BSC mainnet will undergo Kepler hard fork on January 23, 2024

The upcoming hard fork on BSC (BNB Smart Chain) has been named Kepler and introduces some important updates. In close cooperation with Ethereum's Shanghai upgrade, this update introduces enhancements specific to BSC. After the Kepler hard fork, changes will have an impact based on Unix time instead of block height.

The BSC testnet will undergo the Kepler hard fork on December 19th, 2023 at 16:00 Beijing time, and the BSC mainnet will undergo the Kepler hard fork on January 23rd, 2024 at 16:00 Beijing time.

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