Stellar price: Bell Protocol 30 heads toward Nov. 23 mainnet vote
Published on 11/13/2026 at 18:34 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSBell Upgrade Sets Next Milestone
- Stellar's Bell, Protocol 30 upgrade is scheduled for a mainnet validator vote on November 23, 2026.
- The proposal adds muxed contract addresses, ML-DSA signature verification for smart contracts and millisecond ledger timing.
- XLM was quoted at USD 0.15 at 17:34:25 UTC on November 13, 2026.
Stellar price was quoted at USD 0.15 at 17:34:25 UTC on November 13, 2026, equivalent to 18:34:25 in Berlin. The quote was provided by Perplexity Finance. The market was listed as open at the time of the quote.
Bell Moves Toward Mainnet Vote
The next scheduled milestone for Stellar is the mainnet validator vote for Bell, also known as Protocol 30. The Stellar Development Foundation says the vote is planned for November 23, 2026, at 17:00 UTC. The proposal follows a testnet vote scheduled for November 3 and is subject to validator approval.
The Stellar network status notice describes the mainnet vote as an immediate upgrade if validators approve it. This makes the November 23 event operationally important for network participants, while the date itself does not guarantee activation.
Three Technical Changes
- Muxed contract addresses: CAP-84 introduces a new W address format that can attach a customer identifier to a smart-contract address. This is intended to let one contract serve multiple customers while preserving transaction-level identification.
- Post-quantum verification: CAP-87 allows Stellar smart contracts to verify ML-DSA signatures. The foundation notes that ordinary network transaction signatures remain Ed25519 for now.
- Millisecond ledger timing: CAP-88 changes the protocol's ledger timing format to millisecond resolution. The foundation says this creates a technical basis for future work on shorter ledger close times, but does not itself make the network produce blocks faster.
What XLM Holders Should Watch
For investors tracking Stellar price, the immediate network-specific event is the validator decision rather than a change to XLM's token supply or stated economics. Wallets, exchanges, custodians and developers may need to update software and data handling before the vote, particularly where applications process the new W address type or ledger data.
Investing.com identifies Stellar as the network developed by the Stellar Development Foundation and XLM as the token traded across cryptocurrency venues. The next material checkpoint for the project is therefore the scheduled November 23 vote, with any mainnet implementation dependent on validator approval.
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