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He also introduced his “transaction-to-finality” ratio, arguing that the core metric is critical for DeFi and real-world asset use cases requiring instant settlement and trustless finality. L1 chains excel in this realm, offering ultra-low latency and composability essential for sophisticated financial applications, whereas L2s serve as overlays that help alleviate congestion but not as complete replacements for high-performance Layer 1s.