Berachain Airdrop Timeline
About Berachain
Berachain runs a consensus design it calls Proof of Liquidity, where the assets securing the chain are the same assets providing liquidity to applications on it, rather than sitting idle in a staking contract.
The project grew out of an NFT community, and the February 2025 distribution reflected that history. Holders of the original NFT line qualified alongside the cohort that had worked through an unusually long and well documented incentivised testnet.
It was the headline launch of early 2025 and the largest distribution of that year.
Airdrop Stats
Berachain's 500M genesis supply splits roughly half to community, half to insiders. The Community share is 48.9% Ecosystem & R&D 20%, the Airdrop 15.8% (79M BERA, claimed Feb 6, 2025), and Community Initiatives 13.1%. The insider share is 51.1% Investors 34.3% and Team/Advisors (Big Bera Labs) 16.8% all vesting on the same schedule (1-year cliff, then linear over 24 months). BERA is the gas and staking token, paired with BGT, the non-transferable governance token earned through Proof-of-Liquidity. Berachain raised ~$142M+ (Series A led by Polychain, $100M Series B with Framework Ventures and Brevan Howard).
How it worked to get the Berachain airdrop
Run the Artio testnet
The first public testnet ran through 2023 and into 2024 and established the earliest participation record.
Continue through Bartio
The second testnet ran longer and in more detail, and weighting favoured people who stayed across both.
Or hold an originating NFT
The chain grew out of an NFT community, and holders of the original line qualified on provenance alone.
Claim BERA at mainnet
The distribution opened with the 6 February 2025 launch, the largest of that year at roughly $690M.
Was the Berachain airdrop worth it?
- The NFT history mattered. The chain grew out of an NFT community, and holders of the original line qualified alongside the testnet cohort. Provenance counted in a way it rarely does.
- The testnet was long and well documented. Artio and then Bartio ran long enough to separate sustained participants from wallets that appeared once, which is reflected in how allocations were weighted.
- It was the headline launch of early 2025. At roughly $690M it was the largest distribution of that year, and it set expectations for the launches that followed it.
Berachain Official Links
Official channels, documentation and community for this airdrop:
This airdrop has concluded. It is kept for research rather than participation.
