BNB Chain Upgrade Halves Inter-block Interval to 0.75 Seconds

The BNB Chain team has successfully completed the Maxwell hard fork. As a result of this upgrade, the average block creation time has been halved to 0.75 seconds.

In April, the interval was reduced from three to one and a half seconds following the activation of the Lorentz update. The developers deemed this change successful and immediately set their sights on further reducing block times.

The acceleration of the network in Maxwell was achieved through the implementation of BEP-524. This modification aims to:

The upgrade also included two other components, BEP-563 and BEP-564. The first proposal focuses on enhancing the efficiency of the validator network by:

BEP-564 introduced two new message types to support operations involving multiple blocks in a single call.

It’s worth noting that in April, the BNB Chain developers executed the Pascal hard fork, aimed at improving the EVM compatibility of the blockchain.