BNB Chain Unveils opBNB Public Mainnet

BNB Chain developers yesterday announced the release of the mainnet of their second-layer scaling solution, opBNB.

This mainnet had been previously accessible to infrastructure providers since the month of August.

Built with the software stack OP Stack from Optimism and powered by Optimistic Rollup scaling technology, the EVM-compatability of the network allows for inexpensive access to the blockchain.

Their plan to promote usage includes providing grant funding, in-kind assistance with Kickstart, liquidity, and marketing, as well as tutorials and tech documentation for integration.

Prior to the mainnet’s launch, the opBNB testnet was initiated in June and had thus far seen 35 million completed transactions, 435,972 unique wallets, and over 150 dApps.

The team now hopes to achieve and sustain a capacity of 4000 TPS at peak and 2600 TPS in steady state, while keeping the cost of transactions below $0.005.