In blockchain terms, the actual chain is referred to as “layer 1.” With Hive, layer 1 on chain activities can be seen using block explorers such as Hiveblocks.com or hive.ausbit.dev or hiveblockexplorer.com

A layer 2 is off of the main chain, but draws information from the layer 1 chain. For instance, a website is certainly off of the Hive blockchain. Yet, the site might draw information from the original Hive chain.

• they can be quickly changed without a fork
• since they draw from the layer 1, the data is still immutable

• they are often centralized
• blockchain purists trust only that which is on layer 1

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Hive-Engine at https://hive-engine.com or https://tribaldex.com hosts many Layer 2 tokens.

“Hive Engine Classic” exchanges can be seen on the Exchanges page.

Hive-Engine tools

• A tool to convert the value of many H-E tokens to Hive or USD is at http://crrdlx.websavvy.work/heconverter/index.html.
• Generate Simple Moving Average (SMA) charts with this tool: https://cryptothesis.github.io/SMA_JS/LEO_SMA_v4.html