BNB Chain’s Pasteur hard fork—don’t rush to treat it as a “BNB pump” button.
What can be verified is this: BNB Smart Chain plans to activate Pasteur on August 25 at 02:30 UTC, and validators need to upgrade to v1.7.7 in advance. The topic page on Binance Square currently shows 48,575 views and 949 discussions; the original post also mentioned that testnet throughput increased from 1,237 TPS to 2,324 TPS. However, that’s testnet data—it doesn’t mean the mainnet is already running with the same results.
My reaction to this news is fairly neutral. The upgrade addresses infrastructure-level issues like validator signature verification, key rotation, and block processing. It’s certainly more tangible than a vague slogan like “the ecosystem is about to take off,” but it won’t automatically turn into spot buying pressure. The price fluctuations before and after a hard fork are often just expectation trading; after the event lands, it’s easier to “cash in.”
I’ll look for two confirmations: after the mainnet goes live, block processing and transaction fees shouldn’t show any anomalies, and BNB Chain’s real transaction volume and stablecoin inflows should increase continuously for several days. If, after the upgrade is completed, on-chain activity doesn’t change—if BNB just spikes on expanded volume and then falls back—then I’ll treat this message as a technical update rather than a trend reversal. Source: Binance Square topic page “BNBChainToActivatePasteurHardFork” and the original post within it regarding v1.7.7 and 2,324 TPS. #BNBChainToActivatePasteurHardFork
What can be verified is this: BNB Smart Chain plans to activate Pasteur on August 25 at 02:30 UTC, and validators need to upgrade to v1.7.7 in advance. The topic page on Binance Square currently shows 48,575 views and 949 discussions; the original post also mentioned that testnet throughput increased from 1,237 TPS to 2,324 TPS. However, that’s testnet data—it doesn’t mean the mainnet is already running with the same results.
My reaction to this news is fairly neutral. The upgrade addresses infrastructure-level issues like validator signature verification, key rotation, and block processing. It’s certainly more tangible than a vague slogan like “the ecosystem is about to take off,” but it won’t automatically turn into spot buying pressure. The price fluctuations before and after a hard fork are often just expectation trading; after the event lands, it’s easier to “cash in.”
I’ll look for two confirmations: after the mainnet goes live, block processing and transaction fees shouldn’t show any anomalies, and BNB Chain’s real transaction volume and stablecoin inflows should increase continuously for several days. If, after the upgrade is completed, on-chain activity doesn’t change—if BNB just spikes on expanded volume and then falls back—then I’ll treat this message as a technical update rather than a trend reversal. Source: Binance Square topic page “BNBChainToActivatePasteurHardFork” and the original post within it regarding v1.7.7 and 2,324 TPS. #BNBChainToActivatePasteurHardFork