Stellar Developer Meeting: New Features in Stellar Lab & Upgradeable Contracts SEP

The session introduces the latest enhancements in Stellar Lab, focusing on improvements for smart contracts. Jee explains various features, such as contract exploration and the use of Stellar.expert for verifying contracts. A live demonstration outlines contract deployment using OpenZeppelin’s Mintable standard and highlights new functionalities such as smart contract invocation through the lab interface. Importantly, the meeting discusses an upgradeable contracts SEP, inviting developers to review and comment on the new standard co-developed with OpenZeppelin. The SEP aims to address contract immutability while facilitating feature expansion for decentralized applications on Stellar.