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The Binance BNB Chain, a prominent player in the cryptocurrency realm, has been actively reinforcing its security measures and optimizing compatibility. The objective is to safeguard the system from potential malicious blockchain modifications while aligning its operations with other interconnected blockchain networks utilizing Ethereum's Virtual Machine (EVM).
In a series of sequential updates dubbed Plato and Hertz, set for August, the BNB Chain is undergoing enhancements. The recent Plato update, executed on August 10, introduced BEP-126, a significant developmental proposal aimed at implementing a rapid finality mechanism. This mechanism effectively mitigates the possibility of block reversals.
Arno Bauer, a distinguished solutions expert at BNB Chain, provided insights into the impending network improvements. The primary advantage of this swift finality mechanism lies in its dual functionality: minimizing the prospects of chain alterations and ensuring a consistent block production process. Users gain access to real-time precise data directly from freshly confirmed blocks. Bauer illuminated BEP-126's objective of enhancing the security strength of the blockchain while expediting operations on the BNB Smart Chain.
Expanding on the pivotal role of finality within the blockchain realm, Bauer emphasized its crucial contribution to transactional integrity and the elimination of potential double-spending challenges. BEP-126 accomplishes this through a series of steps. Validators introduce a block to the network, which is subsequently endorsed by fellow validators utilizing their unique keys, resulting in a vote message. This leads to a vote aggregation phase, consolidating all validator votes. If the preceding block receives sufficient votes, they are aggregated.
Validators exercise caution, adhering to specific guidelines during the voting process to avoid conflicting votes for identical block heights. The criteria also dictate that a block earns the "justified" designation if its successor block's header acknowledges it, ensuring finality status if both the block and its successor carry the "justified" label.
Looking ahead to the Hertz hard fork scheduled later in the month, the focus is on aligning with the latest advancements in EVM-based blockchains. The BNB Chain is actively working towards harmonizing its block and transaction frameworks, as well as its foundational EVM, in synchronization with Ethereum's recently implemented Berlin and London forks.
