BNB Chain said the BEP-706 proposal has been included in the Jenner hard fork. The change adds a precompiled contract at address 0x70, allowing smart contracts to read the current block timestamp in milliseconds. Until now, contracts could only access second-level time through block.timestamp, which made it impossible to tell apart blocks produced within the same second. Under BEP-706, developers can retrieve the number of milliseconds since the Unix epoch. BNB Chain said this can improve precision for time-sensitive signed quotes, auction closing times, and freshness checks for price oracle updates. The upgrade is incremental and does not change the existing second-based return behavior of block.timestamp.
BNB Chain said the BEP-706 proposal has been included in the Jenner hard fork, adding a precompiled contract at address 0x70 so smart contracts can read the current block timestamp in milliseconds.
Before this change, contracts could only access second-level time through block.timestamp. If multiple blocks were produced within the same second, contracts could not distinguish the exact time difference between them.
BEP-706 lets developers retrieve the number of milliseconds since the Unix epoch. According to BNB Chain, that can improve precision for time-limited signed quotes, auction deadlines, and timeliness checks for price oracle updates. The feature is an incremental upgrade and does not affect the existing second-based return mechanism of block.timestamp.
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