BNB Chain to Double Speed with Maxwell Upgrade: What You Need to Know

With the Maxwell Upgrade of the BNB Chain scheduled for mainnet activation on June 30, 2025, major hard fork aims to dramatically improve performance and scalability by reducing the block time on BNB Smart Chain (BSC) from 1.5 seconds to 0.75 seconds, hence doubling transaction processing speed.

Improved validator performance, changes to consensus cadence and network propagation to minimize latency, a halved per-block gas limit to stop network congestion, and enhanced interoperability and security by means of BEP-563 and BEP-564 are key features.

Positioning BNB Chain to compete with high-performance blockchains and foster the growth of DeFi and dApp ecosystems, the Maxwell hardfork promises quicker transaction confirmations, increased throughput, improved validator coordination, and a more stable network.