Bell Protocol 30 on November 23: What it means for the Stellar price

Published on 10/27/2026 at 07:00 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Bell adds three protocol changes for Stellar. The Stellar price is 0.17016 USD on October 27, 2026, down 4.34 percent, with 35.23 billion XLM circulating.

Protocol changes and network data

On October 20, Stellar introduced Bell, a planned protocol update for smart accounts and security.
The package contains three proposed changes, including multiplexed contract addresses and millisecond ledger timing.
The Stellar price stands at 0.17016 USD as of October 27, 2026, 4.34 percent below the UTC daily close of October 26, 2026.
Validators are scheduled to vote on the testnet update on November 3, 2026.

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Stellar (XLM) is preparing Bell, Protocol 30, with three proposed network changes announced on October 20, 2026. The Stellar price stands at 0.17016 USD as of October 27, 2026, down 4.34 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 26, 2026.

Bell introduces three protocol changes

According to Stellar, Bell is designed to make smart accounts suitable for business use at scale and to begin work on quantum-safe signatures and faster ledgers. The package includes multiplexed contract addresses, post-quantum signature verification for smart contracts and ledger timing measured in milliseconds.

The proposed address format is intended to let smart contracts serve multiple customers, while the signature change adds verification for a post-quantum standard inside smart contracts. Stellar's announcement says the changes are proposals rather than an automatically activated upgrade, with validator approval required for the votes scheduled in November.

November 3 testnet vote sets the next date

CryptoTicker reported that validators are scheduled to vote on Bell for the testnet on November 3, 2026, and for the mainnet on November 23, 2026, at 17:00 UTC. The report describes Bell as Protocol 30 and identifies CAP-84, CAP-87 and CAP-88 as the three Core Advancement Proposals behind the package.

Stellar says the dates may change. The planned changes address network infrastructure rather than changing the number of XLM units, and the mainnet decision depends on sufficient validator voting weight.

A 100-stroop fee marks network usage

A stroop is the smallest unit of XLM. ChainScore reported a 100-stroop inclusion fee per operation on October 26, 2026, equal to 0.0000017 USD at 17:03 UTC. The source also says collected fees enter a locked pool and are not paid to validators, separating the base transaction charge from validator compensation.

The Stellar price is 0.17016 USD as of October 27, 2026, down 4.34 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 26, 2026. According to Investing.com, the daily high is 0.17397 USD and the daily low for the UTC day is 0.16990 USD. Market capitalization is 6.00 billion USD, ranking Stellar 16th, while 24-hour volume is 116.23 million USD and circulating supply is 35.23 billion XLM.