BNB Chain targets ‘around one second’ finality with Fermi hard fork

BNB Chain’s Fermi upgrade, which goes live Wednes

BNB Chain targets ‘around one second’ finality with Fermi hard fork

BNB Chain targets ‘around one second’ finality with Fermi hard fork

BNB Chain’s Fermi upgrade, which goes live Wednesday, will cut BNB Smart Chain (BSC) block times from 0.75 seconds to 0.45 seconds and push transaction finality to “around one second,” positioning the network as one of the fastest major Ethereum Virtual Machine chains. 

Fermi Upgrade of BSC. Source:
BNB Chain was among the busiest in 2025. Source: