The article explores the authorization mechanisms of Ethereum, Stellar, and Solana blockchains, focusing on transaction structures and how different chains handle authorization. Stellar’s structured authorization model is highlighted, offering more flexible transaction handling, such as fee sponsorship and multi-party authorization, compared to Ethereum’s more linear approach. Solana’s account model allows for permissions to be inheritedContinue reading “Who Can Sign What: How Blockchains Handle Authorization”
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Introducing OpenZeppelin Contracts for Stellar v0.2.0: Enhancing NFTs and Contract Upgradeability
OpenZeppelin has introduced Contracts for Stellar v0.2.0, offering significant advancements in smart contract development for the Stellar blockchain. Key features include a new NFT base contract with plug-in extensions such as batch-minting to rapidly deploy collections, and enumerable functionality for token auto-indexing. Additionally, upgradeability is unlocked through a structured framework allowing contract updates without redeployment,Continue reading “Introducing OpenZeppelin Contracts for Stellar v0.2.0: Enhancing NFTs and Contract Upgradeability”
Case Study: How GIZ and UOSSM Used Stellar to Transform Payroll Delivery in a Conflict Zone
In the conflict-ridden region of Northwestern Syria, where banking infrastructure is nearly non-existent, GIZ and UOSSM faced challenges with payroll delivery due to outdated infrastructure and costly intermediaries. They adopted the Stellar Disbursement Platform, a blockchain-based solution, to simplify bulk payments. This resulted in savings of approximately €400,000 monthly and reduced processing times, eliminating delaysContinue reading “Case Study: How GIZ and UOSSM Used Stellar to Transform Payroll Delivery in a Conflict Zone”
Axal: Beyond Stellar Kickstart
The conversation between Raph from Lumen Loop and Ash from Axal delves into Axal’s journey from humble beginnings in hackathons to building a sophisticated automation platform leveraging Stellar blockchain. Initially focused on treasury management automation, Axal evolved to providing verifiable agents for task execution. Through the Stellar Community Fund, Axal aims to expand its automationContinue reading “Axal: Beyond Stellar Kickstart”
Stellar Q1 2025 Quarterly Report: The Impact is Here!
In Q1 2025, the Stellar network focused on achieving real-world impact through ambitious goals set for the year, grounded in adoption and utility. Highlights of this quarter include a substantial rise in DeFi activities and the issuance of $3 billion in on-chain real-world assets (RWAs). Stellar has set a target of being in the topContinue reading “Stellar Q1 2025 Quarterly Report: The Impact is Here!”
Stellar Developer Meeting: Chatting the Stellar Idea Bank
In the meeting, Boxy discusses Stellar Light, a platform developed to help showcase projects built on the Stellar blockchain and facilitate the onboarding of new developers into the ecosystem. Raph covers the similarities between his work with Lumen Loop and Boxy’s initiatives, particularly in focusing on project discovery and onboarding. The session highlights the creationContinue reading “Stellar Developer Meeting: Chatting the Stellar Idea Bank”
Building a Wallet Integration for Blend Capital
The video details the creation of a web-based wallet using the Stellar SDK, integrated with Blend Capital’s over-collateralized lending pool. Users can deposit funds and receive yields or borrow funds, with the need to deposit more than they borrow. The presenter provides a demo of the wallet, generating a key pair using the Stellar SDK,Continue reading “Building a Wallet Integration for Blend Capital”
Aquarius Security Audit Competition May 7th to June 18th
Aquarius partners with Cantina to analyze smart contract security through a competition format. The audit has a $110,000 prize pool to incentivize the identification of vulnerabilities, divided into primary and formal verification pools. An additional $10,000 is set aside for a dedicated Cantina researcher. The competition encourages participants to assess the contracts’ resilience and strength,Continue reading “Aquarius Security Audit Competition May 7th to June 18th”
Privy.io Integrates Stellar for Enhanced Crypto Wallet and Onboarding Services
Privy.io’s latest integration of Stellar into its Tier 2 support aims to improve its crypto wallet and onboarding services. This integration facilitates core transaction functionalities essential for utilizing the Stellar blockchain effectively. Key features include curve-level cryptographic signatures for transaction signing, basic wallet functionalities like key export, and integration with chain-specific libraries. Additionally, users benefitContinue reading “Privy.io Integrates Stellar for Enhanced Crypto Wallet and Onboarding Services”
Stellar Developer Meeting: Protocol 23 CAP Follow-up and Q&A
The meeting focused on various CAPs related to Stellar’s Protocol 23, with a strong emphasis on CAP 70, which introduces new network configuration settings aiming to enhance consensus timing by allowing configurable values rather than hard-coded ones. This proposal aims to gradually lower block times towards higher throughput in a controlled manner. Participants raised concernsContinue reading “Stellar Developer Meeting: Protocol 23 CAP Follow-up and Q&A”