Stellar Updates Bell Upgrade Guide Ahead Of November Votes

Stellar has updated its Bell upgrade guide with the software versions that wallets, exchanges and infrastructure operators need before November’s network votes. The October 23 update adds concrete release references as teams prepare for changes to addresses and ledger data under Protocol 30. TL;DR: Stellar’s updated Bell guide identifies software needed before November’s upgrade votes. Applications must handle new addresses and ledger formats; network activation remains conditional. The Stellar Development Foundation’s revised guide lists infrastructure releases and software development kits, along with tracking links for community-maintained tools. That gives operators a version checklist for work that must happen before the network adopts the changes. New Addresses Need Application Support The JavaScript SDK v17.3.0 release, published October 21, supplies support for contract addresses beginning with W and updated ledger definitions. Its release notes include tools to encode, decode and validate those addresses, plus transfer handling. That version was already available when the readiness guide was updated two days later. Under Bell, a contract address can carry an additional cus...