Using OpenSea and the polygon network has finally made me understand layer twos and why people actually use them

When those little variations of Snoo that Reddit dropped as non-fungible tokens, I was finally forced to use Polygon

I understood what a layer two was and what it’s function was, but now that I am listing (none sold yet) and buying new avatars, I can see why people use a layer two

The amount of transactions I’ve done on the polygon network would have cost me so much eth on the mainnet. Probably over $200 eth in gas at this point. I check my MATIC balance and I’ve used less than $2 worth of MATIC in the past 2 months.

I finally get it