Networks
A social chain that grew out of a tipping token on Farcaster. Degen shows what a community can build bottom up. It started as a tipping token and turned into its own layer 3.
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What Degen Chain is for
Degen shows what a community can build bottom up. It started as a tipping token and turned into its own layer 3.
Degen Chain settles to Base, which in turn settles to Ethereum. Each hop adds convenience and an assumption.
Technical summary
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Layer | Layer 3 |
| Launched | 2024 |
| Settles to | Base |
| Built with | Arbitrum Orbit on Base |
Block explorers
An explorer lets you verify any transaction, address or contract on this network yourself. Learning to read one is the fastest way to stop taking anyone's word for anything.
Wallets that support it
What to be aware of
- Security passes through two hops before reaching a layer 1, which adds assumptions.
- Liquidity is thin compared to major networks, so exits can be more expensive than entries.
- App specific chains depend heavily on the application continuing to exist.
- Crypto assets are volatile. Drawdowns of seventy percent or more have happened on every network in this list, including the largest.
- Sending to an address on the wrong network can lose funds permanently. Always send a small test amount first.
Nothing on this page is investment advice. We describe how networks work, not whether you should buy anything.
Where to go next
New to Degen Chain?
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