Written by: TechFlow
Bad news, the market has experienced a "spring massacre".
Good news, the Berachain mainnet and token airdrop are here.
Yesterday, Berachain announced its mainnet launch plan, and the token economics ($BERA) and airdrop rules were also made public, giving the vast majority of loss-suffering "cabbage" (retail investors) another expectation.
Don't forget that before the mainnet launch, Berachain's liquidity pre-deposit application Boyco attracted over $3 billion in funds within a week, also reflecting the current market's enthusiasm for participation.
Getting some airdrop to recover losses, or finding new project opportunities in the Berachain ecosystem, are both good choices.
If you don't know Berachain yet, TechFlow has summarized its PoL mechanism, token economics design and airdrop rules here to help you quickly understand the positioning and airdrop situation of the three tokens BERA, BGT and Honey;
If you already know what Berachain is, there is also a summary of over 100 ecosystem projects here to help you find direction for your gold rush journey.
Basic Information
Berachain is an EVM-compatible Layer1 public chain, built on the Cosmos SDK, featuring the Proof of Liquidity (PoL) consensus mechanism, aiming to optimize network security and liquidity incentives through economic models.
The PoL mechanism is obviously an innovation, and its core logic is emphasized again as follows:
The dilemma of traditionalPoS: Validator rewards are disconnected from ecosystem application demand → Staking inflation leads to token devaluation → Liquidity dries up (a typical example is the early Ethereum).
Through PoL, Berachain binds the validator rewards with application demand and liquidity contribution, forming a dynamic adjustment mechanism:
Validators need to "buy liquidity": Validator nodes must purchase LP tokens (such as HONEY/ETH pool) through protocols like BEX to obtain higher rewards, forcing validators to become ecosystem liquidity providers.
Boost mechanism regulates inflation: The system dynamically adjusts rewards based on on-chain transaction volume, liquidity depth and other indicators, avoiding meaningless issuance.
And under this mechanism, there are three tokens as follows:
$BERA Economics and Airdrop Situation
Among the above three tokens, BERA is the base. The official has also released the token economics and airdrop eligibility, summarized as follows.
BERA (Gas Token)
Function: Payment of on-chain transaction Gas fees, node staking (validators need to stake BERA to produce blocks).
Initial TotalSupply: 500 million (no hard cap, annual inflation rate around 10%, achieved through BGT issuance).
Allocation Ratio:
Core Contributors (16.8%): Big Bera Labs team and advisors.
Investors (34.3%): Seed, Series A and Series B investors.
Community Airdrop (15.8%): Testnet users, NFT holders, ecosystem developers, etc.
Future Community Plans (13.1%): Incentive programs, developer grants, etc.
Ecosystem R&D (20%): Technology upgrades, liquidity incentives, foundation operations.
LockupRules: All allocation subjects (team, investors, community) require a 1-year lockup period, after which they are unlocked in stages:
1/6 unlocked after the end of the 1st year;
Remaining 5/6 linearly released within 24 months.
Who is Eligible for the Airdrop
15.8% of the initial total supply of BERA is used for airdrops, and the eligible airdrop recipients are as follows:
You can check your eligibility by clicking here, no need to connect your wallet.
Ecosystem Project Collection
If you have already gone through a period of testnet farming or held NFTs, then getting the airdrop is of course not bad; but if you missed the early stages, finding treasures in the ecosystem projects is still a good choice.
Based on the data from the research blogger @Berasearch who focuses on Berachain, we have compiled a list of 77 native Berachain projects in alphabetical order with introductions, to help you find and research them later.
The above only lists the native projects of Berachain, but in fact, the total number of projects on Berachain has already exceeded 100+; we cannot determine which projects will truly stand out, but in the context of an ever-expanding ecosystem and limited attention in the market, quickly finding project introductions based on the corresponding project navigation can ensure you are not too far from the opportunities.
In the source document of blogger @Berasearch, each of the above projects has a corresponding thread link, and interested readers can also visit and search directly.
