Maxwell hardfork goes live on BNB Chain mainnet — Here’s what you should know
BNB Chain is set to introduce its most aggressive speed upgrade. To increase transaction throughput, enhance validator performance, and boost responsiveness, the network will carry out the Maxwell hardfork on the mainnet on June 30. This will decrease block times …
BEP-563 enhances validator messages to minimize missed votes or sync delays under more strict block cycles. The shift to sub-second blocks follows the April Lorentz hardfork, which decreased block times from 3 seconds to 1.5 seconds. Date length has doubled from 500 to 1000, while each validator’s turn length increases to 16 blocks, still just 12 seconds under the new timing.
BEP-563 improves validator messages to minimize missed votes or sync delays under more strict block cycles. The shift to sub-second blocks follows the April Lorentz hardfork, which decreased block times from 3 seconds to 1.5 seconds. Epoch length has doubled from 500 to 1000, while each validator’s turn length increases to 16 blocks, still just 12 seconds under the new timing. These changes are meant to keep block stability and validator coordination regardless of the higher throughput.
