BNB - Transactions over Beacon Chain and Smart Chain

Binance has two types of chains:

1. BNB Beacon Chain
2. BSC Smart Chain.

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BNB is the native asset of both chains.

BNB Smart Chain (BSC) - BEP20

• In the Tatum v3 REST API, we call its currency with the symbol "BSC".
• BSC chain supports smart contracts and decentralized applications (DApps) since it's EVM compatible.
• BSC chain addresses follow the EVM address format. BSC chain addresses start with the prefix 0x
• BSC Explorer
• BSC chain API documentation link
• v3 REST API endpoint to make a BSC transfer: "/v3/bsc/transaction"

BNB Beacon Chain (BNB) - BEP2

• In the Tatum v3 REST API, we call its currency with the symbol "BNB".
• The BNB chain is standalone, not EVM-compatible.
• BNB chain addresses start with the prefix bnb
• BNB Explorer
• BNB chain v3 REST API documentation link
• v3 REST API endpoint to make a BNB transfer: "/v3/bnb/transaction"