# Degen Chain Stops Producing Blocks

*Author: David Christopher*
*Published: May 13, 2024*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/degen-chain-stops*

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Degen Chain, an [L3 network on Base](https://www.theblock.co/post/293962/layer-3-degen-chain-hasnt-produced-a-block-in-11-hours) developed by Syndicate for the DEGEN memecoin, has stopped producing blocks for over 19 hours as of 4:15 p.m. ET yesterday. 

### What's the scoop?
- **Unexpected Downtime**: Yesterday afternoon, the [L3 stopped validating new transactions](https://explorer.degen.tips/), affecting all of its services. 
- **Inoperative Services:** Top platforms on the chain, like Relay Bridge, DegenSwap, Mint Club, and Frogswap cannot process transactions.
- **Working on a Fix:** The Degen Chain team is working with Conduit, the rollup infrastructure platform powering Degen chain, to restore functionality.
- Despite the halt in block production on Degen Chain, DEGEN the token continues to work on Base, though [it's down ~8%](https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/degen-base/) over the past 24 hours. DEGEN is also used for gas on the L3.

### Bankless Take:
Degen Chain's struggle with downtime demonstrates the newness of technologies like L3s and the costs of sacrificing decentralization for scalability. That said, a fresh L3 chain going down is not quite the same headline as a chain like Solana facing similar problems. It may just be a sign of growing pains, especially given the chain’s popularity — having recently beat out chains like Base and Arbitrum by processing more transactions on certain days. For a chain less than two months old, that’s pretty impressive.

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