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Stellar Development Foundation hosted the first open protocol discussion, a bi-weekly meeting to review Core Advancement Proposals (CAPs) for protocol improvements. The meeting covered CAP 23 (claimable balances), CAP 33 (sponsored reserves), protocol 13 upgrade delay, and improvements to the CAP process.

Marta from the Stellar core team explains the Stellar Consensus Protocol, covering quorums, federated voting, the nomination protocol, and the ballot protocol. The talk uses simplified explanations and demos to help developers understand how SCP narrows down possible transaction sets until the network reaches agreement on a single value.

Colton from the Stellar Development Foundation discusses best practices for building usable Stellar applications, covering Stellar Ecosystem Proposals (SEPs), interface simplification, and user education strategies.

Tyler Vanderhoeven explains path payments, a core Stellar feature that moves value through the decentralized exchange by routing assets across multiple order books. Path payments enable market orders, cross-asset payments, and liquidity provision without manual exchange interaction.

Stellar Development Foundation leadership discusses protocol improvements, WorldWire launch, network growth challenges, and the organization's new direction under executive director Danelle Dixon. Key protocol 11 updates include dynamic fee handling and per-operation limits to improve network efficiency.