PANews reported on June 4 that according to CoinDesk, Layer1 blockchain Berachain announced that it has become the first non-Ethereum chain to fully implement the Ethereum Pectra execution layer function through the "Bectra" hard fork. This upgrade will provide enhanced tools for more than 100 applications on the chain and improve the user and developer interaction experience.

The Bectra upgrade enables user wallets to have smart account functions, supporting operations such as batch transactions, setting consumption limits, using stablecoin HONEY to pay gas fees and regular payments. Previously, these functions had to rely on custom contracts or third parties to implement. As an EVM equivalent chain, Berachain uses a unique proof-of-liquidity (PoL) consensus mechanism to maintain network security by rewarding liquidity providers (rather than traditional staking). Although Pectra's consensus layer changes have not been synchronized, due to EVM compatibility, more than 200 existing applications can adapt to new functions without rewriting contracts.