BSC commits to late August Pasteur hardfork release date

BNB Chain has announced that it will activate its Pasteur hard fork on the BNB Smart Chain (BSC) mainnet at 02:30 UTC on August 25, 2026. 

It stated that every node operator has to be running client v1.7.7 before that time or risk falling off the network. 

BNB Chain confirmed the date and client requirement in a blog post that was published on August 14.

Are the BNB Chain proposals riding under one meta upgrade?

The Pasteur hardfork is placed under meta proposal BEP-673. However, it also brings three other proposals, BEP-682, BEP-695, and BEP-675, into one coordinated activation.

BEP-682 and BEP-695 are focused on security work on the bridge, the staking and governance contracts. BEP-675 is a throughput play that does not technically need a hardfork to function.

BNB Chain has also been intentional in its naming of the hardforks that it has launched. They have been themed after scientists, which include Pascal, Maxwell, Fermi, and Mendel. Each one of the hardforks has added incremental changes to the chain. 

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