BNB Chain introduces Payment Lane reserving 5% of block gas for payments
- —5% of block gas is reserved for payments, with a protocol cap of 10%
- —Unused reserve cannot be handed to regular transactions, but payments may use the whole block
- —Covers plain BNB transfers and governance-approved contracts; the approved list is empty
- —No guaranteed priority or fee discounts
Why it matters: BNB Chain is targeting stablecoin payments and merchant settlement, competing with Solana and Stellar for payment infrastructure.
Source: Blockmedia