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# Overview

Berachain is a high-performance EVM-Identical Layer 1 (L1) blockchain utilizing Proof-of-Liquidity (PoL) as a consensus mechanism.

Block explorer:

* Mainnet: <https://beratrail.io/>
* Testnet (bepolia): <https://bepolia.beratrail.io/>

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[Learn more by visiting Berachain's developer docs](https://docs.berachain.com/).

## Network Support

<table><thead><tr><th width="116">Network</th><th width="188">Full History / Archive</th><th width="142">HTTPS</th><th>WSS</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Mainnet</td><td>✅</td><td>✅</td><td>✅</td></tr><tr><td>Testnet (bepolia)</td><td>✅</td><td>✅</td><td>✅</td></tr></tbody></table>

> WebSocket clients **MUST** respond to server `ping` frames, otherwise the connection will be closed and re-established every minute.

## Methods & Compute Units

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th></th><th width="100"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>debug_traceBlockByHash</td><td>80</td></tr><tr><td>debug_traceBlockByNumber</td><td>80</td></tr><tr><td>debug_traceCall</td><td>80</td></tr><tr><td>debug_traceTransaction</td><td>80</td></tr><tr><td>eth_accounts</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>eth_blockNumber</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>eth_call</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>eth_chainId</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>eth_estimateGas</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>eth_gasPrice</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>eth_feeHistory</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>eth_getBalance</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>eth_getBlockByHash</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>eth_getBlockByNumber</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>eth_getBlockTransactionCountByHash</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>eth_getCode</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>eth_getFilterChanges</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>eth_getFilterLogs</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>eth_getLogs</td><td>80</td></tr><tr><td>eth_getProof</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>eth_getStorageAt</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>eth_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>eth_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>eth_getTransactionByHash</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>eth_getTransactionCount</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>eth_getTransactionReceipt</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>eth_getUncleByBlockHashAndIndex</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>eth_getUncleByBlockNumberAndIndex</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>eth_getUncleCountByBlockHash</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>eth_newBlockFilter</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>eth_newFilter</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>eth_newPendingTransactionFilter</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>eth_sendRawTransaction</td><td>80</td></tr><tr><td>eth_subscribe</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>eth_syncing</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>eth_uninstallFilter</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>eth_unsubscribe</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>net_listening</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>net_peerCount</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>net_version</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>txpool_content</td><td>500</td></tr><tr><td>web3_clientVersion</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>web3_sha3</td><td>40</td></tr></tbody></table>