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Stellar schedules Protocol 30 Bell upgrade votes for November

Stellar has set validator votes for its Protocol 30 Bell upgrade for November 3 on testnet and November 23 on mainnet, adding multi-customer smart accounts and quantum-resistant signature verification.

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Stellar has scheduled validator votes on its Protocol 30 upgrade, named Bell, with the testnet vote set for November 3 and the mainnet vote slated for November 23, according to reports from BSCN and crypto.news. The upgrade is designed to scale smart accounts for businesses and lay the groundwork for quantum safety.[1][2][3]

The Bell release introduces a new address format beginning with the letter W, enabling a single smart account to manage funds for multiple customers. In addition, the upgrade allows smart contracts to verify ML-DSA signatures, a quantum-resistant standard established by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology in 2024 to defend against future quantum computers. Standard transactions across the Stellar network will continue utilizing their existing signature mechanisms.[1][2][3]

Protocol 30 also incorporates a millisecond-precision ledger clock. The enhanced timing infrastructure will provide the technical capability for subsequent network upgrades to configure block times in fractions of a second.[2][3]

Key facts

  • Stellar scheduled validator votes for Protocol 30, dubbed Bell, on November 3 for testnet and November 23 for mainnet.
  • The Bell upgrade is aimed at scaling smart accounts for business use.
  • A new address format starting with W allows a single smart account to hold funds for multiple customers.
  • Smart contracts will be able to verify ML-DSA signatures, a quantum-resistant standard released by NIST in 2024.
  • Standard network transactions on Stellar will retain current signature formats.
  • The upgrade adds a millisecond-precision ledger clock to allow future protocol upgrades to set sub-second block times.

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  1. CO

    Cointelegraph@CointelegraphPost on X 路

    馃毃 UPDATE: Stellar unveils its Bell upgrade (Protocol 30) to scale smart accounts for businesses and lay groundwork for quantum-safe signatures, with mainnet set for Nov. 23. https://t.co/HFlPB4DhsZ

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  2. CN

    crypto.news@cryptodotnewsPost on X 路

    JUST IN: Stellar sets November dates for Protocol 30 upgrade The Bell upgrade introduces smart accounts for multiple customers, ML-DSA quantum-resistant signature verification in smart contracts, and a millisecond-precision ledger clock, with validator votes set for November 3 on testnet and November 23 on mainnet.

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  3. BS

    BSCN@BSCNewsPost on X 路

    Stellar鈥檚 next upgrade, Bell, takes a first step toward quantum-safe accounts @StellarOrg has set validator votes on Protocol 30, called Bell, for November 3 on testnet and November 23 on mainnet. It lets one smart account hold funds for multiple customers through a new address format starting with W. Smart contracts will also be able to check ML-DSA signatures, a standard set by the US agency NIST in 2024 to resist future quantum computers, while regular network transactions keep today鈥檚 signatures. A new millisecond ledger clock lets future upgrades set block times in fractions of a second.

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