Stellar is an open-source payment network that enables fast, low-cost cross-border transfers and digital asset issuance, focused on serving individuals and businesses in developing economies. XLM (Lumens) is the native token used to pay transaction fees and as a bridge currency for multi-hop currency conversions. The network allows anyone to issue tokenized assets (currencies, stablecoins, securities) and trade them on Stellar's built-in DEX.
Stellar uses the Stellar Consensus Protocol (SCP), a variant of Federated Byzantine Agreement where each node selects a set of trusted validators (its 'quorum slice'). Consensus is achieved when a quorum of validators agrees on a transaction set, taking approximately 3-5 seconds per round. There is no mining — XLM supply was fixed at 100 billion at genesis, then ~55 billion were burned in 2019, leaving ~50 billion total. Transactions cost 0.00001 XLM (burned as anti-spam). The network's path-finding mechanism automatically routes multi-currency payments through available liquidity on the built-in DEX, enabling efficient currency conversion.
International remittances are slow (2-5 days) and expensive (~6% fees) especially for small amounts. Stellar enables near-instant settlement with sub-cent fees, making remittances and micropayments economically viable for individuals in emerging markets. Its asset issuance capability allows central banks and fintech companies to issue digital currencies that interoperate natively with the payment network.
Built-in DEX with automatic path-finding enables multi-currency conversions in a single transaction, combined with a Federated Byzantine Agreement consensus that requires no mining and achieves finality in under 5 seconds.
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