On January 28th, Stellar is facing a delayed upgrade plan to add Ethereum-like smart contract functionality. After discovering a bug, Stellar developers and validators are reconsidering delaying the upgrade of their smart contracts until after January 30th.

On January 25th, the Stellar Development Foundation discovered a bug in the Stellar Core v20.1.0 software. Once the upgrade is completed, this bug could theoretically affect applications and services for new "Soroban" smart contract transactions.