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.

Rob is a little busy so I’ll be guest writing in the meantime to keep everyone up to date. Unfortunately, we missed last week so we have some catching up to do. There’s a lot going on these days with the conclusion of SCF, the pending protocol upgrade, and the approach of Meridian. Exciting times, exciting times.

Before we get started, a few crucial reminders:

👉On Monday, 10/28, at 1600 UTC validators will vote on 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. Seriously. Old versions will not work correctly after the network upgrades.

👉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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