Stellar activated Protocol 30, called Bell, on its testnet on November 4. The upgrade includes three technical changes: support for ML-DSA post-quantum signatures in smart contracts, muxed contract addresses that let businesses route multiple customer deposits to a single contract, and millisecond precision for ledger timestamps. The quantum-safe signatures apply only to smart contract authorization, not to network transaction signatures.
Validators will vote on November 23 at 1700 UTC on whether to approve the upgrade for mainnet. The Stellar Development Foundation has told exchanges, wallets and developers to update their software before the vote. The new features are optional for developers who rebuild against the updated toolkit.
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