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Stellar Starts Phased Rollout of ‘Soroban’ Smart Contracts

May 15, 2025 by admin

The “Protocol 20” upgrade, which adds support for Ethereum-style smart contracts to the decade-old payments-focused blockchain, had been delayed by three weeks due to precautions after a bug was found.

Stellar, Early Blockchain Built for Payments, Adds Smart Contracts to Take on Ethereum

May 7, 2025 by admin

The nine-year-old project, one of the earliest major blockchains, is getting a facelift to incorporate “smart contracts,” which theoretically could attract new applications and users – and potentially more demand for the XLM token.