# Something Stellar Is Coming 🌟 By [GIVnews](https://news.giveth.io) · 2026-09-04 --- GM friends ☀ **Top Stories** 👩‍💻 --------------------- Highlights on everything Giveth. 🌟 [**The Stellar Community Growth QF Round goes live September 21**](https://x.com/Giveth/status/2087196218145272032)**.** Community-led events around the world are getting ready to bring more builders into Stellar, with **$50,000 in XLM matching** behind them. When the round opens, you can explore what they’re planning, support the events you want to see happen, and help shape where the matching funds go. 💚 **Another month to give and maybe get a little something back.** Support any [GIVbacks-eligible](https://giveth.io/projects/all?filter=IsGivbackEligible) project with $5+ during September and you’ll automatically be entered into the next GIVbacks raffle. 🌊[**Recurring support keeps going**](https://docs.giveth.io/recurringdonation) Superfluid Season 6 may be over, but your recurring donations don’t have to be. Setting up a monthly donation is an easy way to keep showing up for a project you care about without having to remember to come back each month. 🔐 **Missed TheDAO’s first monthly Ethereum security X Space?** The conversation kicked off with OpSec - why the human side of security remains such a big risk, where teams get complacent, and what better operational security looks like in practice. [**Catch the recording here**](https://x.com/i/spaces/1qxvveebjzlxB?s=20)**.** * * * Featured Project 🙌 ------------------- **ECH Institute** [![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/593f559349495c632112df0de1853ce8aa570948a539d79aaa348f940714fc29.png)](https://echinstitute.org/) This month’s featured project is ECH Institute, the nonprofit helping keep Ethereum’s protocol development open, understandable, and accessible to the wider community. ECH is behind a lot of the work that helps people follow and participate in Ethereum’s evolution. They support the EIP process, coordinate around network upgrades, document All Core Devs meetings, and create educational content that breaks down what’s changing at the protocol level and why it matters. They also co-founded Women in Ethereum Protocol (WiEP), which has already helped 36 women developers from 21 countries get closer to Ethereum core protocol development through study groups, mentorship, and hands-on contribution. [**Support ECH Institute on Giveth**](https://giveth.io/project/ech-institute-ethcatherders) * * * Newly Verified Projects 🏆 -------------------------- 🌐 [**Internet Freedom Infrastructure by Unredacted**](https://giveth.io/project/internet-freedom-infrastructure) keeps the internet open for people living with censorship and surveillance. The team runs free proxies, Tor relays and bridges, and tools that help people access Signal, Telegram, news, and other services their governments may block. 🎗 [**Support Blind Veterans in Ukraine**](https://giveth.io/project/support-blind-veterans-in-ukraine) helps veterans who have lost their sight regain independence through practical life skills, mobility training, digital literacy, and psychological support. 🔐 [**W3bSecOps**](https://giveth.io/project/w3bsecops) strengthens Web3 security through onchain forensics and threat hunting, tracking scams, phishing infrastructure, and stolen funds to help protect users and protocols. 🤖 [**AgentDID**](https://giveth.io/project/agentdid) is building an open identity layer for AI agents, making it possible to verify who authorized an agent, what it can do, and keep an auditable record of its actions. 🇳🇬 [**ETH Nigeria 2026**](https://giveth.io/project/eth-nigeria-2026) is growing Ethereum’s builder community across Nigeria through hands-on workshops, hackathons, mentorship, and a dedicated hub where developers can learn, connect, and build.  * * * GIVfriends 🫂 ------------- [**Stellar**](https://stellar.org/)  [![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/fe3e1062f1030390b8928632bd0dda9e21f76e9b3aebf6ed5e98d47c5b19379b.png)](https://stellar.org/) This month’s GIVfriend is **Stellar** 🌟 Stellar is an open blockchain network built to make moving money faster, more accessible, and easier across borders. Its ecosystem brings together developers, organizations, and communities building everything from global payment infrastructure to tools that expand access to financial services. And there’s more Stellar coming to Giveth this month: the **Stellar Community Growth QF Round** goes live on September 21, with a **$50,000 matching pool in XLM** supporting community-led events that bring more builders into the ecosystem. * * * Tweet of the month 🐦 --------------------- [![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/1a02b2aa1cc067083f4472b50e009b0f56ad91c9768672b3e14205af2326e918.png)](https://x.com/Giveth/status/2087196218145272032) * * * Meme of the month 😎 -------------------- ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/ab5ba0ee76bcf7b8d4ca7f5261843d3201e15320739bceae919d7420b24e96b2.gif) [Share](https://news.giveth.io/eUrbWvyczg5ZXBmJPmHB) --- *Originally published on [GIVnews](https://news.giveth.io/givnews56)*