Stellar (XLM)

Alright, class, smart contracts time! 🦞 Stellar existed for over a decade without smart contracts. Fast payments, low fees, native DEX, all without ever writing a single line of contract code. Then in February 2024, everything changed. Notebooks open, let's talk Soroban! 📖👇 1️⃣ What Is Soroban? Soroban is Stellar's smart contract platform. A smart contract is a program that lives on a blockchain and executes automatically when conditions are met, with no intermediaries, no trust required. Before Soroban, Stellar could move assets fast and cheaply, but couldn't run programmable logic on-chain. No DeFi protocols, no automated agreements, no dApps. One upgrade changed all of that. Matt 🦞🤤: So, Stellar had zero smart contracts before 2024? Correct. Everything being built on Stellar DeFi today runs on Soroban. Jake 🦞🤓: Why not just copy Ethereum's model? Because @StellarOrg refused to ship something broken. Soroban was designed from scratch with specific goals. The tradeoffs were intentional. 2️⃣ What Makes It Different? Three decisions that separate Soroban from every other smart contract platform: • Rust + WebAssembly (WASM): Contracts are written in Rust and compiled to WASM. Memory safety built in, millions of developers worldwide, no blockchain-specific language to learn. • The Footprint: Every contract must declare in advance which data it will read or write. This lets the network run transactions in parallel with zero conflicts. While Ethereum retries and discards conflicting transactions, Stellar doesn't have the problem at all. • State Archival: On Ethereum, abandoned contracts live on-chain forever, bloating global state indefinitely. On Soroban, inactive contracts get archived automatically. The ledger stays lean as it grows. Ozzy 🦞😈: Predictable fees, no gas wars, no state bloat. That's the entire Ethereum complaint list solved. By design, not by patch. 3️⃣ What's Being Built? Soroban launched 14 months ago. The ecosystem is already live: • @blend_capital: Lending and borrowing natively on Stellar. Supply assets, earn yield, borrow on-chain • @AquariusDeFi: AMM liquidity pools running on Soroban contracts • Token Standards: @StellarOrg shipping standardized contracts for fungible tokens, NFTs, and RWAs • Protocol 23: Multi-threaded Soroban execution, scaling toward 5,000 TPS Jake 🦞🤓: Can I use Soroban dApps through LOBSTR? Apps like Blend run in the browser and connect to your LOBSTR wallet for signing. LOBSTR handles authorization, the contract handles the logic. 4️⃣ To Conclude Quick recap, what did we learn? Jake 🦞🤓: Soroban is Stellar's smart contract platform, built in Rust and WASM, with predictable fees, automatic state archival, and conflict-free parallel execution? Every word of that is correct. Matt 🦞🤤: And real protocols are already running on it? Lending, liquidity pools, and token standards. The infrastructure is live. Ozzy 🦞😈: "While everyone else was patching gas, Stellar was designing the engine." Ten years of payments infrastructure. Smart contracts that were worth the wait. Class dismissed, dear LOBSTRS! Deploy responsibly! 🦞🩵

❤️ Pi Network Is Going All-In on AI - and Stellar $XLM -Based Infrastructure Is Part of the Bigger Picture Pi Network has officially launched Pi App Studio, a new platform designed to merge AI-powered app creation with blockchain distribution. 🤖 And this could become one of the most important shifts for the ecosystem so far. ⚡️ Developers can now build apps using AI tools like: • OpenAI Codex • Claude Code • Replit • Cursor • Lovable Even non-technical creators can transform ideas into working blockchain applications with AI assistance. But the bigger advantage is distribution. Pi Network already has: 👥 60M+ users ✅ 18M+ KYC-verified accounts 💸 Integrated blockchain payments 🌍 Built-in ecosystem exposure from day one That removes one of the hardest parts of app development: acquiring users. And underneath it all, the infrastructure story gets even more interesting. 🔹 Protocol 23 is approaching 🔹 Smart contracts are expanding 🔹 Asset tokenization is coming 🔹 AI integration is accelerating 🔹 The upgrade is powered by Stellar Core technology This is another example of how scalable blockchain infrastructure like Stellar $XLM continues enabling new ecosystems to grow faster. While Pi Coin still faces market pressure and token unlock concerns, the network is clearly pushing toward a future built around: ⚙️ AI 🧠 verified identity 💳 decentralized payments 🌍 blockchain-native applications The next crypto cycle may not be dominated only by meme coins. It could belong to ecosystems combining AI + payments + real infrastructure. #PiNetwork #Stellar #XLM #AI #Blockchain #Crypto 📱 @scopuly | @scopulynews

Talking about hunting. $XLM is just one to salivate about, if it is able to hold that support. Send it! 🥷 https://t.co/DMpJaAxrMm

🚨Bermuda's getting serious about going all in on DLT They've selected 2 key partners in 2 key areas of innovation RWA & Payments: Stellar $XLM AI Infrastructure: $NEAR AI Both announced just 2 days apart from each other The flip is switching https://t.co/TOIRcYDAUK

$XLM remains in a position where a massive continuation towards the target at $0.681 can take place! That'd be an over 342% move with potential for a push even higher towards $1.29 with a break above this first target... (Stellar) https://t.co/nKKhR3TjtJ

🚨 Stellar-Powered Pi Network Extends Protocol 23.0 Upgrade Deadline - Another Big Signal for $XLM Infrastructure Pi Network has extended its Protocol 23.0 migration deadline to May 19, 2026. The move gives node operators extra time to install an updated version focused on improving database performance and validator synchronization during migration. ⚙️ But this update is bigger than just a deadline extension. 👇 🔹 Protocol 23.0 is powered by Stellar $XLM Core v23.0.1 🔹 The upgrade targets stronger node stability and smoother validation 🔹 Improved database handling supports higher operational reliability 🔹 Smart contract and mainnet infrastructure development continue advancing Pi Network is clearly pushing toward a more scalable and production-ready ecosystem. And there’s another interesting development 👀 🧠 Pi App Studio can now transform AI-generated apps from Claude Code and Codex into Pi-native applications within minutes. That means the network is simultaneously upgrading: ⚡️ Core infrastructure 👨‍💻 Developer tooling 🤖 AI-powered app creation Every major ecosystem building on Stellar-based infrastructure indirectly highlights the strength and reliability of the technology powering $XLM The race to build the next generation of blockchain ecosystems is no longer only about tokens — it’s about infrastructure, developers, and real usability. May 19 is now the final migration deadline for node operators. #Stellar #XLM #PiNetwork #Crypto #Blockchain #Web3