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Verbatim Community Citations & Social Evidence 1 source posts analyzed
L1 vs L2, without the jargon Think of a Layer 1 as a highway. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana โ the base roads every transaction ultimately settles on. Secure and decentralized, but when traffic spikes, everyone competes for the same lanes. That's when fees rise and confirmations
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AI visual note: A SimpleSwap graphic titled "L1 vs L2: Why the Same Swap Costs Cents or Dollars" features a 3D illustration contrasting a heavy, industrial-style machine with gold coins (representing Layer 1) against a sleeker, modern device with a coin on top (representing Layer 2), visually reinforcing the post's analogy of highways and traffic congestion affecting transaction fees.