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Is BNB Smart Chain Down Right Now?

BNB Smart Chain (BSC) is a high-throughput, EVM-compatible layer-1 with a small validator set and ~3s blocks. This page reads BNB Smart Chain's latest block from a public RPC to tell you whether the network is producing blocks — or whether it's your wallet or a single node that's failing.

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BNB Smart Chain is producing blocks normally — the latest block was just now (based on a public RPC, bsc-dataseed.bnbchain.org).

Latest block
#106,362,777
Last block
just now
RPC latency
53ms
RPC node
bsc-dataseed.bnbchain.org
Reads the latest block from a public RPC. One node's view — not a multi-node consensus.

What “BNB Smart Chain is down” actually means

BNB Smart Chain has a relatively small validator set, which is why its rare incidents have included a network pause (notably the 2022 bridge exploit, when validators halted the chain on purpose to contain it). A normal day, though, sees blocks every few seconds and any failure you hit is your wallet or a single RPC node. This page reads BSC's latest block over a public RPC; a rising block number means the chain is producing.

If BNB Smart Chain seems down

1
Check the latest block on bscscan.com — if it's advancing, BSC is live and the problem is your wallet or RPC.
2
Switch your wallet's BSC RPC endpoint to a fallback (bsc-rpc.publicnode.com) before assuming an outage.
3
A deliberate validator halt (used to contain an exploit) is announced by @BNBChain — check there before concluding it crashed.
4
Failed swaps during volatility are usually slippage/gas, not a chain outage — adjust slippage and retry.
5
Follow @BNBChain for official status during an incident.

Frequently asked questions

Is BNB Smart Chain down right now?
This page reads BNB Smart Chain's latest block from a public RPC. If the block height shown above is advancing, BNB Smart Chain is producing blocks and is not down. A frozen, non-advancing height means the chain may be halted; an "RPC unreachable" result means we couldn't reach a node — which can be that node rather than the chain itself.
How does WebsiteDown check if BNB Smart Chain is down?
We send a JSON-RPC request to a public BNB Smart Chain endpoint and read the latest block and its timestamp. If it hasn't advanced past a BNB Smart Chain-specific staleness threshold, we flag it as halted. We don't run a validator, so this is one node's view — confirm with the official status page during an incident.
Is the chain halted, or is it just my wallet or RPC?
Most "is BNB Smart Chain down" moments are a wallet or a single RPC failing, not the chain. If the block height here is climbing, the network is live — switch your wallet's RPC endpoint. Only a frozen, non-advancing block height points to an actual BNB Smart Chain halt.
What should I do if BNB Smart Chain is halted?
There is no user-side fix for a true halt — your funds stay safe on-chain and transactions resume when the network restarts. Follow the official status channels linked above for restart timing instead of repeatedly resubmitting transactions.

Get told when BNB Smart Chain halts

WebsiteDown can watch BNB Smart Chain's block height on a schedule and email you if it stops advancing — no need to keep refreshing this page.

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