Degen

Degen Chain, a new Ethereum layer-3 network, has recorded the highest transaction per second (TPS) count in the Ethereum ecosystem over the last 24 hours.
Degen’s TPS count increased 62% over the last day to notch 35.7 TPS — beating out the blockchain it was built on, Base, at 29.7 TPS, <a href="https://l2beat.com/scaling/activity" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">according</a> to L2BEAT.
Arbitrum One, Ethereum and zkSync Era rounded out the top five.
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 <figcaption style="text-align: center;">TPS by Ethereum-based blockchain over the last 24 hours. Source: L2BEAT
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Multiplying Degen’s 35.7 TPS by 86,400 seconds in a day means the memecoin chain processed 3.08 million transactions over that timeframe.
But Degen Chain has only notched $819,600 in trading volume over the last day, placing it 35th out of 44 blockchains <a href="https://www.coingecko.com/en/chains" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">tracked</a> by CoinGecko.
This means the average value per transaction was a mere $0.27 — which is much lower compared to Ethereum and Base at $1,867 and $170 respectively.
While TPS is widely used to measure a blockchain’s scalability limits, several industry leaders say <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/blockchain-transactions-per-second-tps-stupid-big-questions/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">it is a flawed metric</a> — as it fails to consider the computational size of each transaction.
“[It] is a bit like counting the number of bills in your wallet but ignoring that some are singles, some are twenties, and some are hundreds,” explained Steven Goldfeder, a founder at Offchain Labs who recently spoke with Cointelegraph Magazine.
Related: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/memecoin-growth-price-utility" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Memecoin sector’s continued growth hinges on long-term utility</a>
The memecoin turned chain is powered by the Degen (DEGEN) token, which initially started out as a tipping token for users interacting with Degen’s channel on Farcaster — a decentralized social media platform.
This is a textbook example of how a memecoin can actually accrue social value, according to Thomas Tang, a vice president of investments at cryptocurrency venture capital firm Ryze Labs.
“It’s gained massive mass popularity because everyone’s tipping each other, and everyone holds it,” Tang told Cointelegraph.
“So they built a layer 3, based on that.”
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 <figcaption style="text-align: center;">Ian Lee of blockchain infrastructure firm Syndicate believes Degen Chain is paving the way for applications on layer 3s. Source: <a href="https://x.com/ianDAOs/status/1781083167899967956" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Ian Lee</a>
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There is currently $4.1 million in total value <a href="https://www.coingecko.com/en/chains/degen" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">locked</a> on Degen Chain, while the three-month-old DEGEN token <a href="https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/degen-base" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">boasts</a> a market capitalization of $326 million, according to CoinGecko.
Degen Chain is <a href="https://l2beat.com/scaling/projects/degen" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">considered</a> an ultra-low-cost, application-specific layer 3 blockchain which was built with Arbitrum Orbit and leverages the settlement layer of Base, an Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution.
Magazine: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/blockchain-transactions-per-second-tps-stupid-big-questions/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Is measuring blockchain transactions per second (TPS) stupid in 2024? Big Questions</a>

Degen Chain L3 now tops the TPS charts within the Ethereum ecosystem

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