BNB Chain Activates Osaka/Mendel Hard Fork with 9 BEPs
BNB Chain Activates Osaka/Mendel Hard Fork with 9 BEPs
🔧 BSC just got faster
BNB Smart Chain has successfully activated the Osaka/Mendel hard fork, implementing 9 BNB Evolution Proposals (BEPs) focused on network stability and performance improvements.
Key Performance Gains:
- TPS increased to ~3,900 in high-throughput scenarios (up from ~2,800)
- Block finality latency improved by ~37%, now averaging 650ms
- Zero slash events triggered since activation
The upgrade follows a year of performance enhancements and aims to deliver more consistent transaction behavior and faster confirmations under real-world usage conditions.
The Osaka/Mendel hard fork is now live on BNB Smart Chain ✅ BSC now delivers better execution, more stable performance and faster finality that holds up under real usage. As onchain activity on BSC grows, this upgrade enables: 🔸 Users faster confirmations & more consistent
Osaka/Mendel is the latest hard fork on BNB Chain. It builds on a year of performance upgrades and focuses on improving how the network behaves under real usage. Live April 28 at 02:30 UTC. Here’s everything you need to know 🧵👇
The Osaka/Mendel hard fork is now live on BNB Smart Chain 🔥 After a year of major performance upgrades, 9 BEPs are now activated, making the network more stable and responsive in real-world conditions The results for BSC? 🔸 In high-throughput scenarios, TPS reaches ~3,900 on
You might not notice one feature tied to Osaka/Mendel, but you’ll notice the difference: • Transactions behave more consistently • Confirmations land faster • Performance holds under load Full breakdown ↓ bnbchain.org/en/blog/osaka-…
The latest hardfork, Osaka/Mendel was activated via 9 BEPs to strengthen the stability and performance of BSC
The Osaka/Mendel hard fork is now live on BNB Smart Chain ✅ BSC now delivers better execution, more stable performance and faster finality that holds up under real usage. As onchain activity on BSC grows, this upgrade enables: 🔸 Users faster confirmations & more consistent
Osaka/Mendel activates tomorrow at 02:30 UTC. Execution and finality updates are about to go live on BNB Chain. The full information in our blog below ↓ bnbchain.org/en/blog/osaka-…
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