News Archive: Smart Contracts

22 August 2025

Euro Guesser: A Stellar Oracle Tutorial Using Reflector

Reflector is highlighted as a crucial tool in the Stellar ecosystem, offering real-time, tamper-proof price feeds to Soroban-based smart contracts by aggregating on- and off-chain data. The tutorial guides users to create a smart contract that predicts Euro price fluctuations over five minutes, connecting to Reflector for real-time data access. Users place bets using XLM,Continue reading "Euro Guesser: A Stellar Oracle Tutorial Using Reflector"

20 August 2025

Making Stellar Private with Moonlight and Lumenshade

The discussion focuses on enhancing privacy on the Stellar blockchain using Moonlight and LumenShade. AHA Labs’ Moonlight offers privacy by using a UTXO model to obfuscate transaction details across multiple addresses, while LumenShade uses zero-knowledge proofs similar to Tornado Cash. Both teams highlight the importance of privacy, not only for personal security but to attractContinue reading "Making Stellar Private with Moonlight and Lumenshade"

1 August 2025

Moving Between Exchanges, Without Currency Fluctuation Thanks to Blend

This blog explains how to leverage the Blend lending protocol within the Stellar Blockchain to move funds securely between exchanges without currency fluctuation. By using a permissionless protocol like Blend, users can borrow XLM against collateral, avoiding direct exposure to volatile exchange rates. The process involves calculating the needed XLM, depositing collateral, executing the exchangeContinue reading "Moving Between Exchanges, Without Currency Fluctuation Thanks to Blend"

31 July 2025

Soroban Walkthrough – Call Option Contract

This video by James Bachini provides a comprehensive walkthrough of a Soroban smart contract that implements a call option using XLM and USDC tokens. It begins with an explanation of financial derivatives and the role of options, specifically call options, in financial markets. The contract holds the underlying asset, XLM, as a digital token andContinue reading "Soroban Walkthrough – Call Option Contract"

25 July 2025

Tutorial: How to Code Your First Rust Smart Contract

James Bachini explains how to create and deploy Rust smart contracts using the Soroban framework on the Stellar blockchain. The walkthrough includes writing a simple ‘hello world’ contract, modifying it to return a name, and integrating it into a web interface utilizing JavaScript and Stellar SDK. The exercise emphasizes the decentralized and transparent nature ofContinue reading "Tutorial: How to Code Your First Rust Smart Contract"

23 July 2025

Creating Smart Contracts for Prediction Markets

The video focuses on creating a simple binary prediction market using Stellar’s Soroban smart contract platform. It explains how to set up a market for true or false outcomes and use set 41 tokens for betting. Specifics include defining data types with enums for efficient data storage, implementing a contract for one market at aContinue reading "Creating Smart Contracts for Prediction Markets"

23 July 2025

Stellar Events: Track All the Things

The blog discusses the introduction of CAP-67 on the Stellar network, providing a unified, structured event stream for tracking all token-value movements. Previously, tracking relied on separate methods for non-smart contract operations and Soroban smart contracts, requiring complex data integration. CAP-67 streamlines the process by channeling all token movements through a single event flow. ForContinue reading "Stellar Events: Track All the Things"

20 July 2025

How to Win a Hackathon by Learning Rust in a Day, Using Stellar Unknowingly, and Handling Impostor Syndrome (Spanish)

The blog post details the author’s experience at the Casa Builder Mexico 2025 hackathon, where they joined a team and won despite lacking knowledge of Stellar and Rust. The team consisted of four individuals with varying expertise levels, learning essential Rust and Stellar concepts quickly. They faced challenges with excessive scaffoldings and complex systems onContinue reading "How to Win a Hackathon by Learning Rust in a Day, Using Stellar Unknowingly, and Handling Impostor Syndrome (Spanish)"

19 July 2025

Introducing Mercury Light Clients: A Leaner and Open Revamp to Mercury

Mercury Light Clients represent the evolution of the Mercury ecosystem, focusing on a leaner deployment model with reduced dependency on a centralized data feed. The redesign comes after evaluating Mercury’s performance to validate its product-market fit without continuous reshaping. The light clients push execution outward, open-source the runtime, and reduce operational workload, which is expectedContinue reading "Introducing Mercury Light Clients: A Leaner and Open Revamp to Mercury"

17 July 2025

Gear Up for Protocol 23: Join the $KALE Farming Challenge on Stellar’s Futurenet

Protocol 23 represents a significant upgrade to the Stellar network, scheduled for release in August. To test its features, participants are encouraged to join a $KALE farming competition on Stellar’s Futurenet. This event takes place on July 23rd, lasting 24 hours, where participants aim to farm as much $KALE currency as possible with a totalContinue reading "Gear Up for Protocol 23: Join the $KALE Farming Challenge on Stellar’s Futurenet"

17 July 2025

Parallelizing Stellar Core: The First Step Toward 5000 TPS

The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is working on major upgrades to Stellar Core to enhance scalability and reach a theoretical limit of 5000 transactions per second. This involves making more efficient use of existing CPU capacity, thus avoiding the need for hardware upgrades. The SDF’s roadmap includes lowering block times from 5 seconds to 2.5Continue reading "Parallelizing Stellar Core: The First Step Toward 5000 TPS"

16 July 2025

The Consensus Algorithm You’ve Never Heard Of (But That Powers Billions)

Federated Byzantine Agreement (FBA) is a consensus model that offers decentralized control, low latency, and minimal costs, securing billions in daily transactions. Stellar’s implementation, the Stellar Consensus Protocol (SCP), exemplifies FBA by allowing nodes to select trusted peers, forming quorum slices to achieve consensus. FBA differs from traditional models like PoW and PoS by removingContinue reading "The Consensus Algorithm You’ve Never Heard Of (But That Powers Billions)"

16 July 2025

Stellar Coffee and Code – July 16th

In the video, the Elliot and Raph conduct a live session showcasing Soropg.com. This platform allows developers to easily deploy smart contracts by compiling them to WASM and deploying to the Stellar testnet. The presenter shares a demonstration of launching tokens and an NFT, underlining the simplicity of the process even for those with limitedContinue reading "Stellar Coffee and Code – July 16th"

16 July 2025

NFT Royalties | New OpenZeppelin Library

OpenZeppelin has introduced a new NFT standard for Stellar that enables developers to set up and earn royalties from their NFT collections. Utilizing smart contracts, developers can modify royalty settings, such as token names and royalty percentages, in basis points. A significant focus is on setting a default royalty for the admin and enabling flexibleContinue reading "NFT Royalties | New OpenZeppelin Library"

16 July 2025

Stellar: The Road to 5000 TPS – Scaling Stellar in 2025

The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has set a goal to enhance the Stellar network’s throughput to 5000 transactions per second (TPS) by 2025. This initiative includes the adoption of Protocol 23, which introduces multi-threaded smart contract execution and caching, allowing nodes to function efficiently without new hardware upgrades. The improvements leverage increased parallelism and decoupleContinue reading "Stellar: The Road to 5000 TPS – Scaling Stellar in 2025"

14 July 2025

Not Just Another L1: Stellar Combines Real-World Impact with Developer Simplicity

Stellar has evolved into a globally active blockchain, facilitating billions of transactions and supporting cross-border payments in over 70 countries. With a volume of $17 billion and $522 million on-chain, it’s a key player in on-chain real-world assets. Recent enhancements, such as increasing throughput to 5,000 transactions per second, are designed to meet real-world applicationContinue reading "Not Just Another L1: Stellar Combines Real-World Impact with Developer Simplicity"

9 July 2025

Scaffold Stellar | A Boilerplate For Stellar Developers

Scaffold Stellar, by AHA Labs, is a robust project designed to simplify Stellar blockchain development. It includes several key components such as the Stellar Scaffold Client for project initialization and workflow management, and the Stellar Registry CLI for on-chain contract management. Significant focus is on the ease of use with tools like Stellar Build forContinue reading "Scaffold Stellar | A Boilerplate For Stellar Developers"

9 July 2025

The Stellar Development Roadmap Paves Way for Expansion and Network Scalability

Stellar’s recent roadmap outlines a plan to expand and scale the network, aiming to become a significant player in DeFi. The roadmap introduces new tools such as Lab 3.0 and its successor Lab 4.0, enhancing developers’ abilities to test transactions and smart contracts. By 2025, Stellar plans to significantly increase its TPS to 5,000, aimingContinue reading "The Stellar Development Roadmap Paves Way for Expansion and Network Scalability"

9 July 2025

Scaffold Stellar: Get Started Building

The video offers a detailed walkthrough of Scaffold Stellar, a tool designed to simplify decentralized application (dApp) development on the Stellar network. Viewers are guided through the installation of the Scaffold Stellar CLI, a plugin for the Stellar Command Line Interface, assuming familiarity with tools like Rust and Docker. Key aspects include setting up aContinue reading "Scaffold Stellar: Get Started Building"

26 June 2025

Dev Diaries S01E03 – User Feedback & The Pivot That Saved The Project

The video demonstrates how the Freely team adapted their startup strategy based on real-world feedback. Initially, a chatbot was developed for remittance payments using Stellar in the Philippines, a major remittance market. User hesitation towards using a chatbot for financial transactions led to a pivot. Freely shifted focus from individual to business clients by developingContinue reading "Dev Diaries S01E03 – User Feedback & The Pivot That Saved The Project"

25 June 2025

Stellar Assets SDK: A Library to Easily Handle All Kinds of Stellar Asset

The Stellar Assets SDK by Creit-Tech is crafted to simplify handling multiple Stellar assets in the Soroban smart contract ecosystem. It addresses the challenge of fetching balances for multiple addresses without needing to use multiple simulations or relying on external services. Users can install the ESM library depending on their development environment. The SDK isContinue reading "Stellar Assets SDK: A Library to Easily Handle All Kinds of Stellar Asset"

16 June 2025

How to Create a Wrapped Stablecoin Using OpenZeppelin Contracts On Stellar

The tutorial walks through creating a custom stablecoin named JUSD on the Stellar using the OpenZeppelin contracts. The creation involves using a SEP-41 token that accepts USDC deposits to mint the new stablecoin at a one-to-one conversion rate. The video covers the process of setting up a permissionless contract and performing mint and burn functions,Continue reading "How to Create a Wrapped Stablecoin Using OpenZeppelin Contracts On Stellar"

16 June 2025

Trying XLM for the First Time: See What Happened!

