Binance Smart Chain (BSC) is a blockchain that runs parallel to Binance’s premier blockchain Binance Chain (BC). It was launched almost one and a half years after the latter with the explicit purpose of introducing smart contract programmability that was not supported in BC .22 Eki 2021
Read moreWhat is a smart chain?
The Binance Smart Chain is a smart contract-enabled blockchain network created with the goal of creating a decentralized financial (DeFi) ecosystem . The Binance Smart Chain operates using a Proof-of-Authority consensus mechanism.
Read moreWhy Binance smart chain is unique?
That’s why Binance Smart Chain (BSC) was created. It runs parallel to the original Binance Chain, has smart contract functionality, and is compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) . BSC is an independent blockchain and is not a layer two or off-chain scalability solution.
Read moreIs Binance chain on Ethereum?
The Binance exchange launched the Binance Coin in 2017 as an ERC-20 token on the Ethereum blockchain . It was a utility token that allowed users of the exchange to pay less in fees if they used the token for transactions. Binance Coin was then moved to the Binance Smart Chain when it was released in September of 2020.
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