Paws and Protocols: Bringing Animal Welfare On-chain

Paws and Protocols: Bringing Animal Welfare On-Chain

Blockchain, Beras, and a Bigger Purpose

Berachain isn’t just another DeFi playground. It’s a culture. A movement. A chain built on liquidity, alignment, and collective coordination. And as the ecosystem grows, so does its potential to create impact beyond yields and governance votes.

BAWS—the Berachain Animal Welfare Society—proves that decentralized liquidity can fuel more than APR farming. It can fund tangible, verifiable real-world change.

BAWS is what happens when a crypto-native community channels its coordination power toward sustainable animal welfare. Not through sporadic donations. Not through centralized charity models. But through aligned liquidity, where builders, projects, and contributors work together to fund lasting, decentralized care systems.

On Berachain, the beras aren't the only ones who matter. This time, the mission extends to every pawprint.

Why BAWS Exists: The Berachain Way

Every blockchain eventually faces a defining question: beyond technology, what does it stand for?

For Berachain, the answer is bigger than DeFi innovation or high-yield strategies. It’s about proving that coordination at scale can serve both ecosystems and communities. It can also be about building public goods through decentralized economic systems.

BAWS channels Berachain’s greatest strengths—its liquidity models, its community-first ethos, and its cultural alignment—into sustainable animal welfare infrastructure. Instead of relying on intermittent funding cycles, BAWS builds continuous impact pipelines, using the same liquidity principles that made Berachain powerful in DeFi.

Governance remains ecosystem-embedded, guided by respected Berachain founders and builders—ensuring that BAWS stays true to Berachain’s long-term mission and cultural DNA.

How BAWS Creates Real-World Value for the Ecosystem

When Berachain projects and funders support BAWS, they aren’t making a donation—they’re investing in Berachain’s brand, cultural leadership, and future influence. Backing BAWS generates positive public trust, positioning projects as builders of real-world impact tied directly to Berachain's success.

• It increases co-marketing opportunities, with integrations across IRL events, ecosystem campaigns, and showcases.
• It strengthens liquidity alignment, proving that Berachain can fuel tangible IRL outcomes.
• It opens governance participation, giving early backers a role in shaping BAWS strategy through decentralized, Berachain-native frameworks.
• And it drives Web2 and Web3 onboarding, as new donors, impact investors, and supporters connect with Berachain through the visible story of real-world care.
  

BAWS isn’t a side project. It’s a proof point that Berachain’s coordination isn’t theoretical—it’s happening, on-chain and off. The Berachain Impact Layer in existence.

The Bigger Picture

The Berachain community thrives because it understands a fundamental truth: collective community coordination creates better outcomes for everyone.

BAWS extends that principle beyond the chain, into real-world public goods. It shows that decentralized liquidity isn’t just financial infrastructure—it’s a tool for building systems of care, education, and cultural legacy.

By supporting BAWS, projects don’t just fund an initiative. They strengthen Berachain’s brand. They scale its cultural reach. They prove that decentralized coordination can reshape communities—both digital and physical.

BAWS is more than animal welfare. It’s Berachain’s next frontier. It’s coordination, culture, and compassion—moving Berachain forward, one pawprint at a time.