Pakana offers open-source components aimed at enhancing Stellar blockchain project development with JavaScript, C#, and Blazor/Razor tools. These components facilitate tasks like Stellar account creation, multisig setup, and payment processing, serving as a vital resource for building blockchain applications efficiently. For installation, the Pakana.Stellar.Components NuGet package is required, compatible with .NET 8.0 or later. ThisContinue reading “Pakana Provides an Open-Source Set of JavaScript, C# and Blazor/Razor Components”
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Stellar: The Definitive Guide to Testing Smart Contracts on Stellar
The blog emphasizes the significance of testing in the development of Stellar smart contracts, drawing from the scientific method to ensure reliability and safety. Different testing strategies are discussed, including unit tests that focus on specific contract functionalities, integration tests using the Soroban Rust SDK for testing across components, and fuzzing for random data testingContinue reading “Stellar: The Definitive Guide to Testing Smart Contracts on Stellar”
Beyond EVM: Why Stellar and Soroban Deserve Your Attention
This blog post explores why developers should consider Stellar, particularly its Soroban platform, as an alternative to Ethereum. Soroban, introduced last year, offers innovative solutions like a storage rent model for tackling Ethereum’s data bloat problem. By implementing Time-To-Live for data, Soroban ensures unnecessary data is archived or deleted, thus efficiently managing storage. The postContinue reading “Beyond EVM: Why Stellar and Soroban Deserve Your Attention”
Stellar | Global Bonds, Local Impact: Stablebonds on Stellar
Etherfuse aims to transform the $140 trillion global bond market with Stablebonds, now available on the Stellar network. Stablebonds are tokenized collections of government treasury bonds, offering low-risk, yield-bearing onchain opportunities from countries like the United States and Mexico. These assets, issued on Stellar, provide liquidity and transparency while supporting local economic growth by retainingContinue reading “Stellar | Global Bonds, Local Impact: Stablebonds on Stellar”
The Stellar Community Fund Evolves to Bring More Projects to Mainnet – The Defiant
The Stellar Community Fund is undergoing significant changes to better facilitate projects reaching the Stellar mainnet. These changes include providing increased support and resources to developers, streamlining the process for bringing ideas to fruition. The evolution of the fund is geared towards encouraging innovation and expanding the number of projects successfully launching on the blockchain.Continue reading “The Stellar Community Fund Evolves to Bring More Projects to Mainnet – The Defiant”
CAP-67, Unified Event Streams, and Parallel Transaction Processing – Stellar Protocol Meeting Feb 6, 2025
During the Stellar Developer Meeting, CAP 67 is discussed, focusing on standardizing the format of events for Stellar operations to align with the Stellar Asset Contract. The proposal includes eliminating the admin topic from mint and clawback events, addressing classic payment semantics, and introducing a fee event that reflects the fee paid by the sourceContinue reading “CAP-67, Unified Event Streams, and Parallel Transaction Processing – Stellar Protocol Meeting Feb 6, 2025”
Reflector and Refractor Presentation – Stellar Developer Meeting 02/06/2025
In this session of the Stellar Developer Meeting, representatives introduced Reflector, a decentralized price feed protocol crucial for the security and reliability of DeFi applications on Stellar. Reflector uses a multi-sig governance model, involving reputable organizations to ensure accurate and timely price feeds, mitigating risks of price manipulation common in DeFi. The platform provides bothContinue reading “Reflector and Refractor Presentation – Stellar Developer Meeting 02/06/2025”
Blend V2 Launches on Testnet with Updated UI for V1 and V2 Support
Blend V2 has been officially deployed to the testnet, and a new user interface has been introduced to support both Blend V1 and V2. Users are encouraged to navigate the testnet and share their experiences, with particular interest in usability and functionality feedback. The updated UI is designed to enhance interaction and streamline the transitionContinue reading “Blend V2 Launches on Testnet with Updated UI for V1 and V2 Support”
Stellar | 2024 SDF Research Year in Review
In 2024, the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) focused on fostering research that aligns with their mission of equitable financial access. Iftach Haitner from Tel-Aviv University joined SDF as a full-time cryptography researcher, expanding the team alongside Giuliano Losa. The team also coordinated part-time collaborations with Eli Gafni and Moshen Lesani, as well as research interns.Continue reading “Stellar | 2024 SDF Research Year in Review”
Introducing KaleFail: A New Experimental Project on the Stellar Blockchain
KaleFail emerges as an experimental initiative on the Stellar blockchain, aiming to expand the utility of the KALE asset by fostering a community of innovative blockchain enthusiasts. Launched as a playful experiment in November 2024, KaleFail encourages participants to trade their mined KALE for a variety of related produce, introducing new dynamics to blockchain assetContinue reading “Introducing KaleFail: A New Experimental Project on the Stellar Blockchain”