opBNB Mainnet Hardfork Slashes Block Time to 250ms, Doubling Speed Across BNB Chain

Key Takeaways:opBNB Fourier Hardfork Goes Live on MainnetWhat the 250ms Block Time Upgrade ChangesKey Performance Improvements

• Faster confirmations: Confirmation time is reduced and enhances user experience in wallets and dApps.
• Smoother DeFi execution: Decrease in latency is beneficial to swaps, liquidation, arbitrage, and onchain trading plans.
• Better app responsiveness: Games, payments, real-time apps receive almost-instantaneous feedback.

This benefits the users who have reduced delays and uncertainty when dealing with the network. To develop it, it opens up use cases that require fast state changes and deterministic execution time. This also enhances the competitiveness of opBNB with other high-speed Layer-2 networks, most of which are competing to reach sub-second confirmation times.

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