BNB Chain makes moonshot bet on 1,000,000 TPS for AI as BNB interest falls away
BNB Chain is overhauling its architecture to target two growth areas: institutional finance and autonomous AI agents. The network aims for over 100,000 TPS initially and eventually 1 million TPS, with sub-50 ms preconfirmations and under-1-second finality to support high-frequency trading, machine-to-machine payments, and institutional settlement. To reduce front-running and improve reliability, the design includes TxStream, which removes the public mempool, plus PriorityLane for critical transactions like oracle updates, bridges, and liquidations. It is also adding account abstraction for sponsored gas, batching, scheduling, and passkey signing. Privacy is a major part of the plan. BNB Chain is developing confidential transactions and selective disclosure, likely using zero-knowledge proofs, to support private yet compliant settlement. The push comes as BNB’s price has fallen more than 35% this year and network activity has lagged rivals. Testnet is planned for late 2026, with mainnet in early 2027.
