The 6th Stellar Build Challenge concluded with record submissions and a 5x prize pool increase to 2.7M XLM. Winners include Soneso's iOS SDK, Stellarport.io exchange, and Python SDK documentation improvements, with 113 total projects receiving awards.
The Stellar Development Foundation announced the winners of the 6th Stellar Build Challenge, which received more submissions than all previous challenges combined. Due to the exceptional quality and volume, SDF increased the prize pool from 550k to 2.7M XLM. Overall winners receiving 200k XLM each include Soneso's iOS SDK for Horizon API access, Stellarport.io's transformative exchange relaunch, and two teams that refactored and documented the Python SDK. Additional finalists like Stellarbeat.io, Lumenauts.com, and Lumenbox received 80k XLM for contributions ranging from network visualization to security improvements. Of 324 submissions, 113 projects received awards, reflecting growing developer interest in Stellar.
