BNB Greenfield Ural Hardfork

The BNB Greenfield network is about to undergo the Ural hardfork, bringing exciting updates and improvements to the platform.

Important information and key actions required:

• The Mainnet Ural hardfork is scheduled to occur at block height 5,347,231. Based on the current block interval, it is estimated to take place on March 14th at 07:00 AM UTC.

Validators and SPs should complete upgrading to the latest version before hardfork, greenfield v1.4.0 for validators, and greenfield-storage-provider v1.4.0 for SPs.

Please be aware that the upcoming hardfork will not impact your account balance on Greenfield. All buckets and objects stored on the Greenfield Testnet will remain accessible. 

What’s New for Greenfield?

To enhance user experience, the developer community is introducing the following features and bug fixes:

• Accounts who have been given permission are able to assign tags to resources. (PR #563)

What’s New for Storage Providers?

• Improvement of bucket migration (PR #1250)
• Illegal special character restrictions added during object creation (PR #1298)

For other bug fixes and refactoring, please refer to the changelog in the Greenfield Blockchain and Greenfield SP repository.

The "One BNB" Paradigm: A Unified Approach

At the heart of BNB Chain’s 2024 outlook is the “One BNB” interconnectivity paradigm. In 2023, BNB Chain expanded into a multi-chain framework with opBNB (L2) and BNB Greenfield (decentralized storage chain). The One BNB strategy integrates the BSC, opBNB, and Greenfield into a cohesive ecosystem, ensuring seamless interaction between decentralized computing and storage solutions. 

Greenfield: Advancing Data Storage and Processing

In 2024, Greenfield is redefining the landscape of data storage and processing. The outlook is strategically designed to introduce advanced features and enhance the middleware infrastructure.

The outlook includes developing Greenfield Executable, Atomic Update, Paymaster (AA), and an improved middleware infrastructure, such as the bundle service and Data Availability Layer. 

The target is to amplify Storage Provider (SP) performance by five times, boosting upload speeds from the current 2MB/s to 10MB/s and download speeds from 20MB/s to 100MB/s. This enhancement aims to drastically improve the overall efficiency of data handling within the blockchain network.

Closing

The BNB Greenfield Ural upgrade is part of BNB Chain’s ongoing commitment to provide users with a seamless and effective platform. This continued effort involves the introduction of new features, addressing bugs, and responding to community feedback.