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SEP 2020
1 story
September 1, 2020
Financial Inclusionstellar.org
Registration is now live for Meridian 2020

Registration is now open for Meridian 2020, Stellar Development Foundation's Nov. 16-20 conference exploring how innovation, inclusion, and governance can drive social and economic change. Featured speakers include former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.

Registration is now live for Meridian 2020
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AUG 2020
1 story
August 28, 2020
SCFstellar.org
Introducing Stellar Community Fund 2.0

The Stellar Development Foundation launched Stellar Community Fund 2.0, splitting the grant program into two funds (Seed and Lab) and introducing a nomination panel plus quadratic voting to address voter fatigue and improve project selection fairness.

Introducing Stellar Community Fund 2.0
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JUL 2020
1 story
July 21, 2020
Fee Managementstellar.org
Should we increase the minimum fee?

The Stellar Development Foundation proposes raising the network's minimum transaction fee from 100 stroops to 10,000 stroops per operation to combat failed arbitrage bot transactions that clog the ledger and cause unpredictable surge pricing.

Should we increase the minimum fee?
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APR 2020
2 stories
April 21, 2020
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APR 2020
1 story
April 20, 2020
Developersstellar.org
The Right Time for Open Source

The Stellar Development Foundation reflects on why open source is the right model for building networks, highlighting documentation, transparency, collaboration, and diversity as key pillars that enable Stellar to thrive across borders and time zones.

The Right Time for Open Source
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NOV 2019
3 stories
November 5, 2019
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NOV 2019
2 stories
November 4, 2019
Governancemedium.com
SDF’s Next Steps

The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) announced a major restructuring at the Meridian event in Mexico City, burning 55 billion XLM to reduce total supply to 50 billion. They ended large giveaway programs and redirected remaining lumens to core development, ecosystem support, use-case investments, and targeted user acquisition. This new mandate focuses SDF on making Stellar the global payments standard through efficient, transparent spending.

SDF’s Next Steps
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OCT 2019
1 story
October 1, 2019
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SEP 2019
1 story
September 30, 2019
Governancestellar.org
Our proposal to disable inflation

The Stellar Development Foundation proposes disabling the inflation mechanism in Stellar protocol v12, arguing it no longer benefits ecosystem projects and creates scalability issues. Validators will vote on the change, scheduled for October 28, 2019.

Our proposal to disable inflation
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JUL 2019
1 story
July 18, 2019
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MAY 2019
1 story
May 16, 2019
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MAR 2019
2 stories
March 15, 2019
Governancewww.theblock.co
Danelle Dixon becomes the new CEO of Stellar Foundation

Danelle Dixon, former Mozilla COO, has been appointed as the new Executive Director and CEO of the Stellar Development Foundation, effective May 1st. Jed McCaleb, SDF's co-founder, will transition to chief architect focusing on protocol and adoption.

Danelle Dixon becomes the new CEO of Stellar Foundation
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MAR 2019
2 stories
March 14, 2019
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DEC 2018
1 story
December 14, 2018
Governancestellar.org
SDF Ecosystem Updates: Lumen Distribution Programs

Stellar Development Foundation announces three major lumen distribution initiatives: the Stellar Community Fund for community-voted grants, updates to the Partnership Grant Program which has funded 34 companies, and launch of an Academic Research Program for blockchain research.

SDF Ecosystem Updates: Lumen Distribution Programs
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DEC 2018
1 story
December 7, 2018
Governancestellar.org
SDF ecosystem updates: community vision

The Stellar Development Foundation announced three major community initiatives: Stellar Clusters for local grassroots meetups, a first global Stellar conference, and the Stellar Community Fund to let the community guide lumen distribution. The post also highlighted Reddit governance experiments and a Community Champions program.

SDF ecosystem updates: community vision
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MAY 2018
1 story
May 8, 2018
Paymentswww.coindesk.com
A Chain of Its Own: Mobile App Kik to Fork Stellar for Fee-Free Blockchain

Kik's Kin Foundation announced it will fork Stellar to create its own blockchain for the Kin token, eliminating transaction fees entirely to enable micropayments. The move trades some decentralization for zero-cost transactions, using federated nodes run by ecosystem partners rather than Stellar's validator model.

A Chain of Its Own: Mobile App Kik to Fork Stellar for Fee-Free Blockchain
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MAY 2017
1 story
May 11, 2017
Governancestellar.org
Introducing Lightyear.io

Stellar Development Foundation announced the creation of Lightyear.io, a for-profit company to handle partnerships, integrations, and commercial services, while SDF refocuses on protocol development and governance as a neutral non-profit steward of the Stellar network.

Introducing Lightyear.io
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MAR 2017
1 story
March 28, 2017
Tokenomicsstellar.org
We’re distributing 16 billion lumens to Bitcoin holders

Stellar.org announced a second lumen distribution program offering 16 billion lumens (16% of initial supply) to bitcoin holders, with claims opening June 27, 2017. The giveaway reflects Bitcoin's influence on Stellar's design and aims to build community ownership of the network.

We’re distributing 16 billion lumens to Bitcoin holders
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APR 2016
1 story
April 26, 2016
Tokenomicsstellar.org
We’re Giving Away 3 Billion Lumens to Bitcoin Holders

Stellar.org announced a lumen giveaway program for Bitcoin holders, reserving 19 billion lumens (19% of initial supply). Starting July 5, 2016, Bitcoin holders can claim lumens proportional to their BTC holdings through a claim page or participating exchanges.

We’re Giving Away 3 Billion Lumens to Bitcoin Holders
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OCT 2015
1 story
October 5, 2015
Governancestellar.org
Stellar network upgrade is coming soon!

Stellar network upgrade launching in November will rebrand stellars to lumens and require user account upgrades. The nine-month development effort delivers a safe, scalable, and accessible network for global financial services.

Stellar network upgrade is coming soon!
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MAR 2015
1 story
March 7, 2015
Tokenomicsstellar.org
Announcing the first Stellar auction

Stellar Development Foundation announced a public auction of stellars via Haste.co.nz, with 650 million STR placed at a 30-day trailing average price of $0.0031/STR. Bitcoin trading was added via Poloniex and Kraken to maintain price parity.

Announcing the first Stellar auction
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DEC 2014
1 story
December 5, 2014
Securitystellar.org
Safety, liveness and fault tolerance - the Consensus choices

Stellar experienced a ledger fork due to weaknesses in its Ripple-based consensus algorithm. The network temporarily switched to a single validator node and is prioritizing development of a new provably correct consensus system to prevent future forks and double-spend risks.

Safety, liveness and fault tolerance - the Consensus choices