In this video, CriptoBernie delves into his journey of understanding Stellar’s XLM, comparing it with XRP. He highlights an interview with Vandel from The Black Swan Capitalist about the common origins of XRP and XLM under Jed McCaleb’s vision. The video also showcases Dockstar, a DeFi platform built on the Stellar blockchain, explaining its non-custodialContinue reading "Trying XLM for the First Time: See What Happened!"

10 June 2025

Stellar: Announcing Protocol 23

Protocol 23 is a major update for the Stellar network, featuring eight new Core Advancement Proposals (CAPs) designed to enhance performance and scalability. These updates include the introduction of live state prioritization, which organizes ledger data into ‘Live State’ and ‘Hot Archive’ databases for better performance. Parallelism-friendly transaction scheduling will enable faster smart contract processingContinue reading "Stellar: Announcing Protocol 23"

3 June 2025

You Can Move Millions Without a Bank. He Already Did – Tomer SDF

Tomer Weller from the Stellar Development Foundation explains Stellar’s mission to facilitate equitable access to the world’s financial system through blockchain technology. Stellar’s strategic partnership with MoneyGram enables millions globally to convert cash into USDC effortlessly, showcasing Stellar’s potential to bridge traditional finance and cryptocurrency. Weller emphasizes that users often experience Stellar’s services akin toContinue reading "You Can Move Millions Without a Bank. He Already Did – Tomer SDF"

3 June 2025

Lobstr Now Supports Sending to Contract Addresses

Lobstr’s new feature enables sending tokens to Stellar Soroban smart contract addresses through its mobile app, making the process seamless for power users and builders. When a Soroban contract address is pasted in the Send screen, Lobstr identifies it, confirming the interaction with a smart contract rather than a wallet. The user interface remains intuitiveContinue reading "Lobstr Now Supports Sending to Contract Addresses"

3 June 2025

Formally Verifying Soroban Smart Contracts with Certora Sunbeam

The video explains how formal verification functions and its application to Soroban smart contracts through Certora’s Sunbeam. Formal verification, historically considered theoretical, proves essential in software like decentralized finance applications and smart contracts. It should be initiated early in the development pipeline to simplify designs and prevent bugs. Sunbeam translates code and specifications into mathematicalContinue reading "Formally Verifying Soroban Smart Contracts with Certora Sunbeam"

3 June 2025

Migrating Contracts from Solidity to Soroban

The video presents a comprehensive guide on migrating a smart contract written in Solidity to Soroban, a smart contract platform on the Stellar blockchain. It starts with a practical transformation of a Solidity-based perpetual futures contract, originally designed after the FTX collapse, to work on Soroban, using Rust and WebAssembly. James Bachini explains the useContinue reading "Migrating Contracts from Solidity to Soroban"

31 May 2025

Intro to Scaffold Stellar

The video highlights the development and purpose of Scaffold Stellar, led by Chad from AHA Labs, underlining its importance in improving developer experiences on the Stellar network. Drawing inspiration from similar frameworks like Scaffold ETH and Ruby on Rails, Scaffold Stellar is designed to provide a starting point for developers building apps on Stellar. EmphasizingContinue reading "Intro to Scaffold Stellar"

29 May 2025

Stellar Smart Contracts Security Audit Bank: Raising the Standard for Smart Contract Security

The Stellar Development Foundation’s Soroban Security Audit Bank initiative aims to bolster security for projects on the Stellar network by providing access to expert audits. Since its inception, the program has supported over 40 audits, deploying over $3 million to improve the security of smart contracts using the Soroban platform. The program plays a keyContinue reading "Stellar Smart Contracts Security Audit Bank: Raising the Standard for Smart Contract Security"

15 May 2025

Creating NFTs using @OpenZeppelin Stellar Soroban Library

The video provides a step-by-step guide to creating an NFT using OpenZeppelin’s libraries tailored for Soroban smart contracts, and deploying it to the Stellar testnet. It starts by navigating through OpenZeppelin’s GitHub repository and explains how to modify contracts to include minting limits for the NFTs. The process uses Rust for compiling and deploying theContinue reading "Creating NFTs using @OpenZeppelin Stellar Soroban Library"

15 May 2025

Who Can Sign What: How Blockchains Handle Authorization

The article explores the authorization mechanisms of Ethereum, Stellar, and Solana blockchains, focusing on transaction structures and how different chains handle authorization. Stellar’s structured authorization model is highlighted, offering more flexible transaction handling, such as fee sponsorship and multi-party authorization, compared to Ethereum’s more linear approach. Solana’s account model allows for permissions to be inheritedContinue reading "Who Can Sign What: How Blockchains Handle Authorization"

12 May 2025

Introducing OpenZeppelin Contracts for Stellar v0.2.0: Enhancing NFTs and Contract Upgradeability

OpenZeppelin has introduced Contracts for Stellar v0.2.0, offering significant advancements in smart contract development for the Stellar blockchain. Key features include a new NFT base contract with plug-in extensions such as batch-minting to rapidly deploy collections, and enumerable functionality for token auto-indexing. Additionally, upgradeability is unlocked through a structured framework allowing contract updates without redeployment,Continue reading "Introducing OpenZeppelin Contracts for Stellar v0.2.0: Enhancing NFTs and Contract Upgradeability"

10 May 2025

Axal: Beyond Stellar Kickstart

The conversation between Raph from Lumen Loop and Ash from Axal delves into Axal’s journey from humble beginnings in hackathons to building a sophisticated automation platform leveraging Stellar blockchain. Initially focused on treasury management automation, Axal evolved to providing verifiable agents for task execution. Through the Stellar Community Fund, Axal aims to expand its automationContinue reading "Axal: Beyond Stellar Kickstart"

9 May 2025

Stellar Developer Meeting: Chatting the Stellar Idea Bank

In the meeting, Boxy discusses Stellar Light, a platform developed to help showcase projects built on the Stellar blockchain and facilitate the onboarding of new developers into the ecosystem. Raph covers the similarities between his work with Lumen Loop and Boxy’s initiatives, particularly in focusing on project discovery and onboarding. The session highlights the creationContinue reading "Stellar Developer Meeting: Chatting the Stellar Idea Bank"

9 May 2025

Building a Wallet Integration for Blend Capital

The video details the creation of a web-based wallet using the Stellar SDK, integrated with Blend Capital’s over-collateralized lending pool. Users can deposit funds and receive yields or borrow funds, with the need to deposit more than they borrow. The presenter provides a demo of the wallet, generating a key pair using the Stellar SDK,Continue reading "Building a Wallet Integration for Blend Capital"

7 May 2025

Aquarius Security Audit Competition May 7th to June 18th

Aquarius partners with Cantina to analyze smart contract security through a competition format. The audit has a $110,000 prize pool to incentivize the identification of vulnerabilities, divided into primary and formal verification pools. An additional $10,000 is set aside for a dedicated Cantina researcher. The competition encourages participants to assess the contracts’ resilience and strength,Continue reading "Aquarius Security Audit Competition May 7th to June 18th"

5 May 2025

Stellar Developer Meeting: Protocol 23 CAP Follow-up and Q&A

The meeting focused on various CAPs related to Stellar’s Protocol 23, with a strong emphasis on CAP 70, which introduces new network configuration settings aiming to enhance consensus timing by allowing configurable values rather than hard-coded ones. This proposal aims to gradually lower block times towards higher throughput in a controlled manner. Participants raised concernsContinue reading "Stellar Developer Meeting: Protocol 23 CAP Follow-up and Q&A"

5 May 2025

RWAs Boom: Layer-1 Blockchains Ignite $18.9T Tokenization

The tokenization market for real-world assets (RWA) is projected to grow to $18.9 trillion by 2033, mainly driven by Ethereum and Stellar networks. Stellar is the second-largest Layer-1 blockchain for RWA tokenization with $470 million in tokenized assets, including Franklin Templeton’s OnChain fund, which primarily operates on Stellar. This fund is the third-largest tokenized moneyContinue reading "RWAs Boom: Layer-1 Blockchains Ignite $18.9T Tokenization"

2 May 2025

Runtime Verification Proofcast 104 with Tomer Weller and Ada Vaughn

The podcast delves into the Stellar blockchain’s mission of creating equitable access to financial services around the globe. Guests from the Stellar Development Foundation, including Tomer who heads product, share personal journeys within the crypto world and how they contribute to developing Stellar’s capabilities, such as the globally interoperable Anchor Network. This network allows usersContinue reading "Runtime Verification Proofcast 104 with Tomer Weller and Ada Vaughn"

