Overview
BEAN is a gamified mining protocol on Base where players compete in continuous 60-second rounds to earn ETH and BEAN tokens. It combines the excitement of competitive gaming with real DeFi mechanics — every round has real stakes, real winners, and real rewards.
The game takes place on a 5×5 grid of 25 blocks. Each round, players deploy ETH onto the blocks they think will win. When the timer runs out, one winning block is randomly selected on-chain. A 1% admin fee is taken from all deployed ETH, and a 10% vault fee is applied to the losers' pool. The remaining ETH from losing blocks is redistributed to miners on the winning block — proportional to how much each player deployed.
On top of ETH rewards, 1 BEAN is minted each round and awarded to a miner on the winning block. A growing jackpot called the Beanpot can trigger at any time, distributing a potentially massive BEAN bonus. And a unique roasting mechanic rewards patient miners who delay claiming their earned BEAN.
Just like coffee beans need to be roasted to reach their full potential, BEAN tokens reward patience. When you win BEAN, they start as "unroasted" — raw and unclaimed. A 10% roasting fee is applied when you claim, and that fee is redistributed to other miners still holding unclaimed BEAN. The longer you let your BEAN roast, the more roasted BEAN you accumulate from others claiming before you.