1.Candidate HardFork Name
- John Snow: John Snow - Wikipedia
- Nicolaus Copernicus: Nicolaus Copernicus - Wikipedia
- René Descartes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/René\_Descartes
- Pierre de Fermat: Pierre de Fermat - Wikipedia
- Michael Faraday: Michael Faraday - Wikipedia
- Louis Pasteur: Louis Pasteur - Wikipedia
- Gregor Mendel: Gregor Mendel - Wikipedia
- Louis Pasteur
- Stephen Hawking
- Alan Turing
- Marie Curie
- Alexander Fleming
- Antoine Lavoisier
Welcome give suggestions to the name of the BNB chain upgrade, currently BNB Chain use people’s name, these who have great contribution to the human civilization.
2.Hard Fork Timeline
2026
1. Fermi: Passed
Target: 2026/01/14
Active Block Height: 75140593
- BEP-590: Extended Voting Rules for Fast Finality Stability
- BEP-592: Non-Consensus Based Block-Level Access List
- BEP-619: Short Block Interval Phase Three: 0.45 Seconds
- BEP-593: Incremental Snapshot
- BEP-610: Implement EVM Super Instruction
2.Mendel: WIP
Later Apr 2026
3.Pasteur
TBD
2025
1.Pascal: Passed
2025/03/20
FAQ: About Pascal Hardfork
Active Block Height: 47618307
- BEP-439: Implement EIP-2537: Precompile for BLS12-381 curve operations
- BEP-440: Implement EIP-2935: Serve historical block hashes from state
- BEP-441: Implement EIP-7702: Set EOA account code
- BEP-466: Make the block format compatible with EIP-7685
- BEP-496: Implement EIP-7623: Increase calldata cost
- BEP-X: Systemcontract Code Cleanup. // No Dedicated BEP
2.Lorentz: Passed
2025/04/29
Active Block Height: 48773576
3. Maxwell: Passed
2025/06/30
BNB Smart Chain Blocks #52337091 | BscScan
- BEP-524: shorter block interval phase two: 0.75 seconds
- BEP-563: add Enhanced Validator Network proposal
- BEP-564: add New Block Fetching Messages proposal
2024
1.Kepler: Passed
2024/01/23
About Johannes Kepler
Block Height: 35490444
- BEP-319: Optimize the incentive mechanism of the Fast Finality feature
- Part of Shanghai Upgrade:
a.BEP-216: Implement EIP-3855 PUSH0 instruction
b.BEP-217: Implement EIP3860 Limit and meter initcode
c. BEP-311: Warm COINBASE
d.BEP-312: Announce EIP-6049 Deprecate SELFDESTRUCT
2.Feynman: 2024/04/18
Block Height: 37959559
3.Tycho: Passed
2024/06/20, Block Height: 39769787
- About Tycho Brahe
- FAQ About Tycho Hard Fork
- BEPs:
a. BEP-336: Implement EIP-4844: Shard Blob Transactions
b.BEP-343: Implement EIP-1153: Transient storage opcodes
c.BEP-344: Implement EIP-6780: SELFDESTRUCT only in same transaction
d.BEP-342: Implement EIP-5656: MCOPY
e.BEP-345: Implement EIP-7516: BLOBBASEFEE opcode
f.BSC won’t support “EIP-4788: BeaconRoot”
4.Haber: Passed
2024/06/20
Block Height: 39769787
4.1.HaberFix: Passed
2024/09/26, Block Height: 42578785
It is a hard fork fix for SystemContract, no specific BEP
5.Bohr: Passed
2024/09/26, Block Height: 42579145
- BEP-341: Validators can produce consecutive blocks
- BEP-402: Complete missing fields in Block Header to generate Signature
- BEP-404: Clear Miner History when Switching Validators Set
- BEP-410: Add Agent for Validators
2023
1.Planck: 2023/04/12
Block Height: 27281024
- BEP-171: Security Enhancement for Cross-Chain Module
- BEP-172: Network Stability Enhancement On Slash Occur
2.Luban: 2023/06/12
Block Height: 29020050
- BEP-126: Introduce Fast Finality Mechanism, the 1st part.
- BEP-174: Cross Chain Relayer Management
- BEP-221: CometBFT Light Block Validation
3.Plato: 2023/08/10
Block Height: 30720096
- BEP-126: Introduce Fast Finality Mechanism, the 2nd part.
4.Hertz: 2023/08/30
About Heinrich Hertz
Block Height: 31302048
-
Part of Berlin Upgrade:
a.BEP-225: Implement EIP-2565 ModExp Gas Cost
b.BEP-229: Implement EIP-2718 Typed Transaction Envelope
c.BEP-230: Implement EIP-2929 Gas cost increases for state access opcodes
d.BEP-231: Implement EIP-2930: Optional access lists -
Part of London Upgrade:
a.BEP-227: Implement EIP-3198: BASEFEE opcode
b.BEP-226: Implement EIP-1559 with base fee of 0
c.BEP-228: Implement EIP-3541: Prevent deploying contracts starting with 0xEF
d.BEP-212: Implement EIP-3529: Reduction in Refunds
5.HertzFix: 2023/12/07
About The HertzFix
Block Height: 34140700
it is a hot fix hard fork without BEP, check: release v1.3.4
2022
1.Euler: 2022/06/22
Block Height: 18907621
- BEP-127 Temporary Maintenance Mode for Validators
- BEP-131 Introduce candidate validators onto BNB Smart Chain
2.Nano: 2022/10/06
Block Height: 21962149
- Suspend CrossChain between BC & BSC due to the exploiter attack (emergency, no BEP)
3.Moran: 2022/10/12
Block Height: 22107423
- Fix the exploiter attack (emergency, no BEP)
4.Gibbs: 2022/12/12
Block Height 23846001
2021
1.MirrorSync: 2021/02/25
Block Height: 5184000
Upgrade 3 system contract (no BEP): TokenManagerContract, TokenHubContract, RelayerIncentivizeContract
2.Bruno: 2021/11/30
Block Height: 13082000