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BNB Chain set for new upgrade, follows Ethereum’s footsteps

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BEP 633 will be similar to EIP-4844, but the L2s involved are different.

BNB Chain set for new upgrade, follows Ethereum’s footsteps

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  • The blockchain mentioned that the upgrade would bring blobs but in a different manner.
  • BNB Chain registered an increase in fees generated but development activity dropped.

On the same day Ethereum [ETH] finalized the Dencun upgrade, BNB Chain announced that it was towing a similar path.

According to BNB Chain, it intends to work on a new upgrade tagged the “BEP 633” over the next few months.

The BEP 633 is similar to Ethereum’s EIP-4844, which has significantly reduced transaction costs on Layer-2 (L2) projects. Like the EIP-4844, BEP 633 brings blobs into the conversation.

Sacrifices for the cheaper route

For the uninitiated, a blob is a highly scalable type of cloud storage that compresses large data. It also eases the network verification process.

BNB Chain, in its disclosure, noted that the blobs would be useful for opBNB, the L2 of its ecosystem.

The decentralized smart contract network explained,

“The temporary attribute of blobs ensures they don’t indefinitely consume network space, leading to lower storage costs and, consequently, cheaper gas fees for users.”

This upgrade would mark the project’s third major one over the last year. In 2023, AMBCrypto reported how the chain introduced Greenfield, which focused on data storage and management.

opBNB also came into play around the same period.

However, BNB Chain highlighted the difference between EIP-4844 and BEP 633. Based on its, communiqué, blobs would be managed by the Binance Smart Chain (BSC).

It also mentioned that BSC would be in charge of the gas price mechanism and fee burn.

When BNB Chain completes this upgrade, there is a chance that its fees and revenue might decline. At press time, Artemis’ data showed that fees on the network have been jumping over the last 90 days.
BNB Chain fees increasing in the last 90 days

Source: Artemis

Attention, not development, returns to the network

At press time, fees generated by the blockchain hit $1.3 million, indicating high network activity.

Despite the increase in activity on the network, BNB Chain has struggled to maintain consistency in development activity.

According to AMBCrypto’s analysis of Santiment data, BNB’s development activity peaked on the 26th of January.

A few days later, the metric was flat. It was a similar situation on the 3rd of March as the metric jumped.

At press time, the development activity was flat again, indicating that code commits on the network had been fizzling. However, there was one metric that put BNB in a good light, and that was Social Dominance.

BNB Chain declining development activity and rising social dominance

Source: Santiment

Social Dominance shows the share of discussions about a project in the media. Thus, the surge meant that BNB Chain had gotten a lot of attention lately.


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However, there could be changes in the development activity as the chain rolls out the schedule for the BEP 633 upgrade.

From the information AMBCrypto got, the Testnet will take place in April while the Mainnet will be concluded by June.

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Victor Olanrewaju is a full-time journalist at AMBCrypto. Settled in Lagos, his fascination with blockchain technology and the cryptocurrency market arose out of his love of freedom and everything free. As a Nigerian, Victor understands the impact unfounded financial restrictions have on a population. He sees Bitcoin and cryptos as a way to circumvent these obstacles, as a tool for value creation despite all the setbacks. A graduate in Physics, Victor previously worked as a Senior Marketer at Melange Technologies. Before that, he dealt with crypto-marketers on a regular basis in his capacity as Copywriter at Ventrix Media. At AMBCrypto, Victor’s focus is on assessing the real effectiveness of both on-chain and off-chain developments on a project and its community sentiment.
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