BNB Chain Upgrade Halves Inter-Block Time to 0.75 Seconds

The BNB Chain team has successfully completed the hard fork known as Maxwell. This upgrade has resulted in a significant reduction of the block creation time, halving it to just 0.75 seconds.

In April, the block interval was decreased from three seconds to one and a half seconds with the implementation of the Lorentz update. The developers deemed this decision a success and immediately set their sights on further decreasing the block time.

The acceleration of the network in the Maxwell upgrade was facilitated by the implementation of the BEP-524 proposal. This change aims to:

Alongside BEP-524, the upgrade included two additional components: BEP-563 and BEP-564. The first of these targets network efficiency among validators through:

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, which was aimed at enhancing the EVM compatibility of the blockchain.