The Berachain Mainnet is approaching, and StakeStone Vault may become the tool for maximizing BERA yield.

With projects like Movement and Fuel issuing tokens one after another, Berachain, with its on-chain liquidity "flywheel" designed based on the PoL (Proof of Liquidity) mechanism, has become one of the few emerging public chains still drawing attention. However, for ordinary users, this also builds a "high wall" to participation.

From participating in pre-deposits to selecting DApps, calculating yield strategies, and then dynamically engaging in governance voting, each step places higher demands on on-chain experience and operational capabilities, hindering most users from maximizing their opportunities to capture BERA. Currently, there are almost no simplified tools available in the market.

It is worth noting that StakeStone has recently launched the market's first one-stop Berachain liquidity provision product, "Berachain Vault". This product is designed to simplify the process from Berachain pre-deposit activities to liquidity mining (Yield Farming) under the POL mechanism, aiming to help ordinary users easily participate in the Berachain ecosystem and seize early benefits through a one-stop nanny service.

This article will start from the emerging ecological needs represented by Berachain, and in conjunction with the core design of the StakeStone Berachain Vault, explore the potential and value of this product in lowering barriers and optimizing yield management.

Berachain: The "Flywheel" and "High Wall" of the POL Mechanism

Speaking of Berachain, one must mention its core innovation point, the Proof-of-Liquidity (POL) mechanism. Users must provide liquidity to specific liquidity pools in order to earn corresponding BGT (a governance token that can be converted into BERA) rewards. The liquidity pools that can receive more BGT emissions are determined by votes from the validating nodes entrusted by BGT holders.

This mechanism bears a striking resemblance to Curve's ve model. Berachain can be simply understood as a "public chain version of Curve," or a public chain operating based on the ve model.

Under the POL mechanism, the voting of validation nodes directly affects the emission and distribution of BGT, which will undoubtedly greatly stimulate ecological projects to actively create various liquidity incentive programs in order to actively compete for more BGT emissions, forming an ecosystem similar to the "bribery" ecology on Curve.

Berachain integrates this logic into the underlying architecture of the chain, creating a highly collaborative "community of interests" among users, validating nodes, and DApps. Ideally, the success of validating nodes and DApps is aligned; the former is motivated to allocate more BGT to DApps with high trading volume and strong activity, while DApps attract more users to participate in the liquidity pool by increasing incentives and returns for LP users, leading to more substantial profits from these high-volume pools.

As more users flock to the liquidity pool for high returns, the governance support of the DApp and the scale of liquidity further increase, thereby securing more BGT emission rights. This continuously expanding liquidity and governance weight not only strengthens the scale of the protocol but also attracts more users and funds into the ecosystem, gradually forming a strong positive flywheel.

But new problems arise. Once the Berachain Mainnet is launched, how should ordinary users judge and choose where to provide liquidity to maximize their returns?

Whether it's the selection of validator nodes, the choice of ecological projects, or the selection of liquidity pools, each layer of choice faces the need for in-depth research on dozens of options. This undoubtedly creates a "high wall" for participants.

Compared to Curve, the Berachain ecosystem undoubtedly requires a complete ecosystem project to serve users. Among them, the voting delegation platform Convex and the one-stop yield platform Yearn.finance will also be indispensable components on Berachain to address the core pain points of ordinary users.

Typical user dilemmas include:

• Information asymmetry: The yield situation and governance weight distribution of different DApps/liquidity pools are in dynamic change, and retail investors need to invest effort and time to track and research the dynamics of each project in order to make optimal choices.

• Disadvantages of Scale Effect: The liquidity contribution of individual retail investors is relatively small, making it difficult to compete with large funding entities or professional players during the process of competing for emission rights, and it is challenging to achieve scale effects through individual participation.

• Complexity of operation: Managing liquidity, participating in voting governance, and optimizing returns simultaneously can be quite challenging for ordinary users. The threshold is relatively high, and a small mistake may lead to missing the best opportunities, such as failing to adjust voting direction in time or reallocating liquidity, which can directly affect overall returns;

Under this demand, the full-chain liquidity asset protocol StakeStone has launched an innovative product designed specifically for the Berachain ecosystem, the Berachain Vault, becoming the official first recommended one-stop Berachain mining service platform in the entire market.

StakeStone Berachain Vault: One deposit, two networks, multiple yields

In the context of DeFi, a "Vault" is an automated investment strategy designed to simplify the user experience, where users only need to deposit assets, and the protocol can automatically execute a series of financial transactions to maximize returns through various strategy combinations. However, traditional Vault products, while providing convenient asset management, have significant limitations in terms of yield enhancement and liquidity release.

On one hand, the assets that users typically deposit are non-yielding underlying native assets like ETH, which, despite having high market recognition, do not generate direct returns; on the other hand, liquidity is often locked after depositing into the Vault, making it difficult to further utilize, thus limiting the investment flexibility of users.

As stETH, pufETH, rzETH and other yield-bearing assets gradually become mainstream, Vault products have also evolved to support these assets with embedded yield logic, allowing them to not only capture basic yields from PoS staking but also further enhance returns through liquidity mining, lending, and other combined strategies, maximizing users' investment returns.

Then, extending the thought, if on this basis, the liquidity locked in the Vault is also released in the form of Vault LP Tokens and allowed to participate in various DeFi yield scenarios, wouldn't that be able to maximize the layering of yields?

