How to Stake BERA with Chorus One on Berachain to Increase Returns
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How to Stake BERA with Chorus One on Berachain to Increase Returns
The automatic allocation algorithm BeraBoost can dynamically optimize BGT distribution to maximize returns.
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insightsAuthor: Chorus One
Translation: Felix, PANews
The Berachain mainnet has officially launched. This marks the beginning of a transformative era for DeFi, where security and liquidity can scale simultaneously under Berachain's novel Proof-of-Liquidity (PoL) consensus.
Proof-of-Liquidity: The Foundation of Berachain
Berachain’s Proof-of-Liquidity (PoL) consensus mechanism aims to enable both security and liquidity to scale together. In traditional Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchains, large amounts of capital are locked up to secure the network. While this staked capital ensures network security, it remains idle and does not contribute to ecosystem liquidity. The core idea behind Proof-of-Liquidity is to eliminate the trade-off between security and liquidity by incentivizing DeFi activity with sustainable staking rewards.
Three-Token Model
Berachain’s economic design revolves around three distinct tokens:
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BERA: The native network token used for paying gas fees and staking
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BGT (Berachain Governance Token): A non-transferable governance asset earned exclusively through providing liquidity
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HONEY: A native stablecoin minted through over-collateralization
Validators propose blocks based on their BERA stake and allocate BGT emissions, which can be directed to reward vaults. The amount they can allocate depends on their BGT stake: block proposal frequency is determined by their BERA stake; the amount of BGT allocated per proposal depends on their BGT stake. Users providing DeFi liquidity can stake their receipt tokens in these reward vaults to earn BGT rewards.
Key Applications Powering Berachain
BEX: The Berachain Exchange
BEX is a native decentralized exchange featuring House Pools and Metapools that enhance liquidity efficiency. Liquidity providers can earn trading fees and accumulate BGT, which can be staked alongside validators to participate in governance and optimize emissions.
Bends: Native Lending Market
Bends allows users to borrow HONEY using collateral such as ETH, BTC, and USDC. By interacting with Bends, users deepen liquidity while earning BGT, creating a dual-incentive model for sustainable lending.
Berps: A native perpetual futures exchange offering high-performance derivatives trading with deep liquidity and efficient capital deployment.
Introducing BeraBoost: Optimizing Delegator Yields
Given Berachain’s unique emission mechanism, delegators need sophisticated strategies to maximize returns. This is where BeraBoost comes in—a dynamic allocation algorithm developed by Chorus One Research that optimizes BGT distribution to maximize returns.
How BeraBoost Works
Validators play a crucial role in emission allocation on Berachain. Delegators who stake with validators benefit from the validator’s strategy of directing emissions to reward vaults. BeraBoost takes this further by:
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Algorithmically allocating emissions to maximize rewards on delegators’ positions in reward vaults
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Transparently directing liquidity to where it is most needed
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Automating the yield optimization process, reducing the complexity of staking for delegators
This mirrors how traditional DeFi yield farming strategies work, but integrates them directly at the consensus layer. As Camila Ramos emphasized, Berachain’s PoL effectively allows users to outsource their farming strategies to validators, offering both experienced and novice users a way to optimize returns without active management.
Learn more about BeraBoost here.
Why Berachain Is Pushing the Boundaries of DeFi Infrastructure
Berachain’s PoL brings a fundamental shift to blockchain economics. By combining security with capital efficiency, Berachain enhances incentives not only for validators but also promotes deeper liquidity across the entire ecosystem. The introduction of BeraBoost further refines this model, enabling delegators to passively maximize returns while strengthening the network’s decentralized security. With the mainnet launch, Berachain is poised to redefine on-chain liquidity dynamics, governance participation, and validator incentives—all while maintaining seamless Ethereum compatibility. Builders, liquidity providers, and institutional participants now have a powerful new platform to engage with.
About Chorus One
Chorus One is one of the largest institutional staking providers globally, operating infrastructure for over 60 Proof-of-Stake (PoS) networks including Ethereum, Cosmos, Solana, Avalanche, Near, and others. Since 2018, Chorus One has been at the forefront of the PoS industry, delivering user-friendly enterprise-grade staking solutions, conducting leading research, and investing in innovative protocols through Chorus One Ventures. As an ISO 27001-certified provider, Chorus One also offers slashing and double-signing insurance for its institutional clients.
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