Bitcoin layer-2 massively reduces the amount of energy used per transaction. For every on-chain Bitcoin transaction, potentially millions upon millions of Lightning transactions can occur.
It should always be clear that bitcoin doesn't have an energy use per transaction. The energy use of the network doesn't increase with the number of transactions conducted.
It's absolutely true that the layers built on top of bitcoin do and will continue to present scale, allowing for more and faster tx per second.
roskelld|4 years ago
It's absolutely true that the layers built on top of bitcoin do and will continue to present scale, allowing for more and faster tx per second.