There is no "Layer 0"
Layer 1 is the asset layer: Bitcoin On-chain UTXO.
Layer 2 is the coupon/"cash" layer: Lightning, Liquid or any other token that is "backed" by a claim to on-chain bitcoin settlement.
Layer 3 is the credit layer: Cashu or Lightning based mints that settle on the coupon layer.
That's how money works. Gold>Dollars>Credit; Bitcoin>Lightning>Cashu.
Bitcoin IS an asset I am not making it that way, that is its design. The fact that people don't know that dollars are literally not money is why everyone is so confused.
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I'm sorry, my computer understanding is, that we start counting by 0, so layer 1 would be the 2nd layer.
Didn't know BTC starts counting by 1, somehow strange in IT.
These layers are not a reference to the computer science portion but the economic concepts around the layering of money.
Asset-Coupon-Credit this applies to all forms of money.