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TIL degen chain has a very short block time (currently 0.1s, average 0.4s).

For what applications does such a fast block time offer tangible benefits over a 2s chain like Base?

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Yea, I'm just skeptical that 0.1s unlocks a better user experience in practice if you're already doing client-side prediction, optimistic UI updates, etc.

My guess is that the point of diminishing returns is closer to 500ms. I'm probably very wrong though, just genuinely curious. cc @frolic

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Good eye. Didn’t realize it until @rchen8 told me this morning. We had a similar discussion.