PANews reported on January 17th that Stellar officially announced the upgrade of its Community Fund, launching Stellar Community Fund v7.0. This upgrade aims to accelerate ecosystem growth and help developers scale faster. The fund has been operating for six and a half years, and this upgrade follows a successful SCF Pilot vote by the Soroban Governor to adapt to network maturity and developer needs. SCF v7.0 will optimize fund disbursement to encourage execution, speed, and delivery: 10% will be disbursed initially upon grant, 20% during mid-term development milestones, 30% during the advanced product readiness phase (testnet), and 40% during mainnet launch validation and user experience readiness.