January 14, 2026 BNB Smart Chain (BSC) activate fermi hard forka technology update designed to optimize infrastructure accessibility.
At the core of this transformation is the BEP-593a proposal that seeks to eliminate barriers to entry that hinder the operation of new nodes and, in turn, limit the decentralization of the network.
Historically, operating nodes on high-performance networks like BSC has been a technical and economic challenge. As the chain grows, the amount of accumulated data becomes an obstacle for new participants, who must download and process terabytes of information before validating transactions.
This technological friction tends to concentrate networks in the hands of those who own large infrastructures.
Compatible with ultra-high speed networks
This implementation was born as a necessary solution to a recent milestone. January 7thwhen BSC reduced the block generation time from 500 to 500 250ms. This improvement doubles the processing speed, but also allows the network to generate data faster and increases its overall size.
Prior to this update, a minimum storage capacity was a requirement to run a full node. 3 terabytesThis is often a prohibitive number for individual users. In BEP-593, Operators can start validating the network without having to count first. This makes it easy to distribute network sovereignty beyond large data centers.
What is BEP-593 for?
of BEP-593 Break this barrier by introducing Snapshot Increment. This system transforms the operator experience by:
- Optimized boot: Instead of processing the entire history from the genesis block, nodes can start on a recent monthly basis. 120GB.
- Agile synchronization: Once working, large amounts of data do not need to be downloaded again even if a node is temporarily disconnected. Simply apply small incremental updates to arrive at the current state of the chain.
By significantly reducing bandwidth usage and latency, BNB Chain enables a more diverse set of participants to contribute to network security and verification using more affordable hardware.