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“BNB Chain’s Ethereum-compatible L2 has gone public after successfully testing its Optimism-powered layer 2 scaling platform. Aimed at providing lower gas costs and faster transactions, it displayed potential but not without some concerns, such as the week-long fund lockup during verification checks. Despite potential drawbacks, BNB Chain’s progress towards a swift, secure, and economical opBNB platform is laudable.”

Arno Bauer, senior solution architect at Binance Smart Chain (BNB Chain), clarified that the protocol was not designed to outcompete Ethereum but to offer value to a unique user base in the Web3 ecosystem. He also addressed concerns on potential fragmented BNB Chain ecosystem due to its launch of layer-2 testnet structures, stressing the need for seamless integrations.

“BNB Chain is set for an upgrade to boost security infrastructure and ensure compatibility with other EVM blockchain networks. Known as the Plato upgrade, it introduces BEP-126 to implement a rapid finality mechanism to prevent block reverts and chain reorganization for better trust and system efficiency. Another upgrade, the Hertz hard fork, is aimed at keeping BNB Chain updated with the latest Ethereum developments.”

“BNB Chain is enhancing security through the upcoming ‘ZhangHeng’ upgrade. This update, or ‘hard fork’ on 19th July, will not create any new BNB tokens but requires over two-thirds of validators to upgrade their nodes. It aims to catch any potential issues by closely monitoring user balances and even “panicking” the blockchain when a reconciliation error occurs, pausing new blocks generation, to protect against known ‘bridge attacks’ and other exploits.”

Hong Kong-based First Digital Group introduces its First Digital USD (FDUSD) stablecoin on the BNB Smart Chain, offering programmable abilities for executing contracts, escrow services, and insurance without intermediaries. Regulated under the Hong Kong Trustee Ordinance, FDUSD is backed by US dollar reserves or high-quality assets, ensuring stability and regulatory compliance.

The upcoming BNB Chain Luban hard fork aims to enhance network speed and security, through three Binance Smart Chain Evolution Proposals: BEP-126 (Fast Finality), BEP-174 (Cross Chain Relayer Management), and BEP-221 (CometBFT Light Block Validation). These improvements could benefit users and potentially boost BNB token value.

BNB Chain leads in user activity with 10.9 million active wallet addresses in April, outperforming Solana and Ethereum. Despite an 11% dip in activity, key players like Polyhedra, LayerZero, and Stargate Finance contribute to its dominance. However, Binance USD faces regulatory challenges and a decline in traffic, highlighting the crypto ecosystem’s volatility.

“The world of cryptocurrency, including BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, and USDT, hold opportunities and threats. Volatile prices hold promise for vast returns but can present disastrous losses. While cryptocurrencies offer solutions, their susceptibility to hacking raises security concerns.”

“The Binance blockchain ecosystem’s BNB Beacon Chain underwent a hard fork upgrade named ‘ZhangHeng’ on July 19th. Designed to improve security with no impact on user experience, the upgrade includes main security changes, BEP-255 that ensures on-chain asset reconciliation and a bug fix addressing the ‘Rogue Key Attack’ vulnerability.”

BNB Chain unveils opBNB testnet, an EVM-compatible blockchain with a target of 4,000 transactions per second and 0.005 U.S. cents per transaction. OpBNB aims to alleviate network congestion, reduce transaction costs, and improve scalability, offering a promising solution for efficient blockchain technology.

Following the successful Luban hard fork upgrade, Binance Chain is set to launch a high-performance Layer-2 blockchain solution on June 19. This new ecosystem aims to offer high capacity, low-cost transaction processing, and 100 million gas per second. Meanwhile, BNB’s price experiences a decline amid legal pressure.

A glitch that overcharged MetaMask users on opBNB gas fees has been rectified. Originally, MetaMask’s default fee, calculated on an average of networks, failed to align with opBNB. To address this, MetaMask altered their algorithm to accurately display the network’s fees.

“BNB Chain developers launched opBNB’s mainnet, aiming to address blockchain’s congestion and high transaction costs. Nansen presented an AI-powered upgrade of its platform to track suspicious trades and monitor transfers. Ripple plans to hire internationally due to regulatory dissatisfaction. Telegram and TON Foundation announced a self-custodial crypto wallet, TON Space, while Opera launched a non-custodial stablecoin wallet in Africa.”

“BNB Chain developers launched opBNB, a layer 2 protocol enhancing Ethereum’s functionality. The protocol successfully processed 4,000 transactions per second (TPS), significantly higher than Ethereum’s 17 TPS limit. Despite facing a competitive blockchain market, BNB Chain plans network activities and airdrop incentives to attract initial users to the robust, fledgling network.”

Decentralized exchange Sushi is extending its services to non-Ethereum Virtual Machine compatible blockchain, Aptos, marking a major development. This strategic move could potentially attract fresh capital towards Aptos while enhancing cross-chain trading experiences and opening up new possibilities for liquidity across major blockchain networks.

“Binance Labs has invested in Delphinus Lab, a project exploring zero-knowledge cryptography in WASM environments. Meanwhile, Num Finance has launched a Colombian peso-pegged token on the Polygon network, with the potential regulatory scrutiny. Elsewhere, Unstoppable Domains has released a messaging feature for secure blockchain-based social interaction.”

Major crypto enterprises like Coinbase, Binance, and a16z are setting up their own “layer-2” blockchain networks using OP Stack, despite the belief that promising layer-2 solutions will come from “ZK rollups” and not optimistic rollup technology. However, the choice of OP Stack may be due to its ease of setup. ZK rollups, while promising, require advanced hardware and high energy consumption.