Stellar

Stellar is a currency and payment network open-source. Stellar allows you to generate, transmit, and trade digital money. It aims to connect all global financial systems.

The concept is that anybody utilising a Stellar-powered service may transfer anything from cash to tokens representing new and old assets. With its Lumens cryptocurrency (XLM), these assets may be exchanged easily between users across borders.

Stellar has positioned itself as a decentralised exchange, with a built-in order book that tracks ownership of Stellar assets.

Jed McCaleb, co-creator of Stellar and founder of the Stellar Development Foundation, created lumens. McCaleb created the XRP Ledger and built the first successful bitcoin exchange, Mt Gox.

• Stellar is the distributed computer network name where transactions are sent in Stellar Lumens(XLM) cryptocurrency.
• Users may now transmit money and assets in ways that were previously only available to payment providers.
• The Stellar Consensus Protocol, based on federated Byzantine agreement, allows nodes to vote on transactions until quorums are attained.
• Stellar has also tried to portray itself as a decentralised exchange, with an order book integrated into its ledger that tracks ownership of Stellar assets.
• Developers have been working on making Stellar a marketplace for its own protocol assets, with features like buy and sell orders and favoured assets.

XLM has several applications. For example, you may want to add XLM to your portfolio if you think financial institutions will prefer crypto networks to regulate who may use and access their assets.

IBM used Stellar in 2018 to build and launch World Wire, a cross-border payments system.

• Transaction fees: It may be used to pay transaction fees and as a bridge to trade across currencies.
• Maintain minimum balance: Stellar also needs a minimum XLM balance on accounts.
• Trade and invest: You can use XLM for trading and investment coins.

Pros

• High Trading Volume:

  The trading volume of Stellar Lumen (XLM) has increased in the past few months. This indicates a widespread interest in Stellar Lumens crypto.

• No Regulatory Bodies Cases:

  Despite its close ties to Ripple, Stellar has avoided any regulatory issues.

• Reduction of transaction costs:

  Stellar has reduced transaction costs and time delays associated with blockchain technology. Currently, the average transaction fees for Stellar are $0.000041.

• Partnerships:

  Stellar’s considerably rapid scalability has led to several partnerships. As more financial institutions adopt new transaction processing methods, more liquidity will flow into XLM via partnerships.

Cons

• Competition:

  Ripple is a strong competitor of XLM coins.  

• Serve centralised financial institutions: 

  Though it is more decentralised than Ripple, the cross-border payment networks serve centralised financial institutions.

• Begin trading in Stellar Lumen Coin with only Rs.100.
• Buy, sell, and exchange 100+ cryptocurrencies immediately
• No fees to buy and sell XLM.
• Exchange Stellar cryptocurrency at the best rates.

The coin had its ICO on 31st July 2014, and it raised the entire $39 million.