Python backend quickstart

[truthixify]

Tier: M (2-4 days) | Type: tutorial

Context. Stellar's Python SDK (stellar-sdk) has a large user base among fintech backends and treasury tools. Devs on Discord ask how to talk to Wraith contracts from Python without owning the TS toolchain. A quickstart that shows scan-key derivation, announcement fetch, and stealth send from Python covers that audience.

Scope.

• New guides/quickstarts/python.mdx.
• pip install stellar-sdk + minimal helper for stealth-key derivation.
• Fetch announcement events from Horizon / Soroban RPC.
• Scan for owned announcements.
• Send a stealth payment.
• Note the boundary: derivation crypto lives in a small utility file included inline.

Acceptance.

• Example runs on Python 3.11+ against futurenet
• Python fences marked no-check for TS gate
• Renders in mint dev
• Nav entry under Guides
• Cross-linked from sdk/overview.mdx

Files. guides/quickstarts/python.mdx (new), sdk/overview.mdx, docs.json.

[davidhacks-web]

@davidhacks-web has applied to work on this issue as part of the Stellar Wave Program's 8th wave.

Hello maintainer, please assign this to me

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[Mathew2k-hash]

@Mathew2k-hash has applied to work on this issue as part of the Stellar Wave Program's 8th wave.

I'd like to take on this issue because I enjoy creating developer-focused documentation and onboarding guides. The scope is clear, and I can deliver a concise Python quickstart covering stealth-key derivation, announcement scanning, and stealth payments while ensuring it works with Python 3.11+, renders correctly in "mint dev", and is properly linked within the docs. I can also validate that all examples and navigation updates meet the acceptance criteria.

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[madaraUchiha1955]

@madaraUchiha1955 has applied to work on this issue as part of the Stellar Wave Program's 8th wave.

Hi maintainer, I have assessed this issue and I am sure I have worked on tasks similar to this one before, I would love to complete this project. Kindly assign it to me

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