> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://berachain-422fce37-codex-update-mintlify-mcp-description.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> Official Berachain documentation for Proof-of-Liquidity, BEX, Bend, nodes, and building on Berachain.

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Berachain is a high-performance EVM-identical Layer 1 blockchain utilizing Proof-of-Liquidity (PoL) consensus.

## Get started

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  <Card title="What is Berachain?" href="/general/introduction/what-is-berachain">
    Learn about Berachain's architecture, EVM compatibility, and core concepts.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Proof of Liquidity" href="/general/introduction/what-is-proof-of-liquidity">
    Understand how Berachain's unique consensus mechanism works.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect Your Wallet" href="/general/introduction/connect-to-berachain">
    Set up your wallet to interact with Berachain.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Get $BERA" href="/general/introduction/how-to-get-bera">
    Learn how to acquire BERA tokens to use on the network.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Native dApps

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  <Card title="BEX" href="/bex/learn/overview">
    The native decentralized exchange for trading tokens on Berachain.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Bend" href="/bend/learn/overview">
    Decentralized lending protocol for borrowing and lending assets.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Tokens

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  <Card title="$BERA" href="/general/tokens/bera">
    Native gas and staking token.
  </Card>

  <Card title="$HONEY" href="/general/tokens/honey">
    Native stablecoin.
  </Card>

  <Card title="$sWBERA" href="/general/tokens/swbera">
    Yield-bearing staking vault token.
  </Card>
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