Hassan Maishera
On Friday, the Stellar Org announced via X that it has introduced Adapter (Protocol 28), designed for builders.
This upgrade introduces enhancements that make it easier to write smart contracts on Stellar, as well as a change under the hood that helps the network reach consensus faster as it continues to scale.
CAP-83 improves consensus performance under load. It gives validators a way to keep consensus moving even when transaction data is slow to propagate, helping Stellar scale without builders changing anything to benefit.
CAP-85 introduces atomic upgrades for fleets of contracts. If developers deploy many contracts that share the same code, Adapter adds a way to update the shared executable reference once and upgrade the full fleet together.
Finally, CAP-86 makes contract data migrations easier. Contracts evolve; data schemas change. Adapter adds sparse map host functions so contracts can handle missing or extra fields more gracefully during migrations.
Stellar is an open-source network with the mission to "create equitable access to the global financial system." Stellar is maintained by the Stellar Development Foundation, a non-profit organization established in 2014.
The Stellar network is a decentralized, fast, scalable, and uniquely sustainable blockchain built for financial products and services. The network launched in 2014 with the purpose of connecting the world's financial systems by offering a protocol for payment providers and financial institutions that facilitates near-instant global payments and currency exchanges. In 2024, Stellar released protocol 20, enabling full-featured smart contracts to the network. The network is transforming international payments and remittances through safer, faster, and more affordable solutions, and connecting real-world assets to DeFi to enable comprehensive everyday financial services.
The Stellar network’s native digital currency - Lumens (“XLM”) - is used to pay the network’s transaction fees. (XLM can also be used as an intermediate currency for operations. How it works: the protocol converts money in a few seconds, first into XLM, and then into the requested currency.)
XLM is up 1.2% in the last 24 hours and now trades at $0.1585 per coin.
