The Stellar Monthly Roundup for September 2019 covers ecosystem updates including collaborations, AMAs, new hires at SDF, developer releases, community fund proposals, and ecosystem projects like Cowrie Systems and Bitbond. Highlights include the upcoming Meridian conference in Mexico City and a proposal to disable inflation. New features on stellarbeat.io and protocol upgrades prepare the network for future improvements.
Stellar Development Foundation announced collaborations with Blockchain Academy Mexico for education, hosted a Reddit AMA, and proposed disabling inflation. Interstellar appointed a new CEO, and SDF hired Nick Gilbert as Product Lead for a mobile app and Candace Kelly as General Counsel. Developer updates feature stellar-core v12.0.0, Horizon v0.22.1 releases supporting Protocol 12, and a developer survey. Community highlights include Stellar Community Fund finals, dev digests, and guides on trustlines and Keybase spacedrops. Ecosystem saw stellarbeat.io add halting analysis, Cowrie Systems launch NGNT anchor, JST Capital partner for DEX market making, and Bitbond's first corporate bond coupon on Stellar. The Meridian conference agenda is out with major participants like IBM World Wire, and various events occurred including meetups and hackathons.