Take the newly launched Berachain StakeStone Vault as an example, it is an innovative product that not only continues the asset management function of the Vault but also completely opens up all dimensions of multiple earnings for users through the innovation of Vault + Vault LP Token:

• Wrap the LP assets of Berachain Vault into yield-bearing assets: Allow users who want to participate in the Berachain ecosystem to deposit LP assets (yield-bearing or non-yield-bearing) such as ETH, STONE, etc. After the Vault receives the assets, it will maximize returns by using liquidity mining and governance yield strategies under the POL mechanism for specific liquidity scenarios, and based on this, wrap them into Vault LP Tokens with yield-bearing capabilities (such as beraSTONE).

• Based on the encapsulated income-generating assets to create a DeFi yield portfolio: Subsequently, the Vault LP Token can be used in various mature DeFi infrastructures on Ethereum to realize a brand new unique parallel universe structure, namely: the source of income generation occurs on Berachain and other chains, while the financing activities for income generation take place on the Ethereum Mainnet. This structure simultaneously takes advantage of the high returns of the new chain and the abundant funds, as well as the maturity of the DeFi infrastructure on the Ethereum Mainnet, thus having the potential to become a new paradigm in the DeFi market.

In the design mechanism of Stakestone, the wrapped Vault LP Token has top-notch composability just like ETH------it can participate in liquidity mining on certain DEXs, collateral lending on certain lending platforms, and even be split into PT and YT in certain yield splitting protocols, further amplifying returns.

So if we delve deeper, the true innovation of the StakeStone Berachain Vault lies in linking an asset through secondary utilization and deep release, connecting the emerging ecosystem of Berachain with the mature networks of Ethereum (or other EVM chains), thereby forming a "multi-layered yield" flywheel effect:

• First layer of earnings, PoS earnings from the underlying earning assets: Users can deposit ETH to obtain STONE and other full-chain liquid assets, covering the underlying PoS earnings of ETH;

• Layer 2 earnings, POL earnings from the Berachain ecosystem: STONE deposits in StakeStone Berachain Vault, earning liquidity mining rewards under the POL mechanism in the Berachain ecosystem, and further packaging that layer of earnings into Vault LP Token (such as beraSTONE);

• Layer 3 income, diversified DeFi strategy income on Ethereum: Vault LP Token in the form of beraSTONE can be further increased on Ethereum through strategies such as leverage and liquidity mining;

In this way, by combining the ecological features of Berachain with the diversified on-chain yield scenarios of Ethereum, the StakeStone Berachain Vault achieves multiple reutilizations of an asset from emerging markets to mature ecosystems, maximizing yields while fully unleashing liquidity potential, significantly enhancing the utilization efficiency of a single asset, and bringing higher capital liquidity and market recognition to the Berachain ecosystem.

Through these two assets, users can not only gain high BERA returns under the Berachain Proof of Liquidity (PoL) mechanism but also achieve yield stacking in mature ecosystems like the Ethereum Mainnet. More importantly, users can also lock in future governance token STO in advance by participating in StakeStone Vault.

During the event, users can participate in a reward pool totaling 15 million STO by holding or using beraSTONE and beraSBTC, which includes 8.25 million Bera-Wave point rewards (issued in points, settled at TGE) and an additional 4 million STO rewards during the Boyco event; moreover, the first 10,000 early bird users (who deposit ≥0.042 ETH or ≥0.0015 BTC) will also receive an additional incentive of 150 STO each.

So how to earn Bera-Wave points? It is mainly divided into basic point rules + DeFi acceleration rewards (the referral reward mechanism can be seen in the specific process below):

1. Basic Points Rules:

• Holding 1 beraSTONE can earn 1 point per hour;
• Holding 1 beraSBTC, you can earn 25 points per hour (points accumulate hourly without additional operations);

2. DeFi Acceleration Rewards ------ Investing in beraSTONE or beraSBTC in the following DeFi protocols can significantly increase the speed of points accumulation:

• Certain DEX provides liquidity: 5 times the reward of base points.
• Accurate Liquidity Range (±0.1%): When the liquidity range is maintained at the current price ±0.1%, a reward of 6 times the base points can be obtained (active participation is required).
• More protocol support: More protocols will be launched in the future, providing more reward opportunities and further enhancing point earnings.

Overall, these rewards cover Berachain PoL, the Boyco protocol, and future ecological benefits, as well as the future token airdrop of StakeStone, which can be described as "one fish, multiple meals," providing users with comprehensive participation opportunities in Berachain & StakeStone. The specific operation process is also quite simple:

1. Enter the StakeStone Vault interface, click "Deposit" to enter the StakeStone Berachain Vault interface.

2. Connect wallet in the upper right corner.

3. Enter the invitation code to receive a 10% points boost reward. Share your personal invitation code on Twitter to earn more commission rewards (20%).

4. Deposit ETH/STONE/WETH to receive beraSTONE; deposit SBTC/WBTC/cbBTC/BTCB to receive beraSBTC (not yet opened). Holding beraSTONE or beraSBTC can earn points.

• Only assets on the Ethereum Mainnet are allowed. If not, please click "Switch Network" to switch to the Ethereum Mainnet.
• Select the asset you want to deposit on the left, enter the amount, and then click the "Deposit" button, and "confirm" in your wallet.

5. Participate in DeFi protocols to earn more rewards.

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