2 May 2025

Stellar Build Better Hackathon Results

The Stellar Build Better Hackathon concluded with 220 registered developers and 84 approved projects, targeting practical applications using Stellar’s smart contracts. With a $25,000 USDC prize pool, categories included Better Finance, Better Creativity, and Better Access. Developers worked on DeFi tools, creator economy platforms, and identity solutions, facilitating networking with global peers and leading cryptoContinue reading "Stellar Build Better Hackathon Results"

30 April 2025

Stellar Developer Meeting: Developer Spotlight with Tupui

The video showcases a Stellar Developer Meeting featuring Pamphil, known as Tupui, a prominent community member. Tupui talks about his journey into blockchain development and his active involvement with Stellar over the past two years. He describes the inception and goals of Tansu, a platform that seeks to improve governance and transparency in open-source projectsContinue reading "Stellar Developer Meeting: Developer Spotlight with Tupui"

29 April 2025

Guestbook Demo DApp Walkthrough

This walkthrough covers the guestbook demo DApp developed on the Stellar blockchain, highlighting the functionalities and architecture of the application. The guestbook allows users to read and write messages, with authentication handled via passkeys for a wallet-less experience. The smart contracts include functions for writing, editing, and reading messages, using utility functions to store dataContinue reading "Guestbook Demo DApp Walkthrough"

26 April 2025

SCF Kickstart #10 Recap

The SCF Kickstart #10, held in March 2025, was a virtual accelerator program where 32 projects from 16 countries participated in a focused design sprint aimed at developing their blockchain initiatives. Throughout the program, teams honed their MVPs, technical architecture, and go-to-market strategies through structured workshops and mentorship. Twenty-eight teams received a total of $290,000Continue reading "SCF Kickstart #10 Recap"

23 April 2025

Creit-Tech Launches Stellar Router SDK

Creit-Tech’s Stellar Router SDK provides a solution for executing simultaneous contract calls, enabling complex transactions that are otherwise restricted on Soroban. The package ensures that these operations are atomic, meaning a failure in any part results in the entire transaction failing, akin to functions on Stellar’s classic side. Users can fetch balances, generate operations, andContinue reading "Creit-Tech Launches Stellar Router SDK"

15 April 2025

Stellar Developer Meeting: New Features in Stellar Lab & Upgradeable Contracts SEP

The session introduces the latest enhancements in Stellar Lab, focusing on improvements for smart contracts. Jee explains various features, such as contract exploration and the use of Stellar.expert for verifying contracts. A live demonstration outlines contract deployment using OpenZeppelin’s Mintable standard and highlights new functionalities such as smart contract invocation through the lab interface. Importantly,Continue reading "Stellar Developer Meeting: New Features in Stellar Lab & Upgradeable Contracts SEP"

15 April 2025

ElliotFriend: Minting NFTs with OpenZeppelin on Stellar w/ Kalepail

Elliot Friend presents a session focusing on minting NFTs using OpenZeppelin on the Stellar blockchain. He explains how to handle metadata and images, particularly for generating NFTs and how to upload information onto IPFS. Friend emphasizes modifying OpenZeppelin contracts to avoid hardcoding values and adapting it for custom needs. He discusses the importance of interfacingContinue reading "ElliotFriend: Minting NFTs with OpenZeppelin on Stellar w/ Kalepail"

15 April 2025

Dev Diaries S01E01 – How a Hackathon Project Became a Web3 Startup

In August 2024, Jose Toscano joined the Dev.2 hackathon with a goal to develop EntryX, a decentralized ticketing platform on the Stellar blockchain to eliminate fraud. Initially inspired by issues in ticket resale, he utilized Soroban smart contracts to ensure traceability and fairness. As he progressed, the project shifted focus at Hack Meridian to createContinue reading "Dev Diaries S01E01 – How a Hackathon Project Became a Web3 Startup"

13 April 2025

Stellar Preparing to Outperform Ethereum in 2025 | The Roadmap to Lead

The video outlines Stellar’s plan to enhance its network by the year 2025, focusing on key areas such as scalability and usability to drive mass adoption. The roadmap includes updates beneficial for developers, enterprises, and end-users. In the first quarter, initiatives like Lab 3.0 are set to simplify developers’ tasks, while enterprise payment systems areContinue reading "Stellar Preparing to Outperform Ethereum in 2025 | The Roadmap to Lead"

11 April 2025

Stellar Development Foundation Unveils New Product Roadmap: Scaling and Usability Enhancements for Global Adoption

The Stellar Development Foundation has introduced a comprehensive product roadmap with a focus on enhancing scalability and usability. The updates are designed to facilitate global adoption by making the platform user-friendly for developers and enterprises. Key upgrades include the goal to achieve 5,000 TPS and the reduction of ledger close times to 2.5 seconds. UsabilityContinue reading "Stellar Development Foundation Unveils New Product Roadmap: Scaling and Usability Enhancements for Global Adoption"

11 April 2025

The Secret to Growing a Crypto Ecosystem: Data (ft. Flipside & Stellar)

Carlos from Flipside, with a background in economics and analytics, discusses his journey into the crypto world and his work with Stellar. He highlights how Flipside focuses on making blockchain data human-readable and actionable through on-chain analytics. By accurately labeling and aggregating data, they help protocols and foundations understand user engagement and identify key metricsContinue reading "The Secret to Growing a Crypto Ecosystem: Data (ft. Flipside & Stellar)"

11 April 2025

Proof-of-Stake vs. Proof-of-Agreement: Stellar’s Security Edge

The blog emphasizes the weaknesses of Proof-of-Stake (PoS) networks, which include vulnerabilities to economic-driven attacks where profits can override security measures. It uses incidents such as the 2023 MEV-Boost exploit, where attackers gained significant profits despite slashing penalties, to illustrate these points. It also addresses the risk of non-economic attacks, particularly those motivated by geopoliticalContinue reading "Proof-of-Stake vs. Proof-of-Agreement: Stellar’s Security Edge"

11 April 2025

Stellar Half-Year Report – H2 2024

During the second half of 2024, the Stellar network achieved notable advancements such as the launch of Protocol 22 on December 5, which improved smart contract efficiency and privacy through new cryptographic functions. The introduction of Galexie, part of the Composable Data Platform, enhanced data scalability and retrieval. Stellar’s strategic collaborations with companies like MoneyGram,Continue reading "Stellar Half-Year Report – H2 2024"

11 April 2025

Introducing OpenZeppelin Monitor: Elevate Your Stellar Development With Real-Time Blockchain Insights

OpenZeppelin Monitor provides a vital tool for Stellar developers, enabling them to monitor blockchain activity with real-time notifications. It supports multiple chains including Stellar and offers configurable monitoring schedules, flexible triggers, and extensible architecture for additional chains. The service is designed to track specific on-chain events and trigger notifications through platforms like Slack, Email, andContinue reading "Introducing OpenZeppelin Monitor: Elevate Your Stellar Development With Real-Time Blockchain Insights"

10 April 2025

How $KALE Drove Stellar Smart Contract Innovations Beyond Expectations

The $KALE initiative originated from ambitious targets set for increasing smart contract invocation counts on Stellar, aiming for 100,000 daily by Q1 2025. However, following a community-driven upgrade at Ethereum Denver, invocation counts surged unexpectedly, achieving 300,000 daily, hitting initial targets by April 5th. This surge provided various benefits like increased chain activity, offering educationalContinue reading "How $KALE Drove Stellar Smart Contract Innovations Beyond Expectations"

8 April 2025

Security Checklist from Veridise to Avoid Smart Contract Vulnerabilities

Soroban, Stellar’s native smart contract platform, is designed to integrate with Stellar’s blockchain network, offering advantages such as fast transactions and low costs. Veridise, having conducted numerous audits on Soroban, provides a security checklist aimed at developers to mitigate common vulnerabilities. Important recommendations address trust assumptions, timing for addressing audit issues, and managing dependencies amongContinue reading "Security Checklist from Veridise to Avoid Smart Contract Vulnerabilities"

4 April 2025

Banks Are Going All-In on Crypto

In this engaging discussion, Danelle Dixon, CEO of the Stellar Development Foundation, talks about the advancements and adoption of blockchain technology by financial giants like Wall Street. Tokenization, a key aspect led by Stellar, is driving significant internal efficiencies for financial institutions. For instance, Franklin Templeton’s money market fund on Stellar has achieved substantial operationalContinue reading "Banks Are Going All-In on Crypto"

4 April 2025

Introduction to DeFi with Soroswap | Discover the Future of Decentralized Finance 🚀 (Spanish)

The video features a discussion led by Matías on Soroswap, a decentralized digital exchange created by Palta Labs, which operates on the Stellar blockchain. Soroswap facilitates asset swaps, such as XLM to USDC, offering users a seamless experience without relying on centralized financial institutions. The technical demonstration highlights the integration of digital wallets with SoroswapContinue reading "Introduction to DeFi with Soroswap | Discover the Future of Decentralized Finance 🚀 (Spanish)"

1 April 2025

Stellar: Composability, More Connections = More Possibilities

Composability within the blockchain ecosystem enables the combination of multiple components to create more complex decentralized systems, akin to customizing a car with parts from different brands. This principle is crucial for decentralized finance (DeFi), where it enhances efficiency by allowing developers to use existing components rather than build from scratch. It also improves securityContinue reading "Stellar: Composability, More Connections = More Possibilities"

