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Berachain
Mainnet since February 2025. An EVM L1 that hands out validator power in proportion to liquidity provided (“Proof of Liquidity”). Third-party bridges connect it to Ethereum.
Berachain is an EVM L1 whose mainnet opened in February 2025. Execution is the same EVM as Ethereum, but consensus runs on its own BeaconKit framework, and its signature idea is “Proof of Liquidity”, which hands validator power to those who provide liquidity.
It has three tokens: BERA for gas, the non-transferable governance token BGT, and the stablecoin HONEY. Third-party bridges connect it to Ethereum.
Traditional Proof-of-Stake networks suffer from a liquidity paradox: tokens locked up to secure validators cannot simultaneously provide liquidity in DeFi. Berachain solves this with Proof of Liquidity (PoL), directing block rewards toward users who supply active liquidity to on-chain applications.
Operating a tri-token model (BERA for gas, non-transferable BGT for governance and rewards, and HONEY as a native stablecoin) atop its BeaconKit EVM engine, Berachain aligns validators directly with protocol liquidity.
| Type | Independent L1 (EVM) |
|---|---|
| Technology | BeaconKit · Proof of Liquidity |
| Fees are paid in | BERA |
| District weather follows | the market-cap-weighted change of this district’s tokens (BERA, SAIL.R) |
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Main tokens on this chain
- 🏦 USDCUSD CoinBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 USDT0USDT0 (옴니체인 테더)Banks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 USDeEthena USDeBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 USRResolv USRBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 NECTNectarBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 SRUSDReservoir srUSDBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- ⛽ WETHWrapped EtherGas stations (native gas tokens)
- 🎪 BITCOINHarryPotterObamaSonic10Inu (ETH)Night market & arcade (meme · AI · culture coins)
- 🛒 PENDLEPendleMarkets & shops (DeFi tokens)
- 🛒 PEASPeapods FinanceMarkets & shops (DeFi tokens)
- 🛒 STGStargate Finance (브릿지)Markets & shops (DeFi tokens)
- 🛒 SOLVBTCSolv Protocol BTCMarkets & shops (DeFi tokens)
- 🛒 OHMOlympusMarkets & shops (DeFi tokens)
- 🛒 BRBedrockMarkets & shops (DeFi tokens)
A selection of the 38 tokens in the site’s registry for this chain.
Related essays
- How Stablecoins (USDT, USDC, USDS, USDe) Became the Lifeblood of Ethereum CityComparing fiat-backed reserves, overcollateralized vaults, and delta-neutral synthetic dollars
- Reading On-Chain Metrics Without Illusions: Market Cap, FDV, TVL, Stablecoin Supply, and TPSHow to separate genuine economic activity from low-float valuations and bot traffic
- The Southeastern Harbor Islands: How EVM Sidechains and Alt-L1s Differ from L2 RollupsWhy Polygon PoS, BNB Chain, Avalanche, Sonic, Berachain, Monad, and Kaia share the EVM but run their own consensus
- From Proof of Stake to Proof of Liquidity (PoL): Inside Berachain’s Tri-Token EconomyWhy Berachain split gas (BERA), non-transferable governance (BGT), and stablecoin settlement (HONEY)
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