Base will activate its Beryl network upgrade on mainnet on June 25, introducing a native token standard for issuing stablecoins, real world assets, and other onchain tokens.
The upgrade is already live on the Base Sepolia testnet. It will also reduce the standard withdrawal delay from Base to Ethereum and improve node performance through Reth V2.
Beryl arrives four weeks after Azul, the upgrade that moved Base onto the Base Stack and introduced a multiproof system for securing withdrawals.
Its main feature is B20, a token standard that runs through code embedded directly into Base node software instead of a conventional smart contract.
B20 follows the ERC-20 specification, allowing tokens created under the standard to work with existing wallets, exchanges, explorers, indexers, and onchain protocols.
