Traditionally, routers, which inspect layer 3, were considerably slower than layer 2 switches. In order to increase routing speeds, many "cut-through" techniques were used, which perform an ...

Specialized agents should operate at Layer 2 or Layer 3. Layer 1, or agentic AI, needs to be creative, plugged in and capable of accessing data. The deeper layers—Layer 2 and Layer 3—serve as ...

Layer 2 chains process new transactions faster while reducing the load on Layer 1 and typically taking lower fees. A connection (channel, bridge, etc.) is opened between Layer 1 and Layer 2 ...

The layer-3 app-chain, called Nums, is built off of the “SN Stack,” a customizable toolkit that lets developers create layer-3 blockchains based off of Starknet’s technology. Nums itself is ...