• redcalcium@lemmy.institute
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    11 months ago

    But if you’re using layer 2 solutions, then you’re not actually using the blockchain directly, right? Might as well use credit card then?

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      11 months ago

      All transactions are still eventually commited to Layer 1 though, so you’re still using the Blockchain when using L2s.

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        11 months ago

        No, just the final state. And you are changing into trusting a centralised node, which makes no difference compared to existing systems