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Wormhole Finality

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.

ChainInstantSafeFinalizedOtherwiseTime to FinalizeDetails
Ethereum200201finalized~ 19minDetails
Solana01~ 14sDetails
Acala200201finalized~ 24s
Algorand0~ 4sDetails
Aptos0~ 4sDetails
Arbitrum200201finalized~ 18minDetails
Avalanche200finalized~ 2sDetails
Base200201finalized~ 18min
Berachain200finalized~ 4s
Blast200201finalized~ 18min
BNB Smart Chain200201finalized~ 48sDetails
Celestia0~ 5s
Celo200finalized~ 10s
Cosmos Hub0~ 5s
Dymension0~ 5s
Evmos0~ 2s
Fantom200finalized~ 5s
Injective0~ 3s
Ink0~ 9min
Kaia200finalized~ 1s
Karura200201finalized~ 24sDetails
Kujira0~ 3s
Mantle200201finalized~ 18min
Mezo0~ 8s
Monad0~ 2s
Moonbeam200201finalized~ 24sDetails
Movement0~ 4s
NEAR0~ 2sDetails
Neutron0~ 5s
Oasis200finalized~ 12s
Optimism200201finalized~ 18min
Osmosis0~ 6s
Polygon200finalized~ 66sDetails
Scroll200finalized~ 16min
Sei0~ 1s
Stargaze0~ 5s
Sui0~ 3sDetails
Terra0~ 6s
Terra 2.00~ 6s
Unichain200201finalized~ 18min
World Chain0~ 18min
X Layer200201finalized~ 16min
XPLA0~ 5s