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In this episode, we speak with Smokey the Bera, co-founder of Berachain, about the project’s newly launched mainnet and its innovative Proof of Liquidity model. The discussion unpacks Berachain’s unique three-way relationship between its app layer, validators, and a nontransferable governance token that reimagines traditional proof of stake systems. Smokey explores both the potential benefits and the challenges of this economic experiment as it seeks to reshape blockchain economics. We also spotlight our sponsor Morpho, whose cutting-edge integration of DeFi with traditional finance is driving new opportunities in the market.
------ 📣 MORPHO | GO-TO LENDING INFRASTRUCTURE https://bankless.cc/Morpho
------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:
🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax
🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain
⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum
🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle
🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPER https://bankless.cc/Celo
🎮RONIN | THE FUTURE OF WEB3 GAMING https://bankless.cc/Ronin
------ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Start 05:10 How Did Bera Come To Be? 09:43 Starting With Community 12:09 The Memetic Roadmap 14:43 Proof Of Liquidity 20:41 The Triangle Based Loop 33:26 Liquidity Provisioning 35:21 Discovering Equilibrium 38:28 How To Grow Market Share 43:53 Bera and Monad 47:13 Addressing Criticism 53:51 2025 Roadmap
------ RESOURCES
Smokey - https://x.com/smokeythebera
------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
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In this episode, we speak with Smokey the Bera, co-founder of Berachain, about the project’s newly launched mainnet and its innovative Proof of Liquidity model. The discussion unpacks Berachain’s unique three-way relationship between its app layer, validators, and a nontransferable governance token that reimagines traditional proof of stake systems. Smokey explores both the potential benefits and the challenges of this economic experiment as it seeks to reshape blockchain economics. We also spotlight our sponsor Morpho, whose cutting-edge integration of DeFi with traditional finance is driving new opportunities in the market.
------ 📣 MORPHO | GO-TO LENDING INFRASTRUCTURE https://bankless.cc/Morpho
------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:
🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax
🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain
⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum
🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle
🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPER https://bankless.cc/Celo
🎮RONIN | THE FUTURE OF WEB3 GAMING https://bankless.cc/Ronin
------ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Start 05:10 How Did Bera Come To Be? 09:43 Starting With Community 12:09 The Memetic Roadmap 14:43 Proof Of Liquidity 20:41 The Triangle Based Loop 33:26 Liquidity Provisioning 35:21 Discovering Equilibrium 38:28 How To Grow Market Share 43:53 Bera and Monad 47:13 Addressing Criticism 53:51 2025 Roadmap
------ RESOURCES
Smokey - https://x.com/smokeythebera
------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

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