The BNB Chain team has unveiled a new roadmap outlining plans for network development through 2026. The focus is on creating a next-generation blockchain.
Achievements in the First Half of 2025
In the first half of 2025, the BNB Chain team implemented two hard forks: Lorentz and Maxwell. These upgrades dramatically improved the network’s core performance metrics:
* Block time was reduced from 3 seconds to 0.75 seconds * Transaction finality accelerated from 7.5 seconds to 1.875 seconds * Average transaction fee dropped to $0.01 * Malicious MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) attacks fell by 95%
The network also handled a peak load of 17.6 million transactions in a single day, with an average daily trading volume of $9.3 billion.
Goals for the Second Half of 2025
In the second half of 2025, the primary focus will shift to scaling. Developers aim to enable processing of up to 5,000 decentralized exchange (DEX) swaps per second.
To achieve this, the BNB Chain team plans to:
* Increase the block gas limit tenfold, up to 1 billion gas units (1G) * Transition to a new client written in Rust to enhance performance * Introduce “superinstructions” to optimize complex operations * Accelerate access to the State Database (StateDB)
These enhancements are designed to significantly improve both capacity and execution efficiency.
Next-Generation BNB Chain: Vision for 2026 and Beyond
Looking ahead to 2026 and beyond, the developers plan to rebuild the network from the ground up, citing limitations in the current architecture.
Key features of the next-generation BNB Chain will include:
* Transaction confirmations under 150 milliseconds * Throughput of over 20,000 transactions per second (TPS), even for complex DeFi operations * Integrated privacy features for transfers and smart contracts * A simplified Web2-style user experience, including support for multi-signature wallets
'"The next phase of BNB Chain will make on-chain access as intuitive as logging into your favorite app—while giving you full control over your assets,'" the team stated in the roadmap announcement.
Currently, BNB Chain ranks fourth among blockchain networks in terms of total value locked (TVL) in the DeFi ecosystem, reinforcing its strong position in the industry as it moves toward major scalability improvements.
