The Botanix mainnet introduces five-second block times to replace Bitcoin’s standard 10-minute confirmation delay, resulting in a substantial improvement in transaction throughput.

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The layer 2's developer, Botanix Labs, said users will see a big improvement in transaction speeds with the time taken to add new blocks dropping to five seconds from 10 minutes.

Mainnet goes live with a 16-node federation, promising five-second block times, low fees and Bitcoin-native DeFi.