#数字资产市场动态 Another mainstream public chain is accelerating. Reports indicate that a leading public chain is scheduled to undergo the Fermi hard fork upgrade on January 14, 2026. At that time, block times will be directly compressed from the current level to 0.45 seconds—what does this number mean? Simply put, it’s a move to compete with high-performance monsters like Ethereum and Solana.

What does this mean for the ecosystem? First, DeFi users will experience the most direct improvement—faster transaction confirmations, smaller slippage, and increased capital efficiency. No one wants to see their transactions sit in the mempool for half a day, and this pain point is expected to be alleviated. Second, such performance breakthroughs have historically attracted attention from application developers, especially in performance-intensive sectors like GameFi and high-frequency trading, where it’s essentially a signal flare. A wave of new project deployments is expected after the upgrade.

From a token price perspective, technological upgrades on public chains usually support ecosystem tokens, but this depends on market sentiment and whether subsequent ecosystem development can keep pace.

It’s important to note that network instability may occur during the hard fork window, which is normal but still requires close monitoring. For investors deploying within DeFi protocols in the ecosystem, volatility around January 14 may be higher, so it’s prudent to prepare risk management plans in advance.