Consistency Levels#
The following table documents each chain's consistencyLevel values (i.e., finality reached before signing). The consistency level defines how long the Guardians should wait before signing a VAA. The finalization time depends on the specific chain's consensus mechanism. The consistency level is a u8, so any single byte may be used. However, a small subset has particular meanings. If the consistencyLevel isn't one of those specific values, the Otherwise column describes how it's interpreted.
| Chain | Instant | Safe | Finalized | Otherwise | Time to Finalize | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethereum | 200 | 201 | finalized | ~ 1095s | Details | |
| Solana | 0 | 1 | ~ 14s | Details | ||
| Acala | 200 | 201 | finalized | ~ 24s | ||
| Algorand | 0 | ~ 4s | Details | |||
| Aptos | 0 | ~ 4s | Details | |||
| Arbitrum | 200 | 201 | finalized | ~ 1066s | Details | |
| Avalanche | 200 | finalized | ~ 2s | Details | ||
| Base | 200 | 201 | finalized | ~ 1026s | ||
| Blast | 200 | 201 | finalized | ~ 1026s | ||
| BNB Smart Chain | 200 | 201 | finalized | ~ 48s | Details | |
| Celestia | 0 | ~ 5s | ||||
| Celo | 200 | finalized | ~ 10s | |||
| Cosmos Hub | 0 | ~ 5s | ||||
| Dymension | 0 | ~ 5s | ||||
| Evmos | 0 | ~ 2s | ||||
| Fantom | 200 | finalized | ~ 5s | |||
| Injective | 0 | ~ 3s | ||||
| Kaia | 200 | finalized | ~ 1s | |||
| Karura | 200 | 201 | finalized | ~ 24s | Details | |
| Kujira | 0 | ~ 3s | ||||
| Mantle | 200 | 201 | finalized | ~ 1026s | ||
| MonadDevnet | 0 | ~ 2s | ||||
| Moonbeam | 200 | 201 | finalized | ~ 24s | Details | |
| NEAR | 0 | ~ 2s | Details | |||
| Neutron | 0 | ~ 5s | ||||
| Oasis | 200 | finalized | ~ 12s | |||
| Optimism | 200 | 201 | finalized | ~ 1026s | ||
| Osmosis | 0 | ~ 6s | ||||
| Polygon | 200 | finalized | ~ 66s | Details | ||
| Scroll | 200 | finalized | ~ 903s | |||
| Sei | 0 | ~ 1s | ||||
| Stargaze | 0 | ~ 5s | ||||
| Sui | 0 | ~ 3s | Details | |||
| Terra | 0 | ~ 6s | ||||
| Terra 2.0 | 0 | ~ 6s | ||||
| World Chain | 0 | ~ 1026s | ||||
| X Layer | 200 | 201 | finalized | ~ 903s | ||
| XPLA | 0 | ~ 5s |