Overview

• The proposal lowers the minimum gas price from 0.1 Gwei to 0.05 Gwei and shortens block intervals to 450 milliseconds from 750 milliseconds.
• Validators estimate average transaction costs could fall to about $0.005 under the upgrade, positioning the network to better compete with Solana and Base.
• The plan sets a guiding principle to keep fees as low as possible so long as staking APY stays above 0.5%, with a longer-term aim near $0.001 per transaction.
• Backers cite demand from on-chain traders, with trading-related activity rising from 20% at the start of 2025 to 67% by June as BNB trades above $1,000.
• Earlier fee cuts from 3 Gwei to 1 Gwei and then to 0.1 Gwei were followed by a 75% drop in median fees and roughly a 140% jump in daily transactions to above 12 million, even as critics point to the network’s 45-validator structure as overly centralized.