, forcing customers to handle an assortment of tokens throughout the assorted chains.
Paymaster accepts USDC after which handles the native token funds to the blockchain validators, the corporate mentioned in a weblog submit.
The service, which is about to broaden to Ethereum, Polygon POS, and Solana, costs customers 10% of the gasoline value for every transaction. The payment is being waived till June 30 to encourage adoption.
