BNB Chain’s Latest Updates: A Tale of Turbocharged Transactions

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Ah, the BNB Chain, a veritable symphony of blockchain technology, has recently undergone two delightful updates. The illustrious Changpeng Zhao, or CZ as he’s affectionately known, took to Twitter to share the news, sending ripples of excitement through the BNB Chain community.

Two updates went into the BNB Chain in the last few hours.

If you want to read a human-understandable version, here is the blog:

More to come. Build!

— CZ 🔶 BNB (@cz_binance) February 15, 2025

In its latest road map, the BNB Chain revealed its focus on improving transaction speed, streamlining users’ experience, integrating artificial intelligence, and refining developer tools in 2025. These recent upgrades are part of ongoing efforts to optimize the network and strengthen its position in the competitive blockchain space.

The BNB Chain has also introduced three MEV protection solutions in partnership with leading wallet providers to address the issue of sandwich attacks. These solutions will help users protect their transactions from sandwich attacks and provide a more secure DeFi trading experience.

One of the biggest concerns in the DeFi space has been the impact of MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) attacks, particularly sandwich attacks, which cause unfair trading conditions and financial losses for users.

What’s new

In a blog post explaining the recent upgrade, the BNB Chain announced that it had released the first optimization designed to handle the surge in traffic on Binance Smart Chain (BSC).

This comes after it was discovered that during high-traffic periods, many transactions were not being included in blocks on time. This meant that even those who increased their gas fees (transaction fees) to speed up their transactions weren’t guaranteed the priority they expected.

The current design of the BNB Chain allows getting all transactions on-chain as rapidly as possible, to lower average wait time in the transaction pool (mempool). This strategy is effective for the majority of common-use scenarios. However, it is not ideal for meme coin trading, where minor price swings can have a big impact.

The upgrade introduces a short waiting period before block sealing, as long as there is enough time inside the three-second block window (blocks on BSC are formed every three seconds). This will allow validators to collect more bids, increasing the likelihood of including the best ones and improving overall block-building performance, particularly during peak network activity. This improvement also gives more time for bid gathering, which could lead to more efficient block building.

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2025-02-16 17:43