The Stellar Development Foundation unveiled Soroban, a new smart contracts platform built on WebAssembly and Rust. The preview release lets developers write and test contracts locally, marking the SDF's first early-stage public preview and inviting community feedback.
The Stellar Development Foundation announced Soroban, a smart contracts platform designed to be sensible, scalable, and developer-friendly. Named after the Japanese abacus for its minimalist design philosophy, Soroban is built on WebAssembly and Rust rather than adopting an existing platform. The preview release enables developers to write and test contracts locally using the Soroban environment, SDK, and CLI, with documentation and examples available. While focused on contract development rather than full dApp development, the platform will add events, indexing, gas metering, and Stellar Core integration in future iterations. The SDF is releasing this unusually early preview to gather community feedback and involve ecosystem developers in shaping the platform's evolution.
