BNB Smart Chain just rolled out the Fermi hard fork, bringing some meaningful performance upgrades to the network. The block time is now down to around 0.45 seconds, which translates to faster transaction finality and smoother user experience across the ecosystem. Beyond speed, the update includes strengthened fast finality mechanisms and a comprehensive set of network parameter optimizations, alongside several critical bug fixes. Mainnet nodes have been updated to reflect these changes. For developers and validators running BNB Smart Chain infrastructure, this represents a solid step forward in network efficiency and stability.