BNB Chain has successfully completed the Pascal hard fork

According to BlockBeats, on March 21st, BNB Chain has successfully completed the Pascal hard fork. This upgrade introduces the EIP-7702 smart contract wallet, aimed at improving EVM compatibility and developer support, as well as optimizing features related to fuel cost abstraction, smart payment interfaces, and batch transactions. The official has released a roadmap for future improvements: the Lorentz upgrade scheduled for April 2025 aims to shorten block generation time to 1.5 seconds, improve transaction speed and network efficiency. Afterwards, the Maxwell upgrade plan in June 2025 will further accelerate the block time to 0.75 seconds.