27 March 2025

EquitX Launches on Testnet: Pioneering Synthetic Assets Platform on Stellar

EquitX has launched its platform on Stellar’s testnet, focusing on synthetic assets that mirror small-cap stock performance to enhance liquidity and accessibility. The launch includes a Zealy campaign to gather community feedback and reward active contributors. Key development areas involve designing tools for asset onboarding, blockchain indexing, automatic liquidation using Soroban smart contracts, and integratingContinue reading "EquitX Launches on Testnet: Pioneering Synthetic Assets Platform on Stellar"

26 March 2025

OwlTing Partners with GMO Trust to Expand Multi-Currency Stablecoin Offering

OwlTing Group has teamed up with GMO-Z.com Trust Company to expand their stablecoin offerings, particularly focusing on regulated stablecoins such as GYEN and ZUSD. This partnership is set to increase cross-border transaction options by integrating these stablecoins into OwlPay® Wallet Pro, a digital wallet supporting various currencies. This move allows businesses and individuals to conductContinue reading "OwlTing Partners with GMO Trust to Expand Multi-Currency Stablecoin Offering"

25 March 2025

Let’s Get Soroban: Deployer / Factory Contract

The video is part of the ‘Let’s Get Soroban’ series and delves into how deployer or factory contracts can facilitate the deployment of multiple smart contracts from a single source on the Soroban network. It covers the setting of an admin address for deployment, the use of WASM hash, and the process of compiling andContinue reading "Let’s Get Soroban: Deployer / Factory Contract"

25 March 2025

OpenFi: Interview with Tomer Weller from Stellar

In this interview, Tomer Weller from the Stellar Development Foundation shares insights on how the Stellar blockchain is facilitating real-world financial utility through OpenFi. Initially focused on cross-border payments, Stellar has expanded into a DeFi ecosystem with smart contracts, bringing access to new yield opportunities via real-world assets. The emphasis on creating a ‘cash toContinue reading "OpenFi: Interview with Tomer Weller from Stellar"

18 March 2025

How to Use the OpenZeppelin Contract Wizard to Create a Fungible Token

OpenZeppelin’s Contract Wizard has been updated to support Stellar’s Soroban platform, facilitating the creation of secure, standardized smart contracts for the Stellar network. The tutorial guides users on generating a fungible token (SEP-41) and deploying it on the Stellar testnet. Key steps include using the Contract Wizard to configure token parameters, such as its name,Continue reading "How to Use the OpenZeppelin Contract Wizard to Create a Fungible Token"

18 March 2025

Stellar Developer Meeting: CAP-66 and CAP-67 Discussions

The Stellar Developer Meeting highlighted two proposals, CAP-68 and CAP-69, aimed at enhancing Soroban’s functionality. CAP-68 proposes a host function to determine executable types associated with various addresses, enabling differentiation between classic accounts, Terra asset contracts, and WASM contracts. This function is significant for developers needing to verify contract types or perform token operations reliably.Continue reading "Stellar Developer Meeting: CAP-66 and CAP-67 Discussions"

18 March 2025

Build Better Hackathon – DoraHacks

The Build Better Hackathon invites developers to utilize Stellar’s enhanced smart contracts for innovation across finance, creativity, and accessibility. With a $25,000 USD prize pool, participants have until March 31, 2025 to submit their projects. Stellar’s robust technology and active community support offer a fertile ground for real-world applications. The hackathon tracks encourage creating DeFiContinue reading "Build Better Hackathon – DoraHacks"

14 March 2025

Stellar’s Proof-of-Work Vegetable Memecoin: $KALE w/kalepail

The $KALE memecoin on Stellar presents a unique proof-of-work model that encourages mining through teamwork, unlike Bitcoin’s winner-takes-all approach. Users can stake $KALE and adjust mining gaps for the chance to earn more coins, creating a balanced environment. SDF’s Tyler outlines challenges such as 12,000 daily failed transactions due to blockchain constraints and stresses theContinue reading "Stellar’s Proof-of-Work Vegetable Memecoin: $KALE w/kalepail"

13 March 2025

Blend V2: What to Expect

Blend V2 is set to enhance the protocol with new features while maintaining continuity with Blend V1. The migration is designed as a fork, permitting the deployment of new Blend V2 pools while allowing existing operations on V1. Notably, Blend V2 supports flash loans, offers improved liquidity parameters, and allows better integration for smart contractsContinue reading "Blend V2: What to Expect"

13 March 2025

Ficc.ai Secures Grant from Stellar Development Foundation to Bring AI-Driven Fixed Income Pricing to Blockchain

Ficc.ai, a company focused on AI-driven fixed-income pricing, has secured a grant from the Stellar Development Foundation to develop a blockchain-based pricing oracle. The project aims to bring AI-powered pricing for municipal bonds and U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities onto the Stellar network to enhance market transparency and accessibility. By leveraging the Stellar blockchain’s scalable andContinue reading "Ficc.ai Secures Grant from Stellar Development Foundation to Bring AI-Driven Fixed Income Pricing to Blockchain"

4 March 2025

Stellar Smart Contract Wizard | OpenZeppelin x Stellar

This tutorial demonstrates how Stellar’s integration with the OpenZeppelin contract wizard simplifies building on the Soroban framework. The process involves customizing tokens with options such as pre-minting, decimals, and features like mintable or burnable tokens. It explains how to set up licensing, handle security audits, and import the OpenZeppelin library locally. Deploying the contract isContinue reading "Stellar Smart Contract Wizard | OpenZeppelin x Stellar"

4 March 2025

Workshop: Stellar | Multichain Day | DEVCON 2024

Chris Anatalio from the Stellar Development Foundation explains the importance of Passkeys for streamlining user experiences in Web3 apps, eliminating the need for passwords and seed phrases. The workshop introduces the PassKeys Kit, a TypeScript SDK available on GitHub, which facilitates implementation and management of passkey-based smart wallets on Stellar. The video discusses replacing traditionalContinue reading "Workshop: Stellar | Multichain Day | DEVCON 2024"

4 March 2025

Stellar Builder Residency | Fundamentals Workshop

The Stellar Builder Residency, led by Lavenda, welcomes developers to explore the Stellar blockchain through a structured cohort program. The initiative emphasizes the integration of Soroban smart contracts, using Rust programming language, within the Stellar ecosystem. Participants gain knowledge on fundamental blockchain concepts, including accounts and assets, and advanced elements like cross-border payments and decentralizedContinue reading "Stellar Builder Residency | Fundamentals Workshop"

26 February 2025

Runtime Verification Announces Successful Audit of ClickPesa Debt Fund’s Oracle Aggregator

Runtime Verification conducted a detailed audit of the ClickPesa Debt Fund’s Oracle Aggregator over a two-week period. This audit focused on assessing architecture, security, and functionality through manual and automated code reviews of the smart contract written in Rust (Soroban). The analysis was limited to the Oracle contract, which is critical for handling exchange rateContinue reading "Runtime Verification Announces Successful Audit of ClickPesa Debt Fund’s Oracle Aggregator"

23 February 2025

Stellar Contracts Library 0.1.0 Audit

The audit conducted by OpenZeppelin on the Stellar Contracts Library 0.1.0 aimed to ensure security and reliability for smart contract development on the Soroban mainnet, launched in February 2024. The library provides a set of components for building decentralized applications, with a focus on fungible tokens and pausable utilities. Adhering to the SEP-0041 standard, theContinue reading "Stellar Contracts Library 0.1.0 Audit"

21 February 2025

[Spanish] Rob Durscki Discusses Blockchain, Interoperability, RWA, DeFi, Stablecoin, Drex

Roberto Durscki from Stellar elucidates the strategic evolution of the Stellar blockchain, focusing on real-world assets (RWA), stablecoins, and decentralized finance (DeFi). The conversation highlights the introduction of smart contracts via Stellar’s Soroban platform and the importance of interoperability in attracting DeFi users. Durscki elaborates on Stellar’s strategic emphasis on regulated assets and the evolutionContinue reading "[Spanish] Rob Durscki Discusses Blockchain, Interoperability, RWA, DeFi, Stablecoin, Drex"

19 February 2025

We Won Best Oracle-Based Smart Contract Award For Trustless Portfolio Manager: Combining Reflector, DeFindex, And Soroswap

PaltaLabs achieved recognition by winning the Best Oracle-Based Smart Contract Award at the 2nd Reflector Dev Contest. Their Trustless Portfolio Manager automates the process of rebalancing DeFi portfolios by using Reflector for precise pricing, DeFindex for consolidated portfolio management, and Soroswap for seamless asset exchanges. This innovation enhances user experience by providing security and efficiencyContinue reading "We Won Best Oracle-Based Smart Contract Award For Trustless Portfolio Manager: Combining Reflector, DeFindex, And Soroswap"

19 February 2025

Open Conversations: From the Ground Up: Localizing Blockchain for Real-World Impact (Anke Liu of SDF)

Anke Liu, the Ecosystem Growth Lead at the Stellar Development Foundation, highlights the crucial role of financial inclusion in addressing the needs of unbanked populations, which number 1.7 billion worldwide. Stellar is presented as an open-source, decentralized, layer 1 blockchain designed to facilitate everyday financial services. Liu discusses efforts in providing access to financial servicesContinue reading "Open Conversations: From the Ground Up: Localizing Blockchain for Real-World Impact (Anke Liu of SDF)"

