<p>A new consensus model. A bear-themed brand. And one of the most debated token launches in recent memory.</p><p>Berachain is trying something radically different. Instead of just rewarding validators, it pays liquidity providers—turning the traditional blockchain incentive model on its head.</p><p>But not everyone is convinced. Some critics say too much of the token supply went to VCs. Others question whether “proof of liquidity” can actually work at scale.</p><p>In this episode, Smokey, Chief Smokey Officer at Berachain, joins Unchained to break it all down. Why did Berachain choose to make itself EVM-identical? What really happened with the token launch? And what’s next?</p><h3><strong>Show highlights:</strong></h3><ul>
<li>1:47 How Smokey got into crypto and how that led to the founding of Berachain  </li>
<li>7:24 What proof of liquidity is and what problems it solves  </li>
<li>12:06 Whether there’s an incentive problem in how BGT and BERA are designed  </li>
<li>16:03 Why Smokey believes the EVM has the “largest capital base”  </li>
<li>21:12 How Berachain leveraged culture to accrue network effects  </li>
<li>26:23 How Berachain achieved so much TVL growth  </li>
<li>30:01 What Smokey thinks about the big allocation of BERA to VCs  </li>
<li>35:38 How the bear-themed NFTs were born  </li>
<li>39:26 How the project was able to buy back a portion of the tokens sold to VCs  </li>
<li>40:58 Whether Smokey should have done things differently when launching the token  </li>
<li>43:21 Smokey’s response to the criticism of private participants staking BERA  </li>
<li>46:57 Why Smokey believes that the inflation will be useful for ecosystem growth  </li>
<li>52:23 What’s next in Berachain’s roadmap</li>
</ul><p></p><p><strong>Visit our website for breaking news, analysis, op-eds, articles to learn about crypto, and much more: unchainedcrypto.com</strong></p><h3>Thank you to our sponsors!</h3><ul><li><a href="https://bitwiseinvestments.com/">Bitwise</a></li></ul><h3>Guest:</h3><ul><li>
<a href="https://x.com/SmokeyTheBera">Smokey the Bera</a>, Chief Smokey Officer at Berachain</li></ul><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

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