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The institutional privacy paradox: the real barrier to blockchain adoption
The institutional privacy paradox: the real barrier to blockchain adoption
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Privacy on open blockchains: framing the problem
The increased institutional adoption of public blockchains for financial activity has intensified the debate on how to enable privacy on open networks. The idea may initially sound like a belated attempt to reconcile two contradictory goals. But it is, in fact, the evolution of a discussion that beg
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Making Freighter Faster: How We Improved Load Times by 63%
At Freighter, we’ve been obsessed with making our browser extension feel instantaneous. But after diving into real-world metrics, we discovered that initial load times were much slower than we wanted. After several weeks of auditing, profiling, and optimizing, we reduced the load time to 1.27 second
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The Hidden Risks of Proof-of-Stake
Here, we discuss why two features often sold as strengths, “economic security” and “financial incentives,” can become operational liabilities. We will contrast this with the Stellar Consensus Protocol (SCP), a model designed for issuers who require explicit trust, clear accountability, and designed
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End of Year 2025 Report – Execution at Scale
Stellar's 2025 Year in Review: $55.6B in payment volume, $1B+ in real-world assets onchain, and major deployments from Franklin Templeton, PayPal, Visa, and more.
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Building a Dark Pool on Stellar: MPC, FHE, and TEEs Compared
How do you execute a large trade without the entire market front-running you? On blockchain, where everything is transparent, this turns out to be a surprisingly hard problem.
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IRL × Stellar: Bringing Culture Onchain, Invisibly
Discover how IRL and Stellar’s SCF Build Award quietly onboarded thousands onchain through cultural activations at Meridian Rio and Stellar House Miami.
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Verifying RISC Zero Execution In A Stellar Smart Contract
Verify RISC Zero zkVM execution inside a Stellar smart contract. Step-by-step guide to generating proofs off-chain and validating them on-chain with Stellar using Groth16.
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Open by Default, Private When Needed: Compliance-Friendly Privacy On Stellar
Open by Default, Private When Needed: Compliance-Friendly Privacy On Stellar
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Stellar Light Is Live: Real-Time Ecosystem Data, Project Updates, and What’s Coming Next
Stellar Light is now live with fully updated, verified data across the Stellar ecosystem. Explore 230+ projects, real-time stablecoin analytics, community insights from Meridian 2025 and partners, and how Stellar Light becoming the connective layer for builders, users, and institutions. Learn what changed, why it matters, and what’s coming in 2026.
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Building Meridian Pay: A Scalable Smart Wallet on Stellar
Meridian Pay is a smart wallet built on Stellar that eliminates seed phrases and transaction fees. Using passkey authentication and smart contracts, it delivered seamless blockchain transactions to 1,000+ users at Meridian 2025.
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Stellar Development Foundation Joins Blockchain Payments Consortium as Founding Member
Stellar Development Foundation and other entities representing $10 Trillion in annual stablecoin volume form Blockchain Payments Consortium to standardize digital asset transactions.
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