Stellar Dev Digest: Issue #19

Protocol 12 on the Horizon, VPNbot wins IDEO Hackathon, and more.

Hey everyone! Welcome to another issue of the Stellar Dev Digest, a weekly recap of all things related to the development of the Stellar Network.

This is the last Dev Digest before the Protocol 12 vote. You’ll find almost everything you need to prepare yourself below!

Final reminders:

❗❗ On Monday, 10/28, at 1600 UTC validators will vote on whether to upgrade the public network to Stellar-core v12.0.0. If you run Stellar-core or Horizon, you should upgrade right now. The old versions will not work if the network switches to Protocol 12.

👉 On Wednesday, 10/30, at 0900 UTC there will be a testnet reset, which means everything will get wiped from the testnet ledger. If you are in the middle of something, make a plan to recreate any ledger entries you need, including accounts and balances. Read here for best practices when using the testnet.

And now, on to the digest…

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