# Berachain Mainnet Launches February 6

*Author: David Christopher*
*Published: Feb 4, 2025*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/de/berachain-mainnet-launches-february-6*

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Long-hyped, EVM-equivalent L1 Berachain will launch its mainnet on February 6, 2025, introducing its Proof of Liquidity consensus model and tri-token economy. 

### **What’s the Scoop?**
- **Origins & Proof of Liquidity: **Berachain’s roots trace back to the [viral Bong Bears NFT collection](https://www.bankless.com/berachains-high-aspirations), which built one of crypto’s most engaged communities. BERA's PoL consensus mechanism grants governance rights for liquidity provision, boosting network participation.
- **Tri-Token Economy:** Berachain operates with three distinct tokens:**BGT (Bera Governance Token):** Earned exclusively by providing liquidity, granting governance rights and validator delegation power.
- **BERA (Gas Token):** Used for transaction fees and can be minted by burning BGT at a 1:1 ratio.
- **HONEY (Stablecoin):** Pegged to USDC, serving as the ecosystem’s primary medium of exchange.
- **Funding: **The project has raised ~$142M, including a $42M round led by Polychain in 2023 and an additional [$100M in a Series B round](https://www.theblock.co/post/288066/layer-1-blockchain-developer-berachain-raises-100-million-in-series-b-funding).

### **Bankless Take**
Q5 is finally here and now we get to see Proof of Liquidity in action. While there certainly remain headwinds in the market, Berachain’s tight-knit community and unique, self-reinforcing economic model may be enough to weather this tumultuous time to launch. 

Given the momentum the chain’s generated, we will regardless see a flurry of activity from day one as memes are launched and people rush to the chain for yields. Further, Berachain is the first in the series of these [next-generation EVM chains](https://www.bankless.com/four-evm-projects-ethereum#%F0%9F%90%BB-berachain) (others include HyperEVM, Monad, and MegaETH) to go live. Thus, its launch will serve as an interesting litmus test of the demand for these environments, which comes as [alternate VMs like Solana and Sui](https://app.artemisanalytics.com/flows) continue gaining traction as top destinations for flows. 

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