Three Stellar builders discuss why it's never been better to build on the network. Ash Francis rediscovered the ecosystem after nearly leaving crypto; Tupui from AHA shipped Tansu and Nido smart wallet. Tansu hit one year on mainnet this week. The panel explores ecosystem support and why community matters more than price.
At Meridian, three builders explain what's changed on Stellar. Ash Francis, who had abandoned crypto to build elsewhere, rediscovered the ecosystem through one conversation and the community, finding it fundamentally different from EVM-focused ecosystems. Tupui shares his transition to full-time development at AHA, where he shipped the on-chain governance platform Tansu (now one year live on mainnet), the Nido smart wallet, and won the i3 award. The discussion reveals how ecosystem support, documentation, and mentorship have transformed the builder experience since early Soroban launches. Rather than comparing Stellar to EVM chains feature-for-feature, builders now explore what Stellar uniquely enables through its architecture and community.