12 February 2025

Stellar: The Definitive Guide to Testing Smart Contracts on Stellar

The blog emphasizes the significance of testing in the development of Stellar smart contracts, drawing from the scientific method to ensure reliability and safety. Different testing strategies are discussed, including unit tests that focus on specific contract functionalities, integration tests using the Soroban Rust SDK for testing across components, and fuzzing for random data testingContinue reading "Stellar: The Definitive Guide to Testing Smart Contracts on Stellar"

12 February 2025

Beyond EVM: Why Stellar and Soroban Deserve Your Attention

This blog post explores why developers should consider Stellar, particularly its Soroban platform, as an alternative to Ethereum. Soroban, introduced last year, offers innovative solutions like a storage rent model for tackling Ethereum’s data bloat problem. By implementing Time-To-Live for data, Soroban ensures unnecessary data is archived or deleted, thus efficiently managing storage. The postContinue reading "Beyond EVM: Why Stellar and Soroban Deserve Your Attention"

11 February 2025

The Stellar Community Fund Evolves to Bring More Projects to Mainnet – The Defiant

The Stellar Community Fund is undergoing significant changes to better facilitate projects reaching the Stellar mainnet. These changes include providing increased support and resources to developers, streamlining the process for bringing ideas to fruition. The evolution of the fund is geared towards encouraging innovation and expanding the number of projects successfully launching on the blockchain.Continue reading "The Stellar Community Fund Evolves to Bring More Projects to Mainnet – The Defiant"

10 February 2025

CAP-67, Unified Event Streams, and Parallel Transaction Processing – Stellar Protocol Meeting Feb 6, 2025

During the Stellar Developer Meeting, CAP 67 is discussed, focusing on standardizing the format of events for Stellar operations to align with the Stellar Asset Contract. The proposal includes eliminating the admin topic from mint and clawback events, addressing classic payment semantics, and introducing a fee event that reflects the fee paid by the sourceContinue reading "CAP-67, Unified Event Streams, and Parallel Transaction Processing – Stellar Protocol Meeting Feb 6, 2025"

10 February 2025

Reflector and Refractor Presentation – Stellar Developer Meeting 02/06/2025

In this session of the Stellar Developer Meeting, representatives introduced Reflector, a decentralized price feed protocol crucial for the security and reliability of DeFi applications on Stellar. Reflector uses a multi-sig governance model, involving reputable organizations to ensure accurate and timely price feeds, mitigating risks of price manipulation common in DeFi. The platform provides bothContinue reading "Reflector and Refractor Presentation – Stellar Developer Meeting 02/06/2025"

5 February 2025

Cheesecake Labs and The Role of User Experience in Blockchain and Web3 Adoption

The transition to Web3 aims to decentralize user data control, but user experience challenges hinder adoption. Simplifying blockchain use through improved UX/UI design is essential, as exemplified by the Akuna Wallet revealed at Stellar Meridian 2024. Idris Elba’s comments highlighted how seamless UX can make complex technology approachable, emphasizing the importance of user-centered design. AddressingContinue reading "Cheesecake Labs and The Role of User Experience in Blockchain and Web3 Adoption"

5 February 2025

Stellar Development Foundation Quarterly Review: Q4 2024

The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) presented its Q4 2024 review, highlighting significant milestones for the Stellar Network. During the year, Stellar surpassed 18 billion total transactions, indicating strong market adoption. The network was recognized as the ninth fastest-growing ecosystem by Electric Capital, showcasing significant momentum despite its decade-long history. SDF’s strategic focus on North Stars—ensuringContinue reading "Stellar Development Foundation Quarterly Review: Q4 2024"

5 February 2025

OpenZeppelin Announces First Release Candidate of Stellar Library for Community Feedback

OpenZeppelin has introduced the first release candidate of the Stellar Library, seeking feedback from the Stellar community. This initial release includes key modules such as Pausable, which provides stop mechanisms for contracts, and Fungible Token, offering essential functionalities for balance and allowance management akin to ERC‑20 or SEP-41 standards. The design follows best practices withContinue reading "OpenZeppelin Announces First Release Candidate of Stellar Library for Community Feedback"

2 February 2025

What Is Stellar? A Developer’s Guide to Web3 Payments & Soroban Smart Contracts

Stellar functions as a scalable Web3 blockchain, facilitating instant global payments with extremely low transaction fees and rapid settlement times of 2-5 seconds. It supports multi-currency transfers and provides developers with Soroban, a lightweight smart contract platform built on Rust, ensuring secure, efficient Web3 application development. Stellar’s ecosystem includes robust SDKs and APIs for buildingContinue reading "What Is Stellar? A Developer’s Guide to Web3 Payments & Soroban Smart Contracts"

30 January 2025

Stellar SDF Partners with OpenZeppelin to Enhance Stellar Smart Contract Development

The Stellar Development Foundation announces a partnership with OpenZeppelin from January 2025 to December 2026 to enhance the Stellar network’s smart contract capabilities. This collaboration introduces OpenZeppelin’s security expertise to Stellar’s Soroban platform, creating the Stellar Library. The library will offer foundational smart contracts, advanced token standards, and cryptographic utilities, crucial for secure application development.Continue reading "Stellar SDF Partners with OpenZeppelin to Enhance Stellar Smart Contract Development"

29 January 2025

PSA: I Lost $42k Instantly in a Liquidity Pool So You Don’t Have To!

In a cautionary tale for crypto investors, a user shared their experience of losing $42,000 on January 25, when migrating assets from a ‘Classic’ Stellar liquidity pool to Aquarius. The mishap occurred by inadvertently placing unequal assets into the stable liquidity pool category, which is meant for pairs of the same value. This resulted inContinue reading "PSA: I Lost $42k Instantly in a Liquidity Pool So You Don’t Have To!"

28 January 2025

Meet the Stellar Development Foundation’s Devrel Team

The Stellar Developer Meeting features the entire DevRel team discussing last year’s highlights such as Protocol 20, Soroban smart contracts, and the Meridian conference. Team members share their excitement about smart contracts, describing how tools like passkeys and LaunchTube enhance user experience. Future goals include increasing developer activities and smart contract usage, alongside better documentationContinue reading "Meet the Stellar Development Foundation’s Devrel Team"

27 January 2025

SCF #32 Round Recap: The Stellar Community Fund Achievements

The Stellar Community Fund (SCF) #32 round concluded with 78 total submissions, out of which 39 were first-time entries. A total of $1,377,495 worth of XLM was awarded to 17 projects, aiming to drive innovation in the Stellar ecosystem by supporting developers and startups. Key projects like ‘Unalivio’ focus on facilitating overseas payments using stablecoins,Continue reading "SCF #32 Round Recap: The Stellar Community Fund Achievements"

24 January 2025

Stellar Developer Meeting 01/23/2025 – Hoops Finance Presentation

In the Stellar Developer Meeting, Hoop Finance presented their newly revamped user interface and highlighted the importance of transparent and human-readable risk analytics for liquidity pools. Their platform now aggregates information from various automated market makers, such as Soroswap and Aquarius, to offer insights like APR rankings and volume data. They introduced a risk scoreContinue reading "Stellar Developer Meeting 01/23/2025 – Hoops Finance Presentation"

22 January 2025

Stellar RPC Has Arrived

Stellar RPC, a rebranded version of Soroban RPC, has been introduced to provide developers with real-time access to the Stellar network, superseding the need for the extensive Horizon infrastructure. Unlike its predecessor, Stellar RPC is not limited to just smart contracts but aims to serve as a comprehensive data access point for all Stellar applications.Continue reading "Stellar RPC Has Arrived"

22 January 2025

Building NFTs on Stellar Soroban

In this video, James Bachini details the process of writing an NFT smart contract in Rust and deploying it on the Stellar Soroban smart contract platform. The video explains how to deploy an NFT using metadata stored on IPFS. The smart contract follows a loosely based SEP 39 standard and includes functions for minting, transferring,Continue reading "Building NFTs on Stellar Soroban"

22 January 2025

January 22 Stellar Network Upgrade – Increasing Smart Contract Limits

The Stellar network is set to undergo an upgrade on January 22, 2025, with the implementation of SLP-0001 by validators. This proposal aims to enhance Soroban smart contracts by increasing the number of ledger entries per transaction to 100 read and 50 write, and doubling the event size limit to 16KB. These changes will facilitateContinue reading "January 22 Stellar Network Upgrade – Increasing Smart Contract Limits"

17 January 2025

Soroban Token Deployment + React dApp Tutorial (Stellar SDK)

The blog post guides readers through deploying a fungible token on the Stellar network using Soroban smart contracts and building a React-based decentralized application to interact with it. It includes steps for setting up the development environment, creating a wallet, and ensuring token transfers. The tutorial provides code examples and best practices for secure handlingContinue reading "Soroban Token Deployment + React dApp Tutorial (Stellar SDK)"

17 January 2025

Soroban Tokens 101 | Deploying Tokens & Building dApps

The video demonstrates how to deploy a fungible token on the Stellar network using Soroban smart contracts. It involves building a decentralized application (dApp) to interact with the token, performed through a command line interface, and incorporating tools like Rust and the Stellar Client. The process includes token minting, deploying contracts, and managing them withinContinue reading "Soroban Tokens 101 | Deploying Tokens & Building dApps"

14 January 2025

Introducing CAP-0065: Optimizing Soroban with Reusable Module Cache

CAP-0065 proposes a persistent, reusable module cache to maintain live WASM modules across ledgers, reducing parsing and validation costs. This aligns with efforts to lower network costs and enhance scalability. The proposal builds on CAP-0062 and CAP-0063 to avoid resetting cache after each transaction, making the caching process more efficient.

