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Stellar (XLM) Gets Smart Contract Upgrade: What's New?

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Stellar marked its 11th anniversary with a smart contract update tied to Soroban, and the Soroban SDK v28 is now live on mainnet. The update also brings support for Protocol 28, launched on September 16 under the name Adapter, and changes how stored contract data is handled on the network.

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Stellar changed the handling of stored contract data as part of the upgrade.
Stellar (XLM) Gets Smart Contract Upgrade: What's New?
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Stellar marked its 11th anniversary with a major update to its Soroban smart contracts platform.
Stellar Turns 11 with Major Smart Contract Upgrade for Soroban SDK
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The Build on Stellar team said Soroban SDK v28 is now live on mainnet.
Stellar Turns 11 with Major Smart Contract Upgrade for Soroban SDK

What it means

Developers working on Stellar’s Soroban tools are the immediate group affected, because the SDK release is already live on mainnet and includes Protocol 28 support. Users and builders on the network may notice that stored contract data is handled differently now, which changes what the platform supports today.

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