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Morning Edition · Tuesday, August 25, 2026Published at 1:50 AM EDT · New York
BNB Chain Activated the Pasteur Hard Fork, Tightening Bridge Signature Checks and Raising Throughput
The upgrade rejects duplicate validator signatures on cross-chain messages and lets builders submit blocks they have already executed, which testing showed nearly doubles transaction capacity.
BNB Smart Chain activated the Pasteur hard fork on mainnet, bundling three protocol changes into a single upgrade that node operators were asked to prepare for by running version 1.7.7. Independent coverage sets activation at 02:30 Coordina…
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Base Layers Reprice Throughput
Major layer-1 networks keep raising throughput and cutting on-chain costs through protocol repricing rather than pushing users to other layers, which repeatedly breaks downstream tooling and compresses the fee advantage that rollups and rival chains have relied on.
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