9 January 2025

Arf and LuLu Financial Holdings Announce Strategic Partnership to Enable T-0 Settlement for Global Payments

Stellar backed Arf has partnered with LuLu Financial Holdings to enable T-0 settlements for global payments, using Arf’s PayFi Stack for real-time cross-border transactions. This partnership aims to overcome traditional banking system challenges, enhancing liquidity and operational efficiency. Both companies seek to modernize financial infrastructure, leveraging Stellar to facilitate reliable international payments.

9 January 2025

Stellar 2024 Year in Review

Over the course of 2024, the Stellar Development Foundation introduced the Stellar smart contracts platform and collaborated with global institutions like Franklin Templeton and Mastercard. Stellar’s Soroban platform went live, enhancing decentralized applications. Furthermore, aid initiatives expanded in regions such as Ukraine and Argentina.

6 January 2025

Let’s Get Soroban: Constructor

The video covers the use of constructors in Soroban contracts on the Stellar blockchain. Constructors are special functions called only once when a contract is deployed. The tutorial includes declaring a constructor in Soroban, setting storage, and deploying contracts.

6 January 2025

Soroban Data & State Management

This video explores how data is managed on Stellar’s Soroban smart contract platform, focusing on state management to prevent state bloat. Soroban utilizes a rental system for persistent storage, ensuring data is efficiently managed with XLM tokens for extending data’s lifespan. Various storage types are introduced for different use cases, including persistent, temporary, and instanceContinue reading "Soroban Data & State Management"

5 January 2025

SDF’s CPO Tomer Weller @ DeFi Security Summit 2024

Tomer Weller of the Stellar Development Foundation discusses the importance of smart contract security at the DeFi Security Summit. Stellar focuses on real-world utility, particularly in cross-border payments and equitable financial access. Recently, Stellar launched the Soroban smart contracts platform, aiming to enhance security with features like non-allowance of re-entrancy by default.

18 December 2024

Stellar Holiday Meme Contest: Win Up to 1000 XLM!

The Stellar community is hosting a holiday meme contest from December 18-24, 2024. Participants must post Stellar-themed holiday memes in the designated Discord channel. Community voting ends on December 25, with winners announced on December 26.

17 December 2024

Hello Soroban Testnet: DIA Oracles Live on Stellar Smart Contract Platform

DIA oracles are now available on Stellar’s Soroban testnet, allowing developers to test DeFi dApps with real-world data integration. The platform provides off-chain data for applications like lending, options, futures, and stablecoins, with over 2,500 cryptocurrency tokens supported. DIA’s oracle infrastructure is customizable and recognized by the Stellar Community Fund.

15 December 2024

Trustless Portfolio Manager Using Reflector by PaltaLabs

PaltaLabs introduces a decentralized portfolio manager to maintain a balanced 50-50 investment, leveraging Reflector oracles for accurate price data on the Stellar network. This tool automates rebalancing of DeFi vaults using smart contracts, reducing transaction risks. The system aims to manage asset allocations trustlessly through automated instructions based on real-time data.

15 December 2024

Stellar: CDP and RPC? More Like EZ and PZ

The blog post discusses the Composable Data Platform (CDP) and its application within Stellar’s RPC system, highlighting its ease of use. The author experimented with CDP to incorporate backfilling in Stellar RPC, reducing the time needed from hours to minutes. The flexibility of CDP allows for rapid data management, confirming its potential for efficient ledgerContinue reading "Stellar: CDP and RPC? More Like EZ and PZ"

10 December 2024

Reflector – Live Coding Session with Kalepail

The video discusses Reflector, a price oracle for Stellar DeFi, which simplifies price referencing for assets using two contracts from external and on-chain exchanges. This live coding session reviews the Reflector dev contest and provides insights into testing with real-world data using Stellar’s Soroban. The conversation includes building interfaces and highlights the use of Stellar’sContinue reading "Reflector – Live Coding Session with Kalepail"

9 December 2024

Stellar: Passkeys, a Light Introduction to Improving Blockchain’s UX

The blog post discusses the current user experience challenges with blockchain technology and how Passkeys can help improve accessibility and security for users. It highlights the adoption of Passkeys in blockchain similar to its use in Web2, offering a simpler login experience. Stellar integrated support for Passkeys at a protocol level to enhance blockchain userContinue reading "Stellar: Passkeys, a Light Introduction to Improving Blockchain’s UX"

28 November 2024

CyberBrawl and Stellar Chit-Chat

The video discusses the new features and rebranding of litemint.io to CyberBrawl, focusing on leveraging Stellar’s smart contracts for improved gaming experiences. CyberBrawl will feature enhanced graphics and new in-game currencies, allowing crafting and trading on the blockchain. A tournament for CyberBrawl is planned to start next month, signaling greater interaction and engagement within theContinue reading "CyberBrawl and Stellar Chit-Chat"

25 November 2024

Stellar: Removing Ledger State from SQL Databases in 22.1

Starting with the stellar-core 22.1 release, SQL will be unsupported for most ledger state and transaction history, with deprecated tables being dropped unconditionally. The –in memory mode flag is also unsupported from version 22.1, with full removal in version 23.0. A new high throughput HTTP query server with the getledgerentryraw endpoint is introduced to supportContinue reading "Stellar: Removing Ledger State from SQL Databases in 22.1"

24 November 2024

Release 1.0.0 · Lightsail Network Java Stellar SDK · GitHub

The release of version 1.0.0 of the Java Stellar SDK marks a milestone in the project’s development, focusing on community feedback since previous alpha and beta versions. Users upgrading from older versions should review prior changelogs due to significant updates. This release also introduces semantic versioning for more predictable future updates.

23 November 2024

Test Defindex dApp on Testnet

The blog post provides a step-by-step guide to creating and managing a Vault on the Defindex dApp Testnet, which helps in managing assets and performing secure tests. Users need a compatible wallet and can opt for different strategies like HODL or Blend and configure details like fee percentage and manager settings. Once configured, the vaultContinue reading "Test Defindex dApp on Testnet"

21 November 2024

Stellar | A Peek at Meridian’s Dev Underground, the Hyper-Speed Stage

The inaugural day of Meridian 2024 in London featured the Dev Underground stage, hosting over 80 Stellar Community Fund winners showcasing their projects. In a lively atmosphere marked by the use of pom-poms and cowbells, quick project pitches fostered collaboration and innovation among developers. The event highlighted Stellar’s potential to transform the financial system throughContinue reading "Stellar | A Peek at Meridian’s Dev Underground, the Hyper-Speed Stage"

19 November 2024

Understanding Stateful Policy Signers: A Deep Dive into Smart Wallet Protocols with Kalepail

This video delves into the integration and functionality of stateful policy signers within smart wallets on the Stellar Blockchain. It examines the implementation of policy signers that allow certain actions, like performing operations based on preset conditions, providing a layered security approach to wallet management. The discussion includes various use cases and technicalities of usingContinue reading "Understanding Stateful Policy Signers: A Deep Dive into Smart Wallet Protocols with Kalepail"

29 October 2024

Chain Letters: Uptober is a State of Mind – The Tea on Stellar Meridian 2024

The Stellar Meridian 2024 conference in London, held from October 15th-17th, focused on transformation and equitable financial access, highlighting global collaborations and innovations introduced by the Soroban Platform. The event presented Stellar’s commitment to real-world applications, featuring speakers and new projects like UNHCR, Benji, Decaf and Etherfuse aiming to democratize financial tools.

26 October 2024

Farewell, Meridian 2024: 25-10-24 – Tellus Cooperative (Spanish)

The event marked the closing of Meridian 2024 with a focus on innovation in the Stellar blockchain ecosystem. Two Latin American startups highlighted their efforts to address financial challenges in the region, including financial inclusion, high transaction costs, and cross-border inefficiencies. The startups, AMERO and BAF, showcased solutions such as digital accounts, prepaid Mastercards, andContinue reading "Farewell, Meridian 2024: 25-10-24 – Tellus Cooperative (Spanish)"

26 October 2024

Global Payments That Settle Instantly

The video discusses the challenges in sending money globally and the role of builders in creating solutions. It highlights the importance of balance and the capability of the Stellar blockchain to integrate with the real world to make these transactions smoother and faster.

19 October 2024

Marking Stellar’s 10 Years of Transformation with Meridian 2024

Lauren Thorbjornsen discusses Meridian 2024 and the marking the network’s 10 years. Stellar Meridian is a three-day annual conference hosted by the Stellar Development Foundation, celebrating the network’s 10-year journey. The event, featuring notable speakers like Idris Elba and panels focused on financial inclusion, aims to inspire global collaboration and highlight transformation in the blockchainContinue reading "Marking Stellar’s 10 Years of Transformation with Meridian 2024"

19 October 2024

Stripe Discusses Regulation and Integrating Stellar for Its Crypto Payouts

Stripe has integrated USDC stablecoin payments and announced integrating Stellar for its crypto payouts product, aiming to facilitate global commerce with stablecoins. Stripe’s re-entry into crypto highlights stablecoins’ potential for seamless global transactions, particularly beneficial in regions like Africa, Latin America, and Asia. John Egan emphasizes clarity in crypto regulation and sees stablecoins as pivotalContinue reading "Stripe Discusses Regulation and Integrating Stellar for Its Crypto Payouts"

18 October 2024

Denelle Dixon on Stellar’s Mission, Competing in Blockchain, and Navigating Crypto Regulation

Denelle Dixon, CEO of the Stellar Development Foundation, discusses Stellar’s mission to create equitable access to the global financial system and emphasizes the importance of competition in the blockchain industry to foster continuous innovation. She shares her journey from being a trial lawyer to leading Stellar and talks about the need for engaging with regulatorsContinue reading "Denelle Dixon on Stellar’s Mission, Competing in Blockchain, and Navigating Crypto Regulation"

16 October 2024

MoneyGram CEO Alex Holmes on Stellar, USDC, and the Future of Cross-Border Payments

MoneyGram CEO Alex Holmes discusses their partnership with Stellar to enhance cross-border payments using USDC. They aim to provide consumers with a seamless experience in transferring money, leveraging blockchain technology to integrate traditional and crypto payment systems. The goal is to improve efficiency and accessibility, positioning MoneyGram to adapt to the digital finance transformation.

