A Detailed Guide On Binance Smart Chain (BSC)

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A Detailed Guide on Binance Smart Chain

(BSC)
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You must be aware of Binance Chain, which is the home for BNB token and it
facilitates ultra-fast and decentralized trading. But, Binance Chain was not flexible
in terms of programmability. So, Binance Smart Chain (BSC) was introduced for
developing high-performance decentralized applications.

In this article, let’s discuss more on what is Binance Smart Chain, how it works, its
features, etc.

What is Binance Smart Chain (BSC)?


Binance Smart Chain is a blockchain that functions similar to the Binance Chain. It
owns smart contract functionality and compatibility along with Ethereum Virtual
Machine (EVM). BSC was designed with an aim to leave the high throughput of
the Binance Chain along with introducing smart contracts into the ecosystem.

Fundamentally, both Binance Chain and Binance Smart Chain work


simultaneously. But it is necessary to note that BSC is not a layer two or off-chain
scalability solution. In fact, it is an independent blockchain that can run even in the
absence of Binance Chain. From the design perspective of both the chains, they
bear a strong resemblance.

As BSC is EVM-compatible, it supports a wide range of Ethereum tools and


DApps. Additionally, developers can easily port their projects from Ethereum.
Users can be rest assured about using BSC as applications like MetaMask can be
easily configured for functioning with BSC. Users need to just tweak a couple of
settings.

Let’s understand in detail how can user’s set-up MetaMask for Binance Smart
Chain (BSC).

How to set-up MetaMask for BSC?


Setting up the MetaMask wallet for Binance Smart Chain is a simple 2 step
process:

Step - 1: Open MetaMask Browser Extension

There is a Networks tab on the top-center corner of the wallet. You need to click
on it and select Custom RPC.
Step - 2: Fill in all the information in the Networks tab

After opening the Networks Tab, you will come across filling in a few information
like:

Network Name: Binance Smart Chain

New RPC URL: https://bsc-dataseed.binance.org/

ChainID: 56

Symbol: BNB

Block Explorer URL: https://bscscan.com


Once you fill in all the above information, click save. Your MetaMask wallet is
set-up now to use on BSC. Further steps to start on Binance Smart Chain is to
acquire some BNB tokens on the Binance exchange. Now that you have set-up the
wallet for BSC, you should know how Binance Smart Chain works.

How Binance Smart Chain (BSC) works?


Consensus

BSC uses a Proof-of-Stake consensus algorithm to achieve ~3 second block times.


Proof of Staked Authority (or PoSA) used by BSC allows participants to stake
BNB and become validators. If the participants introduce a valid block, then they’ll
receive transaction fees from the transactions added to it. As BNB is not
inflationary, there is no block subsidy of freshly-minted BNB. Conversely, the
BNB supply decreases over time as the BNB coins are burned regularly.

Cross-Chain Compatibility

Binance Smart Chain is built as an independent but complementary system to


Binance Chain. It uses Dual-chain architecture so that users can seamlessly transfer
their assets from one blockchain to another. Hence, rapid trading can be enabled on
Binance Chain, and decentralized applications can be built on BSC.

BSC offers interoperability where users explore the vast ecosystem that caters to a
wide range of use cases. Binance Smart Chain introduced a new standard where
BEP-2 and BEP-8 tokens from Binance can be swapped with BEP-20 tokens. The
process uses the same functions as the Ethereum counterpart. To swap the tokens
from one chain to another, it is better to use the Binance Chain Wallet available on
Chrome and Firefox.

Advantages of BSC
Binance Smart Chain (BSC) offers various advantages like:

• BSC is a growing digital asset ecosystem powered by Binance DEX.


• BSC has a cheap transaction fee that is as low as 1 cent.
• Binance Smart Chain (BSC) offers high-performance as the network is
capable of producing a block every 3 seconds.
• This blockchain uses cross-chain DeFi mechanisms that enhance DeFi
interoperability.
• BSC has a supportive Binance ecosystem that funds and bootstraps many
DeFi projects.
• The Binance ecosystem is growing with millions of users across
Binance.com and Binance DEX.
• Various crypto projects are collaborating with BSC.

Binance Metrics
1. Yield farms

Yield farming allows you to generate crypto with your existing crypto holdings.
Platforms like PancakeSwap help you generate yield on the Binance Smart Chain.
BSC has low fees which makes it ideal for smaller players to enter yield farming
and get a good share of the available crops.

You can find all the current farming opportunities on the BscScan yield farming
dashboard. You can quickly access the latest farms and information about what
they are and how they work on the websites. One good resource to track all the
DApps in the BSC ecosystem is https://mathdapp.store/.

2. Average Gas Fees

The above graph depicts the average gas price that users pay for BSC transactions.
As mentioned earlier, BSC has the least gas fees where 1 gwei is 10-9 or
0.000000001 BNB.
If the average gas price is 20 gwei, then sending 10 BNB which is worth around
$3000 will cost you $0.01. From the transaction history, we can see that some of
the transactions paid higher fees than usual. Binance Smart Chain is far from
congestion, so 20 gwei is more than enough for now.

3. Unique Address Count

The unique address count metric allows you to gauge the number of users in the
blockchain.

With BSC, anyone can create multiple addresses. Cryptography helps in creating a
large number of addresses so that there is no shortage of unique addresses. The
unique address count gives a rough estimation of how the network is growing.

4. Daily Transactions

The below graph shows the total number of transactions on a particular day. The
chart gives an idea of the network's activity. BscScan can also report the day when
the number of transactions was the highest so far.
5. Top BEP-20 tokens

With the help of the Token Tracker page, you can track the top BEP-20 tokens by
market capitalization or daily trading volume. You can also check which tokens
have the highest cumulative value on BSC, and which are printing the highest
trading volumes.

Token/contract owners can also update their token information on BscScan to


provide more details about the token. It is a compulsion that the token should be
verified by the BscScan team, else it may not be trustworthy.

6. BSC Validators

BSC validators ensure that the platform keeps going. The validators can stake
BNB, process transactions, and confirm new blocks. Later, they earn transaction
fees for their activity. Anyone can be a BSC validator, but the requirements are
high.

BSC Future
This is just the beginning for Binance Smart Chain, as it is expected to establish
itself as an alternative for a decentralized financial market based on Ethereum. As
many developers are increasingly building DeFi apps on Binance Smart Chain
(BSC) the ecosystem is obvious to grow horizontally. Also, more and more DApps
will be added to the network.
Final Word

Binance Smart Chain is one of the most trending things in the DeFi space
currently. If you want to be a part of BSC, then do proper research and go for it.
Binance Smart Chain is a centralized blockchain where Binance plays a prominent
role in gatekeeping the traffic and validating the transactions, which is not done in
Bitcoin or Ethereum.

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