The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has announced the deployment of smart contracts on the Stellar Network following the arrival of Soroban smart contracts on its mainnet. The smart contracts make their debut on the Stellar mainnet after spending 16 months on the testnet. The Stellar blockchain has gone ahead with the implementation of Protocol 20, which sees smart contracts finally arrive on the Stellar network. The Stellar Foundation has claimed that implementing smart contracts will usher in a new era for its tech stack.