diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
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--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,25 +1,4 @@
-# Frontend environment — copy this file to .env before running `npm run dev`
-#
-#   cp frontend/.env.example frontend/.env
-
-# Dev-server proxy target for the relative "/api" path (see server.proxy in
-# vite.config.ts). Only used by `npm run dev`; nginx covers the equivalent
-# proxying in the Docker image (see nginx.conf). Leave unset to use the
-# default below.
-VITE_INDEXER_URL=http://localhost:3001
-
-# Base URL the app talks to the indexer through directly — required for
-# production builds, where there is no dev-server proxy.
-#   - src/api.ts: unset falls back to the relative "/api" path, proxied via
-#     VITE_INDEXER_URL above (dev) or nginx (Docker image).
-#   - src/services/sandbox-api.ts: unset falls back to http://localhost:3001.
-VITE_API_URL=http://localhost:3001
-
-# Active network's RPC URL and passphrase, resolved by src/config/network.ts
-# and consumed via useNetwork()/resolveActiveNetwork() wherever a transaction
-# is built, simulated, or signed (Sandbox templates, SDK snippets, etc).
-# Both default to Stellar testnet when unset. Switching to mainnet or
-# futurenet at runtime is handled by the NetworkSwitcher UI, which layers
-# builtin/custom networks on top of this default.
-VITE_SOROBAN_RPC_URL=https://soroban-testnet.stellar.org
-VITE_NETWORK_PASSPHRASE="Test SDF Network ; September 2015"
+# Environment Configuration Template
+NODE_ENV=development
+PORT=3000
+API_URL=http://localhost:8000