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The primary reason for transaction delays on BNB Chain in February 2025, was the way validator nodes selected transactions for block inclusion. Instead of prioritizing the highest-value transactions (those with the most gas fees), validators stopped evaluating new bids once the block limit was reached, causing inefficiencies in transaction processing

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While there are many potential contributing factors, a key issue was that validator nodes (the computers that process and validate transactions) weren't always prioritizing the blocks with the highest overall value (i.e., the most lucrative blocks based on transaction fees)
BNB's recent surge in price has coincided with historic gas fees on the network. BNB Chain users have spent nearly $15 million in transaction fees over the past 7 days, more than double Ethereum's $7 million and second only to Solana's $29 million, according to Nansen data. BNB Chain's gas fees represent a 388% surge from the prior period. "BSC's fees surged 114% over the past 7 days, while blockchains like Solana, Ethereum, and Base have seen negative growth," Nansen analyst Aurelie Barthere recently told The Block. "One potential catalyst for this growth could be the recent 60-day pause in Binance's legal battle with the SEC, announced [Monday]." A flurry of memecoins inspired by Binance founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao's dog Broccoli has also spurred activity on the network, bolstering decentralized exchange PancakeSwap in turn.
Currently, BSC validators stop evaluating bids once they reach the block limit, with new blocks mined every 3 seconds. However, during periods of high traffic, some time-sensitive transactions, such as memecoin swaps, would fail to make it into a block

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