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Protocol 23 launches September 3rd, enabling parallel transaction processing on Stellar mainnet. Soroban smart contracts gain faster memory access and lower execution costs, while unified events improve wallet and explorer compatibility.

Stellar Foundation and Veridice discuss the Stellar Security Audit Bank, a program providing free security audits to Soroban developers. The initiative aims to make security proactive rather than reactive, with audits funded through the Stellar Community Fund for qualifying DeFi protocols.

DevRel team member shares practical AI coding workflow using tools like Lovable, Cursor, and Claude to build faster. Demonstrates one-shotting an Asteroids game, discusses MCP servers for context, and explores AI agents for autonomous development.

Tutorial on building a Soroban smart contract implementing a call option using XLM and USDC tokens. Covers option mechanics, contract code structure, unit testing with time simulation, and deployment to testnet.

Tutorial on writing and deploying your first Soroban smart contract in Rust, from Hello World to a practical hit counter example with web integration and three key developer tips.

Developer builds a binary prediction market smart contract on Stellar's Soroban platform, demonstrating how to create true/false outcome betting using open-source code with token transfers, oracle integration, and individual claim functions.

Caio Matos, CEO of NierX, announces Hack Meridian, a global blockchain hackathon coming to Rio de Janeiro on September 15-16, 2025, hosted at Copacabana Palace with 50,000 USD in prizes and 500 developers from 30+ countries competing across DeFi, Composability, and Open Innovation tracks.

Alex from Script3 provides a comprehensive overview of Blend, a liquidity protocol primitive on Stellar that enables permissionless lending markets with flexible parameters, backstop insurance modules, and multiple integration points for developers building on Soroban.

Teague from SDF's dev marketing team provides a recap of Day 5 of the Stellar Builder Summit in Toronto, highlighting presentations, a hackathon with builders working late into the night, go-karting, and upcoming events including a baseball game.

Scaffold Stellar is a new developer tool from Aha Labs that provides a ready-to-use web3 app template for building on Stellar. It includes contract examples, wallet integration, and local network setup to eliminate boilerplate and accelerate dApp development.

Turkish podcast discussion about a hackathon-winning Web2/Web3 social media application project. Founders discuss their vision of creating a social platform that integrates blockchain without forcing users into Web3-only experiences.

Stellar ecosystem recap from Istanbul covering Berlin Blockchain Week, the Istanbul hackathon with 67 submissions, Beans Earn integration with Blend, DeFi Index launch, Scaffold Stellar updates, and upcoming Hack Meridian in Rio de Janeiro with 50K in prizes.

Developer migrates a Solidity perpetual futures contract to Soroban using AI tools, walking through the differences between EVM and Rust/WebAssembly development, contract simplification, and debugging with unit tests.

Chad and Feefo from Aha Labs discuss Scaffold Stellar, a developer framework designed to lower the barrier to entry for building on Stellar. The tool automates smart contract deployment, generates TypeScript bindings, and uses React with Vite for frontend development.

A technical walkthrough of a Soroban smart contract written in Rust, explaining imports, macros, data structures, storage patterns, and the require_auth security function for on-chain message storage.

Jane from SDF and Chad from Aha Labs discuss Scaffold Stellar, a developer onboarding tool inspired by Scaffold ETH. Aha Labs is building it to help developers quickly set up local networks, deploy contracts, and create UIs, with an early version available by end of May 2025.

Developer tutorial demonstrating how to build a web-based wallet using the Stellar SDK and integrate it with Blend Capital smart contracts to enable users to deposit funds and earn yield on their holdings.

Stellar developers discuss launching an idea bank to help builders discover needed projects and coordinate ecosystem development. The initiative aims to guide hackathon participants and identify gaps in the Stellar and Soroban ecosystem.

Stellar protocol developers discuss CAP 70, which introduces configurable consensus timing parameters to enable gradual block time reduction from 5 seconds toward 2.5 seconds, plus review of other protocol 23 CAPs including unified asset events and new host functions.

Axel, an AI-powered automation platform, discusses its journey from hackathon project to A16Z-backed startup, its expansion onto Stellar through the Kickstarter program, and plans to bring verifiable agent-powered automations for yield and portfolio management to underserved users.

Karsten Jacobsen from Stellar Development Foundation walks through the Guestbook demo DAP, a complete example built on Stellar using smart contracts, TypeScript bindings, and passkey authentication for wallet-less user signup and login.

Jose Toscano and Joseph Anthony built Freely, a non-custodial Stellar wallet integrated into Telegram using passkeys for authentication. Starting from a Dev.2 hackathon ticketing project, they pivoted to wallet accessibility and secured funding in early 2025.

Kyle and Pedro discuss Stellar adoption in Latin America, developer support programs, and community-driven projects. Kyle leads the Stellar Ambassador Program in Brazil and founded NearX, a blockchain developer training company. Pedro is building a gamified learning platform for Rust and Soroban development.

Bastian, a designer and entrepreneur in the Stellar ecosystem for 7 years, presents a design thinking framework for transforming ideas into minimum viable products (MVPs) that can integrate with Stellar blockchain. The session covers five stages: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and evaluate, with practical tools and no-code solutions.