Layer 1 in a decentralized ecosystem is the blockchain. Layer 2, on the other hand, is a third-party integration combined with Layer 1 to increase the number of nodes, and subsequently, system throughput.
Many of the Layer-2 scaling solutions are called ‘off-chain’ solutions (i.e. they occur separately from the underlying Layer-1 blockchain).
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