📚Fundamentals of Integrating with Stellar

An overview of the Stellar network and its features

Stellar is where blockchain technology meets tangible, real-world applications, empowering builders to unlock both human and economic potential. It's a platform that merges the power of a decentralized blockchain network with a global ecosystem of innovators, creating borderless opportunities that are as limitless as ideas themselves. Stellar offers the tools to make an impact in the real world, facilitating new digital asset products and services that enhance access to the global financial system.

Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit organization that supports the development and growth of the Stellar network.

This guide showcases some of Stellar’s core features, capabilities, and tools to get you started building an application, issuing an asset, or writing your first smart contract.

The Benefits

• 🚀 Fast & Efficient: Stellar transactions complete in about five seconds, showcasing the network's efficiency and scalability, with the capability to process 1,000 operations per ledger.

• 💸Cost-Effective: Transaction costs on Stellar are incredibly low, averaging a fraction of a penny. Discover more about Stellar in the Introduction to Stellar.

Soroban: The Smart Contracts Platform on Stellar

🛠️ Soroban is a Rust-based smart contracts platform designed for scale and sensibility, enhancing Stellar's blockchain values. Check out Soroban's capabilities and the EVM migration guide.

Stellar Ecosystem Proposals (SEPs)

📘 SEPs are blueprints for building products or services that interoperate seamlessly within the Stellar network, not implementations themselves but detailed standards for implementation. Dive into the developer documentation for comprehensive guides.