What changes with BNB Chain’s Jenner hardfork?

BNB Chain has activated the Jenner hardfork on its BNB Smart Chain testnet, introducing a new payment processing mechanism that reserves 5% of block gas capacity for eligible transactions during periods of network congestion. Summary BNB Chain has activated the Jenner hardfork on BSC testnet, introducing Payment Lane alongside millisecond block timestamps and functionality for the new CAS20 asset standard. The Payment Lane mechanism reserves 5% of each block’s gas capacity for eligible payments, preventing general network traffic from consuming the reserved space during periods of congestion. Eligible transactions include native BNB transfers to accounts without deployed code and transactions sent directly to payment contracts approved through network governance. Governance can adjust the reserved gas allocation up to a maximum of 10%, while eligible payments will continue to compete under existing transaction fee rules. According to BNB Chain’s October 29 announcement, the upgrade introduces Payment Lane, millisecond block timestamps for smart contracts, and functionality for CAS20, a new compliant asset standard. Payment Lane is the main feature of the upgrade and is designed to ...