BNB Chain Accelerates Into the Future with Lorentz and Maxwell Upgrades

• Lorentz and Maxwell Update on BNB Chain.
• Updates in April and June.
• Reduced block time.

In a significant development for its ecosystem, BNB Chain announced on Monday, March 31, an ambitious plan to boost the efficiency and speed of its network, with two significant upgrades scheduled for 2025.

The first upgrade to the BNB Chain, called Lorentz, is scheduled to be released in April and promises to reduce block times to 1,5 seconds. update Maxwell, scheduled for June, aims to reduce this time to 0,75 seconds, cementing BNB Chain as one of the fastest Layer 1 blockchains on the market.

“Lorentz is coming! It’s all about speed — faster block times for a smoother user and developer experience,” he announced. “Lorentz is being implemented on BSC and opBNB. Key benefits: Faster transaction confirmations; More responsive DApps; Improved user experience.”

Lorentz is coming!

It's all about speed—faster block times for a smoother user and developer experience.

Here's everything you need to know 🧵👇 pic.twitter.com/I0BamuzGRP

— BNB Chain (@BNBCHAIN) March 31, 2025

This strategic initiative by the platform aims to optimize network scalability and user experience, allowing BNB Chain to compete with other high-performance blockchain ecosystems.

“opBNB is moving to 0,5 second block times for higher throughput and smoother application interactions. This change could break dApps that are not optimized for millisecond-level timing,” he noted. “BSC is reducing block times to 1,5 seconds — cutting latency, speeding up confirmations, and improving UX across the board. This will impact builders, validators, and infrastructure. Tools and systems may need to be upgraded, and nodes will need to reevaluate hardware strategies to keep up.”

Reducing block times means faster transactions and greater responsiveness for decentralized applications (dApps), which is crucial to meeting growing demand in areas such as decentralized finance (DeFi), gaming, and real-world assets (RWA).

It is worth remembering that, recently, Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange on the market, announced the launch of a new anti-slippage feature for BNB Chain. The new feature, revealed by Binance co-founder He Yi, is primarily intended to protect investors from significant losses resulting from market volatility.