16 October 2024

2nd Reflector Dev Contest

The 2nd Reflector Dev Contest begins on October 16, 2024, with a prize pool of 120,000 xRF. Participants can enter various categories, including oracle-based contracts, subscription apps, and creativity awards. The contest also features separate prize pools for content creators, including write-ups and tech docs addendums, closing on November 6, 2024.

16 October 2024

Introducing Super Accounts on Stellar: Revolutionizing Cross-Chain DeFi with zkCrossDEX and Chain Abstraction

Super Accounts on Stellar, powered by zkCross Network’s advanced Chain Abstraction Layer, enable seamless cross-chain transactions, unifying user balances across both EVM and non-EVM chains. This feature reduces complexity in DeFi by allowing 1-click transactions without manual swapping or gas management. The phased development plan includes launching one-click cross-chain swaps, AMM DEX, and multiple featuresContinue reading "Introducing Super Accounts on Stellar: Revolutionizing Cross-Chain DeFi with zkCrossDEX and Chain Abstraction"

15 October 2024

Stellar Joins the Mastercard Crypto Credential Ecosystem to Unlock Verified Interactions Across Public Blockchain Networks

The Stellar Development Foundation has partnered with Mastercard to integrate Mastercard’s Crypto Credential solution into the Stellar network. This collaboration aims to simplify cryptocurrency transactions and make them more secure by enabling interactions among consumers and businesses using blockchain networks. The initiative focuses on remittances and peer-to-peer transfers, enhancing blockchain technology’s accessibility and appeal toContinue reading "Stellar Joins the Mastercard Crypto Credential Ecosystem to Unlock Verified Interactions Across Public Blockchain Networks"

15 October 2024

Stellar | Tala Unveils Non-Custodial Crypto Wallet to Further Empower the Global Majority

Tala announced the launch of a non-custodial crypto wallet, powered by the Stellar network, designed to empower underserved communities with secure and accessible management of virtual assets. Launching first in Peru, the wallet addresses financial challenges faced by the underbanked, offering control and ownership over digital currency. This initiative aligns with Tala’s mission to expandContinue reading "Stellar | Tala Unveils Non-Custodial Crypto Wallet to Further Empower the Global Majority"

12 October 2024

Sorobuild: Streamlining Soroban Smart Contract Development With No-Code Solution

SoroBuild is a no-code tool designed to simplify Soroban smart contract development and deployment. It provides a user-friendly interface for building, testing, and deploying contracts, allowing developers to interact with them without needing to create a frontend. The tool is available on TESTNET, FUTURENET, and the PUBLIC network, with special offers for the first 50Continue reading "Sorobuild: Streamlining Soroban Smart Contract Development With No-Code Solution"

10 October 2024

An In-Depth Look At Blend By James Bachini

James Bachini presents an in-depth analysis of Blend, highlighting its integration with the Stellar Blockchain. The primary focus is on Blend’s ability to improve transaction efficiency and reduce costs by leveraging Stellar’s consensus protocol. Bachini discusses how Blend enhances financial services by offering rapid transaction processing underpinned by Stellar’s scalability. Specific features include its lowContinue reading "An In-Depth Look At Blend By James Bachini"

8 October 2024

Chipper Cash, Stellar, and MoneyGram Announce Strategic Integration to Improve Cash In/Cash Out Services

Chipper Cash, Stellar, and MoneyGram have announced a strategic integration to enhance cash in and cash out services using MoneyGram agents, leveraging the Stellar network. This move aims to bridge the gap between communities and premium financial services and expand into new markets. The integration allows Chipper Cash users to seamlessly manage transactions and accessContinue reading "Chipper Cash, Stellar, and MoneyGram Announce Strategic Integration to Improve Cash In/Cash Out Services"

8 October 2024

Announcing Stellar Protocol 22

On November 19, 2024, Stellar validators will vote on upgrading to Protocol 22 which includes new CAPs: CAP-0058 for simplifying Soroban contract initialization, and CAP-0059 for BLS12-381 host functions facilitating advanced cryptography. The Stellar testnet will be upgraded on October 22, 2024, and preparation is advised for developers building on Stellar.

8 October 2024

Introducing Launchtube: Simplifying Stellar Transactions and Soroban Contract Submissions

Launchtube simplifies submitting Stellar transactions and Soroban contract operations by providing an API that handles all complexities, such as XLM fees and sequence numbers. This service removes the need for XLM or G-addresses, allowing users to simulate, sign, and submit operations with ease. Access tokens for Launchtube are available on the Stellar Development Foundation’s DiscordContinue reading "Introducing Launchtube: Simplifying Stellar Transactions and Soroban Contract Submissions"

3 October 2024

Introducing the All-New Stellar Laboratory

The new Stellar Lab serves as a tool for development, experimentation, and testing on the Stellar network. It offers a user-friendly interface for developers to interact with APIs, test transactions, and explore RPC methods and Horizon endpoints. The older version of Stellar Lab remains accessible but will not be actively maintained.

1 October 2024

WebAuthn Passkey Smart Wallets

The video explores using WebAuthn passkeys and Soroban contracts to create smart wallets on the Stellar network. It explains how biometric authentication enhances security and simplifies the user experience for decentralized applications, eliminating the need for traditional wallets and passwords. Details on setting up smart contract wallets and the relevant code are provided.

25 September 2024

Discord Stage Demo with Stellar Global and Skyhitz

Alejo Mendoza from Skyhitz discusses the new Skyhitz smart contract platform, highlighting its potential to transform the music industry by enabling transactions and revenue generation for streams, downloads, and likes. He shares insights from his experience with Stellar-related projects like Stellar Quest and the Stellar Community Fund. Alejo also touches on the platform’s use ofContinue reading "Discord Stage Demo with Stellar Global and Skyhitz"

25 September 2024

Crypto’s Real-World Assets Are Finally Heading to Prime Time

Tokenized money-market funds from firms like Franklin Templeton are gaining traction, with significant advancements expected by year-end. Notably, Franklin’s fund tokens can be transferred between institutional shareholders on the Stellar blockchain, demonstrating practical applications of this technology. As regulatory clarity improves, major financial institutions are poised to expand their tokenization efforts in the U.S. market.

24 September 2024

Building Rust Smart Contracts On Stellar Soroban

James Bachinie explains how to develop Rust-based smart contracts using the Soroban SDK for the Stellar network. The video covers deploying a simple Hello World contract, writing smart contracts, and creating a decentralized application. He mentions an upcoming EasyA hackathon in London on October 12th.

24 September 2024

Discord Stage Demo with Stellar Global and Skyhitz – Sept 25th at 1 PM EST

The event will introduce the new version of Skyhitz, a platform where artists and fans can discover, support, and share music NFTs, powered by Stellar’s Soroban smart contracts. Attendees will learn how Skyhitz enables users to invest in music NFTs, earning returns from streams, likes, and downloads while helping artists monetize their work. The platform’sContinue reading "Discord Stage Demo with Stellar Global and Skyhitz – Sept 25th at 1 PM EST"

23 September 2024

What’s New on the Stellar Smart Wallets Front?

Tyler from SDF devrel discusses updates to Stellar smart wallets, including support for ED25519 signing curves and multi-signature setups. It introduces policies for restrictions on signers, enhancing security and user experience. These updates aim to offer a smoother yet secure interaction, rivaling Web2 experiences.

23 September 2024

Retroshades: Redefining Stellar Smart Contract Indexing

The blog introduces Retroshades, a new technology for smart contract indexing on Soroban-supporting chains. Retroshades offers a simpler alternative to Zephyr, allowing developers to create fully-featured indexers quickly by leveraging the Mercury network. It functions through parallel execution and custom event emission, significantly enhancing data accessibility.

23 September 2024

xBull Wallet: Now Available on Apple App Store

xBull launches on the Apple App Store allowing management of Stellar Lumens and tokens directly from your phone. It includes a built-in dApps explorer that can sign StellarWalletsKit enabled dApps. The wallet offers full control over private keys and transactions.

23 September 2024

SorobanHub Transforms into a Webapp for Streamlined Stellar Smart Contract Interactions

SorobanHub, previously a desktop app, is now a webapp that simplifies direct interaction with Stellar smart contracts. The update eliminates the need for an external database and enables direct wallet signing for contract interactions. This transition improves usability for developers across different desktop environments.

