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[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] Corporate_Hippie@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] mandos@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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