Whitelisting contracts for BGT emissions
If you wish to whitelist a contract to receive BGT emissions, you can now fill one of the RFRV - Request for Reward Vault forms below.
If you want to gather all material to answer the questions, you can download the forms here.
Deadlines for proposals submissions are every week on Thursday 0:00 UTC and after review, and following the BGT Foundation’s and Guardians’ assessment, vaults will be whitelisted to receive BGT emissions if they meet the community’s criteria.
BEX pools - Summary of RFRV Criteria
| Deployed Pool | Must already be live on BEX. |
| Deployed Tokens | Must have the incentive tokens live on a BEX pool. |
| Economic Value | Show significant TVL, trading volume potential, or strategic benefit. |
| Security | Use standard or audited contracts; tokens must be reputable. |
| Decentralization | Each token in the pair must show sufficient decentralization. |
| Transparency | Team/project info, audits, and open communication. |
| Synergy | Integrate with or benefit the broader Berachain ecosystem. |
| Community Support | Demonstrate genuine interest/demand. |
| Operational Safety | Clear ownership, upgradeability details, and compliance considerations. |
| Pair with a Major (Recommended) | Major tokens are BERA, HONEY, BYUSD, USDC, wETH, and wBTC. |
| Verification | The proposer should be affiliated with the project and by extension at least one of the tokens in the pool. |
General (non-BEX) contracts - Summary of RFRV Criteria
| Deployed Contract | Must already be live. |
| Deployed Tokens | Must have the incentive tokens live. |
| Economic Value | Show significant TVL, trading volume potential, or strategic benefit. |
| Security | Use standard or audited contracts; tokens must be reputable. |
| Decentralization | Each token in the pair must show sufficient decentralization. |
| Transparency | Team/project info, audits, and open communication. |
| Synergy | Integrate with or benefit the broader Berachain ecosystem. |
| Community Support | Demonstrate genuine interest/demand. |
| Operational Safety | Clear ownership, upgradeability details, and compliance considerations. |
| Pair with a Major (Recommended for DEX pools): | Major tokens are BERA, HONEY, BYUSD, USDC, wETH, and wBTC. |
| Verification | The proposer should be affiliated with the protocol or at least one of the tokens in the contract. |
If you want to learn more about Governance, you can find all upcoming phases of Berachain’s Governance rollout here.
To complete the process, protocols that wish to add a name, icon, or URL to their reward vault must submit a pull request to the metadata repository at this link.