20 September 2024

Stellar & OnlyDust Team Up to Boost Open-Source Contributions

Stellar Development Foundation and OnlyDust are collaborating to attract more developers to the Stellar ecosystem, aided by the recent launch of Stellar’s smart contract, Soroban. Their partnership includes onboarding 15 Stellar projects to the OnlyDust platform, participating in monthly open-source week ODHacks to increase visibility and engagement. This initiative aims to accelerate Stellar’s growth byContinue reading "Stellar & OnlyDust Team Up to Boost Open-Source Contributions"

18 September 2024

Skyhitz Launch: Where Music Meets Smart Contracts

Skyhitz has launched a platform integrating music with Stellar smart contracts as of September 18, 2024. The platform aims to revolutionize music distribution. It leverages smart contracts to ensure artists get fair compensation.

17 September 2024

Introducing SuperAccounts Powered by zkCross Network’s Chain Abstraction Infrastructure on Stellar

Shimam Tandon, founder and CEO at zkCross Network, unveils Super Accounts on Stellar zkCross DEX. Super Accounts bridge liquidity from over 100 fiat currencies and EVM blockchains to Stellar with one click, eliminating DeFi complexities like gas swapping, bridging, and slippage by abstracting technical barriers. Features include account abstraction, automated wallet management, dynamic fiat gateway,Continue reading "Introducing SuperAccounts Powered by zkCross Network’s Chain Abstraction Infrastructure on Stellar"

17 September 2024

The Power of Public Blockchains: SDF Contributes to OMFIF’s Digital Assets 2024 Report

The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has contributed to the Digital Assets 2024 Report by OMFIF. The report explores topics such as faster settlement times, settlement infrastructure, and the future of tokenized assets. SDF’s piece emphasizes the advantages of public blockchains in enhancing financial transaction processes.

12 September 2024

Galexie: Efficiently Extract and Store Stellar Data

Galexie is a lightweight application designed to efficiently export Stellar network data to a cloud-based data lake, supporting tools like Hubble and Horizon. It decouples data extraction from transformation, enhancing data processing and reducing hardware requirements. Future expansions aim to support other object stores and integrate new transformation tools.

12 September 2024

Smart Contract Wallet Origins and The Future of Crypto Management

The blog post explores the evolution of wallets from ancient times to smart wallets designed for the Web3 ecosystem. It highlights the features of smart wallets, such as enhanced security, gasless transactions, and support for multiple blockchains, illustrating how they are user-friendly and versatile. The role of Stellar in providing a strong foundation for buildingContinue reading "Smart Contract Wallet Origins and The Future of Crypto Management"

11 September 2024

Tokenized Real-World Asset (RWA) Platform Huma Finance Gets $38M Investment, Plans Expansion to Solana Blockchain, Stellar’s Soroban

Huma Finance secured a $38 million investment to advance its payment-financing platform, incorporating $10 million in equity and $28 million in yield-bearing RWAs. The platform will expand to the Solana blockchain and Stellar’s Soroban smart-contract network. The investment aims to enhance Huma’s ability to address the liquidity needs of trade financing through blockchain technology.

10 September 2024

Stellar Activates Ecosystem-Wide Protection With Hypernative

Stellar adopted Hypernative’s real-time threat detection and automated response platform to protect its network and projects. The integration enhances security with ecosystem-wide monitoring, covering diverse attack surfaces and risk vectors. Hypernative has saved over $200 million by detecting 99.5% of hacks with minimal false positives.

9 September 2024

Build Better on Stellar: Smart Contract Challenge Winners

The Build Better on Stellar: Smart Contract Challenge wrapped up after 6 weeks, featuring projects such as gamified recycling dApps, video tutorials, and anonymous reporting platforms. The winners include ‘Soroban by Example’ and ‘X | Decentralized Ticketing Platform’.

6 September 2024

Introducing Stellar Community Fund 6.0

The Stellar Community Fund (SCF) version 6.0 introduces significant enhancements, including leveraging Stellar’s smart contract capabilities, streamlined support for project development, and improved funding avenues for high-impact projects. Key components include the Kickstart bootcamp with applications closing on September 15, the SCF Build Award with a submission deadline on September 18, and collaborations with DraperU’sContinue reading "Introducing Stellar Community Fund 6.0"

30 August 2024

Phoenix Rising: Building the One-Stop Shop for DeFi on Stellar

Phoenix DeFi Hub is expanding its ecosystem on Stellar with the introduction of the Soroban smart contract platform, aiming to be the comprehensive solution for decentralized finance (DeFi) within the network. Initiating with a decentralized exchange (DEX) launched in May and planning an NFT marketplace, it aims to offer synergized DeFi protocols. The platform, focusingContinue reading "Phoenix Rising: Building the One-Stop Shop for DeFi on Stellar"

30 August 2024

CAP Core Team: 3 CAPs are Awaiting Your Decision

The CAP Core Team, composed of Nicolas, David, and Jed, is asked to vote on three proposals: CAP-0058, CAP-0059, and CAP-0060, focusing on improvements to Soroban’s functionality and performance. These proposals aim to enhance Soroban with a new constructor, BLS12-381 curve support, and VM performance upgrades. The CAP process is at a critical juncture, awaitingContinue reading "CAP Core Team: 3 CAPs are Awaiting Your Decision"

29 August 2024

Soroban Insurance Protocol: An In-Depth Overview | XYCLooLabs Blog

Soroban Insurance Protocol enables users to purchase insurance policies protecting against specific asset movements during a predefined period, leveraging Soroban’s first oracle, Reflector, for decentralized price feeds in smart contracts. The concept introduces liquidity pools, contract periods, and a mechanism for liquidity providers and policyholders, focusing on the liquidity required for policy issuance and theContinue reading "Soroban Insurance Protocol: An In-Depth Overview | XYCLooLabs Blog"

29 August 2024

Congratulations to the Build Better on Stellar: Smart Contract Challenge Winners

The Build Better on Stellar: Smart Contract Challenge announced its winners, showcasing diverse projects from gamified recycling dApps to educational video series on smart contracts. With over $50,000 in prizes, the competition highlighted innovative uses of the Stellar Network, such as decentralized ticketing platforms and e-commerce apps. Winners received monetary awards, invites to an annualContinue reading "Congratulations to the Build Better on Stellar: Smart Contract Challenge Winners"

24 August 2024

Announcing the Reflector DAO and xRF Token

The Reflector DAO and xRF token launch introduces a decentralized governance and data exchange protocol aimed at providing reliable oracle price feeds for smart contracts on the Stellar Network. This marks a key evolution in smart contract ecosystem with the xRF token enabling governance, rewards, and subscription services for its users. Key features include decentralizedContinue reading "Announcing the Reflector DAO and xRF Token"

24 August 2024

Introducing Reflector DAO and the XRF Token: A New Era for Stellar’s Decentralized Oracle Network

Reflector DAO introduces the xRF token designed for the Stellar Network, enhancing decentralized oracle services with a governance and reward structure for participating nodes. Token holders participate in governance decisions, including price feed subscriptions for immediate market movement responses. The DeepFi integration facilitates customizable reactions to price changes, ensuring rapid and flexible adaptation for developers.

24 August 2024

Introducing the Reflector Subscription Service: A New Oracle Tool for Stellar Applications

The Reflector Subscription Service, now in alpha version, enables Stellar applications to create customized triggers for actions based on asset price changes. It uses a decentralized oracle network to ensure reliability and rapid updates, with settings for trading pairs, trigger thresholds, heartbeat intervals, and WebHook URLs for notifications. This service is pivotal for decentralized financialContinue reading "Introducing the Reflector Subscription Service: A New Oracle Tool for Stellar Applications"

24 August 2024

Stellar Talk Chile: From Cash to Decentralized Finance (Spanish to English)

On August 8, 2024, the San Joaquín Campus of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile became a key meeting point for technology enthusiasts and financial innovators. The event featured over 50 entrepreneurs, developers, and tech enthusiasts exploring blockchain and decentralized finance (DeFi) possibilities. Discussions included DeFi ecosystem innovations, blockchain fundamentals, smart contract operations, and integration withContinue reading "Stellar Talk Chile: From Cash to Decentralized Finance (Spanish to English)"

24 August 2024

Crypto Executives and White House Officials Convene in Virtual Roundtable

In a significant virtual meeting held just before noon Eastern time on Thursday, crypto industry leaders, including executives from Ripple, Uniswap, and the Stellar Development Foundation, engaged with top White House officials to discuss future crypto policy, air grievances, and explore use cases and policy outcomes. This meeting was particularly notable for the attendance ofContinue reading "Crypto Executives and White House Officials Convene in Virtual Roundtable"

23 August 2024

Soroswap.Finance Receives $50,000 Liquidity Award: A Milestone in the DeFi Ecosystem

Soroswap.Finance, a DeFi protocol, secured a $50,000 liquidity award in Stellar Lumens from the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) using a Liquidity Timelock Contract. This contract, effective until August 5, 2025, locks liquidity pool tokens to ensure stability and security, marking a significant advancement in DeFi security practices. The fund will enhance the protocol’s liquidity, particularlyContinue reading "Soroswap.Finance Receives $50,000 Liquidity Award: A Milestone in the DeFi Ecosystem"

22 August 2024

Stellar: Composable Data Platform – A New Way to Access Data

The Composable Data Platform (CDP) introduces a new architecture for data access within the Stellar ecosystem, aiming to make data storage and access more distributed across participants. It is a collection of open-source tools and libraries designed for customization and flexibility in data handling, enabling developers to tailor data access patterns to their application needs.Continue reading "Stellar: Composable Data Platform – A New Way to Access Data"

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