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Base Beryl: B20 Token Standard, Faster Withdrawals, Reth V2
Base Beryl deploys to mainnet on June 25, four weeks after the Azul upgrade, a cadence Base attributes to its migration to the Base Stack. The centerpiece is B20, a native token standard that implements the ERC-20 specification as a Rust precompile executed at the node level rather than as EVM bytecode, preserving compatibility with existing wallets, exchanges, and indexers while targeting compliant issuance of stablecoins, RWAs, and onchain-native tokens. Beryl also reduces the L2-to-L1 withdrawal delay for capital efficiency gains and ships Reth V2 for throughput improvements. The Base Stack's multiproof system underpins all three changes, adding auditability and security to the architecture.
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