# Pasteur Upgrade Goes Live: BNB Chain Lifts Capacity 88% to 2,324 TPS

In Brief: BNB Smart Chain switched on the Pasteur hardfork on August 25, 2026, bringing improvements to both transaction capacity and security protocols. Capacity climbed 88 percent to a ceiling of 2,324 transactions per second, with block time left unchanged. Titles built on BNB Chain stand to see

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| Published | 26 August 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/pasteur-upgrade-goes-live-bnb-chain-lifts-capacity-88-to-2324-tps/