Bedrock wallet

What is Bedrock (BR)?

Behind the ticker BR stands Bedrock, the protocol that issues uniBTC and uniETH, liquid restaking tokens that let bitcoin and ether be restaked while a transferable receipt stays in the holder's hands. BR itself is not a receipt for anything restaked. It is the governance asset of Bedrock DAO, the token that decides how the protocol is tuned.

The mechanism that matters for a holder is veBR. BR is locked one to one into veBR, a voting escrow position, and the longer the lock, the more voting weight it carries. veBR votes on protocol parameters, incentive structures and gauge allocations that steer emissions between liquidity pools. Two practical consequences follow. Locked BR leaves your spendable balance for the whole lock term and comes back only when the term ends and you withdraw it. And veBR is a position tied to the address that created it, not a token you can send somewhere else, so the key that locked it is the key you will need when it unlocks.

BR is a standard fungible contract on every network it lives on. Its home is BNB Smart Chain, where it was first distributed, and it also exists on other EVM networks. Gas for any BR transfer is paid in the native coin of the network you are on, never in BR itself. Supported networks in Tangem (3): Base, Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain. Because one EVM address is valid on all of them, the app keeps a separate BR balance for each network and the outgoing network is a line you choose, not a default hidden behind the ticker. Whether the recipient expects that network is still your call to confirm, but with a governance token that may sit locked and then need the same key to withdraw, having that key live in a card rather than in a phone app is the part that pays off.

One caution when adding the asset: BR is a short ticker and "Bedrock" is a name several unrelated projects use. Check that the line you add is the Bedrock DAO governance token on the network your BR actually arrived on.