Full benchmark: Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live across 11 chains
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BNB Chain finality time

As of September 10, 2026, BNB finality time is 0.8 s at the median (p50, 24h window), with 1.6 s at p90 and 1.6 s at p99. BNB ranks #2 of 10 chains measured on this benchmark.

BNB Smart Chain finalizes via the BEP-126 fast-finality fork, dropping the confirmation depth that legacy probabilistic chains require. p50 sits at 0.8 s (24h), measured via persistent WebSocket subscription that records T1 when block N first appears as `latest` and T2 when it crosses the finalized threshold. The WS approach gives millisecond precision on a chain whose block timestamps have 1-second granularity.

How BNB compares

Live p50 over the last 24 hours across every chain on this benchmark, ranked lowest first.

  1. #1Gram0.4 s
  2. #2BNB0.8 s
  3. #3Avalanche1.3 s
  4. #4Stellar7.1 s
  5. #5Solana10.0 s
  6. #6TRON57 s
  7. #7Ethereum16.0 min
  8. #8Monero19.6 min
  9. #9Litecoin32.0 min
  10. #10Bitcoin53.5 min

Methodology, charts and the full ledger live on the Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live across 11 chains page. Raw data: JSON endpoint.