BSC Testnet Doubles Throughput to 2,324 TPS Through Efficiency Fix

🔧 BSC finds free performance

By BNB Smart Chain
Aug 10, 2026, 2:28 PM
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BEP-675 Implementation Results

  • BSC Testnet throughput increased 88% from 1,237 to 2,324 TPS
  • Improvement achieved by eliminating redundant block execution
  • No trade-offs: block interval remains 450ms, finality lag unchanged

Technical Details

The network was executing blocks twice unnecessarily.​ BEP-675 removed this duplicate work, resulting in the performance gain without compromising any existing parameters.​

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BEP-675 nearly doubled throughput on BSC Testnet, taking it from 1,237 to 2,324 TPS. The gain came from removing block execution work the network was doing twice, so nothing was traded away for it. More 👇

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88% higher throughput on BSC Testnet. BEP-675 nearly doubled throughput by removing one redundant execution step, while keeping the same 450ms block interval, 100M gas limit, and finality lag. Here’s how it works 🧵👇

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