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Soroban smart contracts launch keynote covering three pillars: technical design decisions, 100+ ecosystem projects building on Soroban with 40 presenting, and cash-to-DeFi integration unlocking real-world asset connections.

Tomer from SDF and Deanne from Cubist discuss WebAssembly's role in Soroban smart contracts, covering design decisions around WASM 1.0, interpreter vs. compiler tradeoffs, Rust as the primary language, and security considerations for WASM runtimes.

Jisun from Vibrant demonstrates building an NFT smart contract on Soroban using Taylor Swift concert tickets as an example, covering contract initialization, minting, ownership checks, transfers, and testnet deployment.

Fred from Lightmean demonstrates how to build Web3 games on Stellar using Soroban smart contracts, covering gameplay validation, NFT rewards, in-game currency management, and Freighter wallet integration with a live pool physics game demo.

SDF Q2 2023 quarterly review covering Soroban smart contracts platform progress toward mainnet launch, MoneyGram access milestone reaching one year, Franklin Templeton's on-chain money fund surpassing $270M AUM, and ecosystem growth with 70+ projects building on Soroban.

Stellar Core developers discussed replacing the variable rent balance system with a fixed expiration ledger approach for state expiration. The new model simplifies user experience and downstream system integration by storing a single expiration ledger per entry instead of periodically deducting variable rent fees.

Soroban design discussion on state expiration and storage. Team proposes unified storage interface combining temporary and restorable entries with rent-based model, automatic rent bumps on access, and optional manual bumps. Short-term entries (15 min) charged at lower rate than long-term (30 days) to incentivize temporary storage use.

Sergei Gurbanov, CEO of Axelar, discusses how the decentralized interoperability protocol connects multiple blockchains through a plug-and-play gateway model. Axelar is integrating with Stellar's Soroban smart contract platform and launching a virtual machine to scale cross-chain development.

Stellar Development Foundation's Q1 2023 quarterly review covering network growth to 7.3M accounts, $419M relevant asset transaction volume, Sorobon smart contract platform progress with two preview releases, and ecosystem initiatives including the $100M Sorobon Adoption Fund supporting developer adoption.

Soroban Developer Workshop livestream featuring Paul from SDF and Morgan from useSoroban.app demonstrating how to write your first smart contract on Soroban, including Hello World examples and stateful contract development with storage operations.

Stellar Community Fund hosts an info session for the Asia Pacific SCF startup bootcamp, a five-day virtual program using design sprint methodology to help teams accelerate from idea to MVP. The bootcamp features mentorship, workshops, investor demo day, and prizes totaling 30,000 XLM.

Stellar core developers discuss three approaches for storing scalable network configuration settings in dedicated ledger entries instead of the ledger header, with approach two using Soroban emerging as the preferred option for simplicity and flexibility.

Developer walkthrough of Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control, a Soroban smart contract coding game that teaches optimization through competitive challenges. The host covers the game engine, testing strategies, and Rust development practices for building efficient contracts.

Stellar Development Foundation hosts detailed walkthrough of SCF submission process, covering eligibility requirements, project information, deliverables, budgeting, team qualifications, and submission platform features for Round 12.

Anke Liu from the Stellar Development Foundation presented updates to the Stellar Community Fund, announcing a new four-week submission cycle for awards up to $150,000 XLM, a virtual startup bootcamp launching in April, and a tiered verified member system with governance roles.

Aaron Tyson from the Stellar Development Foundation presents Bucket List DB, a next-generation database replacing SQL for Stellar Core storage. The new system reduces disk usage by 50%, improves read performance 2.6-4.2x, and eliminates data duplication while maintaining fast hashing for consensus.

Soroban design discussion on Authnext proposal covering account abstraction, standardized signature payloads, and invocation authorization. Dima presented the two-component system enabling flexible authentication while maintaining protocol standardization for contract interoperability.

Soroban design discussion on Auth Next proposal covering account abstraction and standardized invocation authorization. The proposal aims to simplify authentication, enable complex multi-contract calls with single signatures, and support custom account implementations beyond classic accounts.

Sorbonne Talks stream featuring Stellar Development Foundation developers demonstrating Gitpod instant dev environment for Soroban smart contract development, showing how to build, test, and deploy contracts on Futurenet with minimal setup.

Stellar protocol discussion on CAP 46-06 covering the standardized token contract for Soroban smart contracts, including updates to token balances, naming conventions, clawback functionality, and solutions for handling auth-required assets from Stellar Classic.

BlockDemon chief engineer Nai Lu discusses infrastructure challenges across 50+ blockchain protocols, including Stellar's federated consensus model, validator decentralization, and how reputation-based trust differs from proof-of-work and proof-of-stake incentive structures.

Paul from SDF presents Soroban smart contracts on Stellar, covering environment setup, hello world examples, and a full crowdfunding dapp. Soroban enables programmable token control and reliable neutrality through on-chain code, with deployment available now on FutureNet.

Tomer from the Stellar Development Foundation announced Soroban, a Turing-complete smart contract platform native to Stellar, now live on FutureNet testnet. The SDF is allocating $100 million to support Soroban adoption and launched Sorobanathon First Light to reward developers building and providing feedback.

Researcher from Red Bay Network presents scientific analysis of blockchain transaction throughput (TPS) claims versus real-world performance, revealing significant gaps between announced metrics and observed results across major blockchains including Algorand, Avalanche, and Solana.