$XLM 🚨 Imp : The Stellar network is gearing up for Protocol 23, a major upgrade introducing enhanced smart contract capabilities and scalability improvements, with key dates including a testnet reset on August 14, 2025, and a mainnet upgrade vote on September 3, 2025. The August 14 reset will erase all testnet data (accounts, assets, contracts), requiring developers to recreate necessary components and upgrade all Stellar software (Core, Horizon, RPC, SDKs) to stable builds released that day, even if updated in July, due to critical, breaking changes in Stellar Core. This reset, outside the normal upgrade process, ensures compatibility with Protocol 23’s features, like reduced Soroban costs and parallel transaction execution. Developers should back up data, test thoroughly post-reset, and update mainnet integrations before the September vote to avoid disruptions.
