Soroban, Stellar's native smart contract platform, launched on Futurenet with a $100 million Adoption Fund from the Stellar Development Foundation. The platform emphasizes lower gas fees and consistent pricing through optimized contract design and a calibrated fee model.
Soroban, Stellar's native smart contract platform, has launched on Futurenet backed by a $100 million Adoption Fund from the Stellar Development Foundation. The fund supports developers through programs like Sorobanathon: First Light, which rewards testing and feedback. Soroban aims to offer significantly lower and more consistent gas fees than competitors by optimizing contract serialization and implementing a transparent fee model based on actual computing power used. Written in Rust with a developer-friendly sandbox environment and built-in contracts, Soroban will progress through additional testnets before mainnet launch in early 2023.