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Ray from Certora presents threat modeling as a security methodology for Stellar protocols, introducing the Four A's framework (Assets, Actors, Assumptions, Attack Vectors) to identify vulnerabilities, speed up audits, and improve protocol security before and during development.

Stellar Community Fund March Demo Day showcased five mainnet projects: DevAssign (automated code review and bounty payments), Reflektor (oracle price feeds), Versprop (tokenized real estate finance), Blocksmith (Soroban development framework), and Zenix (perpetual futures exchange). All projects received BUILD awards up to $150,000 and are live on mainnet.

Khan from SDF presents an AI resources guide for the Hack Plus Alep Rej hackathon in Mexico City, covering free AI setup, developer tools, composable protocol integration, and best practices for building on Stellar with AI assistance.

Khan from SDF presents an AI resources guide for the Hack Plus Alep Rej hackathon in Mexico City, covering free AI setup, dev tools, composable protocol integration, and starter prompts to accelerate Stellar development.

Khan from the Stellar Development Foundation introduces Stellar Journey to Mastery, a monthly builder challenge program designed to help developers move beyond tutorials and start building real Web3 projects with community support and feedback.

Stellar Journey to Mastery is a developer program offering monthly builder challenges and mentorship to help experienced developers turn ideas into real projects on Stellar, with hands-on support for technical decisions and project advancement.

Elliott Voris from the Stellar Development Foundation presents the regional starter pack, a toolkit for developers building on Stellar in Mexico. The pack includes resources for discovering anchors like Etherfuse, working demo code, and a TypeScript library that abstracts anchor APIs to simplify on and off-ramp integration.

A Stellar ecosystem developer discusses ideation strategies for new projects, emphasizing privacy solutions as underrated opportunities. They highlight the updated documentation, new AI building resources, and the ecosystem resources repository as essential starting points for developers.

Elliott Voris from the Stellar Development Foundation presents the regional starter pack, a toolkit for developers building on Stellar in Mexico. The pack includes anchor integration resources, a working demo, and TypeScript libraries that simplify on/off-ramp functionality with partners like Etherfuse, BlindPay, and AlphaPay.

Tutorial demonstrating how to write zero-knowledge circuits in Noir, compile them to R1CS, generate Groth16 proofs with Snark.js, and verify them on Stellar blockchain via smart contracts.

Stellar is building improved onboarding solutions using Passkeys and Wallet Kit to eliminate seed phrases and complex wallet setup, enabling Web3 adoption at scale with Web2-like user experience while maintaining cryptographic security.

The Stellar monthly news show discusses Lindsay's departure from the Stellar Development Foundation, addresses a recent price feed manipulation incident on Blend with full reimbursements, and covers highlights like ETH Denver events, a successful ZK gaming hackathon, and the 2026 foundation strategy targeting 1 billion in network growth. Lightning round updates include SushiSwap V3 launch, new SDKs, partnerships, and upcoming events like the Mexico hackathon. The episode ends with community reflections and farewells.

Video walkthrough on building zero-knowledge proofs using Circom circuits integrated with Stellar Soroban smart contracts. Covers circuit design with constraints, proof generation via snarkjs, conversion to Soroban-compatible hex format, and verification on testnet with working code examples.

Tutorial on generating and verifying Noir zero-knowledge proofs in Stellar smart contracts. Demonstrates setting up a local Stellar testnet, compiling Noir circuits, generating proofs with Barretenberg, and verifying them on-chain using Soroban.

Stellar launches a zero-knowledge gaming hackathon running February 9-22 with a $10,000 XLM prize pool. Participants can use Stellar Game Studio, Risc Zero, and Noir to build on-chain games with zero-knowledge proofs on Stellar testnet.

Tutorial on integrating Define Dex API into wallets to offer automated DeFi yield strategies. Covers smart contract architecture, API endpoints, and implementation examples using React and TypeScript SDK.

Joaquín Farfán from Blessed UX demonstrates building smart contracts on Stellar's Soroban using OpenZeppelin libraries, showing how developers can create secure contracts without deep software engineering expertise.

The Stellar Developer Meeting features the OpenSapplin team presenting Q4 2025 library releases: WAD for high-precision decimal arithmetic in Soroban smart contracts, fee abstraction for paying transaction fees with tokens like USDC instead of XLM, and the timelock module as the start of a governance package. These tools enhance developer experience, enable smart account functionality via relayers, and improve contract governance transparency and safety. The team highlights ongoing momentum and community adoption.

Step-by-step tutorial on setting up Freighter wallet, activating it with XLM, and exploring Stellar dApps like ZoroSwap for token swaps and asset management.

OpenZeppelin releases smart account libraries for Stellar smart contracts, enabling programmable authorization systems with context rules, signers, and policies. The demo showcases USDC payments, forex swaps, and multisig treasury operations.

A technical walkthrough of an auto-compounding USDC vault built on Stellar using Blend Protocol, OpenZeppelin vault libraries, and Comet DEX. The vault automatically claims BLND rewards, swaps them to USDC, and reinvests them for users.

Podcast discussion on interoperability, data intelligence, and web3 product development featuring Arno from Dune, Jana from Myosin, and Esteban from Findex. Speakers explore how data-driven insights and user-centric design are reshaping multi-chain strategies and marketing approaches in crypto.

Developer builds a selective disclosure KYC system using zero-knowledge proofs and BLS ring signatures on Stellar Soroban. Users can prove attributes like residency or age without revealing full identity, with credentials verified on-chain while personal data stays off-chain.

Podcast discussion on interoperability, data intelligence, and multi-chain product strategy featuring Arno from Dune, Jana from Myosin, and Esteban from Findex. Speakers explore how data-driven insights inform product decisions and marketing strategies in web3, emphasizing user experience abstraction over technical complexity.