A layer 2 is a network that executes transactions on its own and posts the results to Ethereum for settlement, so fees stay low while final security comes from the base chain. Robinhood Chain is a layer 2, chain ID 4663, and it uses ETH for gas.
The saving comes from batching. Instead of every transfer paying for its own space on Ethereum, thousands are executed on the layer 2 and their results are committed together, splitting the base-chain cost across all of them. A typical Robinhood Chain transaction costs about —pending in gas as a result.
The practical effects are worth knowing before your first transaction. Your Ethereum address works unchanged once the network is added to your wallet, contracts are deployed separately on each network, and moving funds between them means bridging rather than a plain transfer. Assets on one network are not visible on the other.
Every token page is a Robinhood Chain contract, and fee, throughput and value-locked figures for the network sit on Robinhood Chain by the numbers, each read live rather than written down.
What is Robinhood Chain? explains the network from zero, and Robinhood Chain vs Ethereum works through the layer-2-versus-layer-1 trade-offs in detail.
Frequently asked questions
Is a layer 2 the same as a sidechain?
No. A layer 2 depends on Ethereum for settlement: transaction data and results are committed to the base chain, so its security is anchored there. A sidechain runs its own consensus and its own validator set, and connects through a bridge. Both can be fast and cheap; the difference is what ultimately guarantees the state.
What is Robinhood Chain?
Robinhood Chain is an Ethereum layer-2 network, chain ID 4663, where tokens and stock tokens trade. What runs on it, how it differs, how to start.
Read nextRobinhood Chain vs Ethereum
Robinhood Chain is a layer 2 that settles to Ethereum, the layer 1 underneath it. What each is for, what a rollup inherits, and when to use which.
See it liveRobinhood Chain by the numbers
Live Robinhood Chain stats: tokens tracked, DEX volume, TVL, liquidity locked and unlocks ahead — each figure read from contracts and explained plainly.
