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Bitcoin Layer 2s are becoming an increasingly interesting prospect for the blockchain community. Layer 2s have been in the spotlight for a while, but, with few exceptions, the conversation is mostly focused on Ethereum L2s. However, Bitcoin Layer 2s have existed for a long time and in fact, in some instances even predate Ethereum. Now they are finally getting their deserved moment in the limelight.<\/p>\n

What are Bitcoin Layer 2s?<\/h2>\n

From Ethereum, we are already familiar with the concept of Layer 2s. These are protocols that are built on top of the core blockchain protocol (also known as Layer 1) and are used to solve some limitations of said core protocol. That general concept also applies to Bitcoin L2s. But whereas Ethereum L2s are generally utilized as scaling solutions, Bitcoin Layer 2s can be much more varied. <\/p>\n

This is because Bitcoin has more limitations that can be targeted by Layer 2 solutions. As we know, Bitcoin was initially designed to serve a very specific purpose – it was meant to be an electronic cash payment system rather than a general purpose blockchain protocol like Ethereum. Because of this, Bitcoin is not designed to support general-purpose smart contracts, which means no dApps, no token minting, no DeFi. And while there have been clever solutions to circumvent some of these limitations (for example, Bitcoin\u2019s take on NFTs in Bitcoin ordinals<\/a>), Bitcoin\u2019s lack of programmability is really noticeable.<\/p>\n

So Bitcoin can really benefit from Layer 2 solutions, but on the other hand, Bitcoin can serve as a great foundation for these types of protocols. This is due to its large network, which is even bigger than Ethereum\u2019s.<\/p>\n

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