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.
| Chain | Instant | Safe | Finalized | Otherwise | Time to Finalize | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethereum | 200 | 201 | finalized | ~ 19min | Details | |
| Solana | 0 | 1 | ~ 14s | Details | ||
| Algorand | 0 | ~ 4s | Details | |||
| Aptos | 0 | ~ 4s | Details | |||
| Arbitrum | 200 | 201 | finalized | ~ 18min | Details | |
| Avalanche | 200 | finalized | ~ 2s | Details | ||
| Base | 200 | 201 | finalized | ~ 18min | ||
| Berachain | 200 | finalized | ~ 4s | |||
| BNB Smart Chain | 200 | 201 | finalized | ~ 12s | Details | |
| Celestia | 0 | ~ 5s | ||||
| Celo | 200 | finalized | ~ 10s | |||
| Converge | 0 | ~ 7min | ||||
| Cosmos Hub | 0 | ~ 5s | ||||
| CreditCoin | 0 | ~ 60s | ||||
| Dymension | 0 | ~ 5s | ||||
| Evmos | 0 | ~ 2s | ||||
| Fantom | 200 | finalized | ~ 5s | |||
| Fogo | 0 | ~ 14s | ||||
| HyperEVM | 0 | ~ 2s | ||||
| Injective | 0 | ~ 3s | ||||
| Ink | 0 | ~ 9min | ||||
| Kaia | 200 | finalized | ~ 1s | |||
| Kujira | 0 | ~ 3s | ||||
| Mantle | 200 | 201 | finalized | ~ 18min | ||
| Mezo | 0 | ~ 8s | ||||
| Moca | 0 | ~ 1s | ||||
| Monad | 0 | ~ 2s | ||||
| Moonbeam | 200 | 201 | finalized | ~ 24s | Details | |
| NEAR | 0 | ~ 2s | Details | |||
| Neutron | 0 | ~ 5s | ||||
| Optimism | 200 | 201 | finalized | ~ 18min | ||
| Osmosis | 0 | ~ 6s | ||||
| Plasma | 0 | ~ 3s | ||||
| Plume | 0 | ~ 18min | ||||
| Polygon | 200 | finalized | ~ 6s | Details | ||
| Scroll | 200 | finalized | ~ 50min | |||
| Sei | 0 | ~ 1s | ||||
| Seievm | 0 | ~ 1s | ||||
| Sonic | 0 | ~ 1s | ||||
| Stacks | 0 | ~ 61min | ||||
| Stargaze | 0 | ~ 5s | ||||
| Sui | 0 | ~ 3s | Details | |||
| Unichain | 200 | 201 | finalized | ~ 18min | ||
| World Chain | 0 | ~ 18min | ||||
| X Layer | 200 | 201 | finalized | ~ 16min | ||
| XRPL-EVM | 0 | ~ 10s |