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VideoYouTubeStellar Development FoundationJanuary 30, 20263mo ago41:38

Stellar Developer Meeting: Protocol Discussion (CAP-77, CAP-78, CAP-79)

Stellar protocol discussion covering three CAPs: CAP-78 on improved DTL extension management for contracts, CAP-79 adding host functions for muxed address conversions, and CAP-77 proposing a protocol-level mechanism to freeze corrupted ledger entries during emergencies.

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This protocol meeting presentation covers three Stellar Consensus Protocol proposals. CAP-78 introduces refined extension strategy for contract data with min/max extension parameters to distribute fees more evenly across users. CAP-79 closes a feature gap by adding host functions for muxed address to string key conversions, enabling better cross-chain protocol support. CAP-77 proposes a protocol-level emergency mechanism to freeze corrupted ledger entries following the Protocol 23 data corruption incident, allowing validators to vote on freezing specific keys to prevent further corruption while maintaining transparency and requiring only supermajority consensus rather than 100% agreement.