# Jacek from DEGEN on Bankless

Source: https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1776228811295592709
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Jacek-from-DEGEN-on-Bankless?index=0x66103ae1aac15c6a8eaad69b23e89b14e44be4bc2b4438f9b20a641e17261af79966973e
Submitted by tim on 2024-04-05 UTC, 1 upvote, 0 comments

## Summary

This Bankless livestream features Jacek, creator of the DEGEN token, and Will Papper of Syndicate, DEGEN's main service provider, discussing DEGEN and layer-3 (L3) blockchains. The page describes DEGEN as an L3 built on top of Base. The episode's timestamps list topics including the chain's purpose, what an L3 is, the DEGEN genesis story, Syndicate's role, the choice of Arbitrum Orbit, and DEGEN distribution.

## Article

Live Now - Are L3s Real?

Some people are building just that -- an L3 on top of @Base called Degen

Today we have @jacek0x, $Degen's creator, and @WillPapper of @syndicateio, Degen's main service provider, here to teach us all about Degen and L3s 🎩

Dive in 👇

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
4:17 The Chain for Degens?
11:54 What’s an L3?
24:15 DEGEN Genesis Story
35:16 What’s Next?
33:14 Syndicate’s Role
37:40 Why @Arbitrum Orbit?
43:05 The Degen Team
47:12 DEGEN Distribution
51:19 Closing & Disclaimers