Stellar's smart contract platform (Soroban/JumpCannon) is launching with testnet in late November and mainnet by end of year or early January. The team discussed SDK development, token contracts using EIP-2612 permits, and why they chose WebAssembly over EVM for better parallelism and developer experience.
In this Q&A session on Stellar's smart contract platform (codenamed JumpCannon), the team provided updates on launch timelines, SDK development, and technical architecture. Testnet is scheduled for late November with mainnet expected by end of December or early January. The native token contract, built in Rust using EIP-2612 permits, separates transaction submission from fund authorization for improved UX. The SDK is still in flux but functional, with local testing capabilities backed by the same Rust runtime used in Stellar Core. The team chose WebAssembly over EVM to enable parallelism and avoid EVM foot-guns, planning to provide opinionated defaults like a standard token contract. Initial projects in the pipeline include AMMs, lending protocols, and DAOs. Documentation and developer onboarding materials are planned for end of July.