BERA Token

Gas token, staking, tokenomics, and how to get BERA.

BERA serves as the native gas and staking token of Berachain, the first blockchain powered by Proof-of-Liquidity.

Role of BERA

BERA is both the gas token and the PoL emission token (as WBERA):

Transaction fees

BERA pays for transactions on Berachain. Fees are burned, reducing circulating supply. Explore the Berachain Ecosystem.

PoL emissions

Block rewards are emitted as $WBERA (wrapped BERA, 1:1). Each block emits a base rate (0.4 WBERA) to the validator operator and a reward rate (1.305 WBERA) routed through BeraChef to Reward Vaults. WBERA is the single emission token for Proof of Liquidity.

Validator staking

Validators stake BERA to enter the active set (top 69 by stake). Block-production probability is proportional to staked BERA. Additional stakers can deposit BERA to a validator directly via BeaconDeposit.deposit() or through a Staking Pool via submit().

$sWBERA staking

Depositing BERA or WBERA into the Staking Vault yields $sWBERA, which earns yield from the Incentive Auction.

See Block Rewards for how BERA staking affects block production and emissions.

Tokenomics

The following documents the fixed supply, allocation, and release schedule for BERA.

Overview

Property	Value
Token name	BERA
Total supply at genesis	500,000,000 BERA
Inflation	~5% annually via PoL reward emissions (distributed as WBERA), subject to governance
Decimals	18

Distribution and allocation

The genesis supply of 500,000,000 BERA is allocated as follows:

Initial core contributors — 84,000,000 (16.8%)
Allocated to advisors and members of Big Bera Labs, the core contributors to the Berachain blockchain.

Investors — 171,500,000 (34.3%)
Allocated to Seed, Series A, and Series B investors.

Community allocations — 244,500,000 (48.9%)

Airdrop — 79,000,000 (15.8%)
Distributed to testnet users, Berachain and ecosystem NFT holders, social supporters, ecosystem dApps, and community builders. See the Blog airdrop overview for details.

Future community initiatives — 65,500,000 (13.1%)
Reserved for incentive programs, grants, and other initiatives, with community input via Snapshots, RFPs, and similar mechanisms.

Ecosystem & R&D — 100,000,000 (20%)
Used for ecosystem development, R&D, growth, and Berachain Foundation operations: developer programs (Boyco), node operator delegations, and Proof-of-Liquidity evolution. At launch, 9.5% of total BERA supply from this bucket is unlocked for ecosystem growth, developer tooling, liquidity provisioning, and related uses.

Token release schedule

All allocated parties share the same vesting terms:

• Cliff: 1 year; no tokens unlock before the cliff.
• Initial unlock: After the cliff, 1/6 of the allocated amount unlocks.
• Linear vesting: The remaining 5/6 vests linearly over the following 24 months.