Stellar
Plain definition. Stellar is a decentralized blockchain for financial products and services, launched in 2014 to link the world’s financial systems with near-instant global payments and currency exchanges.
Technical definition. Stellar reaches agreement through the Stellar Consensus Protocol (SCP), a Proof-of-Agreement mechanism built on Federated Byzantine Agreement. SCP secures the network through reputation rather than computing resources or staked tokens, and every validator must have a public, verifiable record identifying itself. The network’s native currency, Lumens (XLM), pays transaction fees and can serve as an intermediate currency, with the protocol converting money first into XLM and then into the requested currency. Its smart contract platform, Soroban, is built with Rust and WebAssembly and was released in 2024 with Protocol 20.
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On this site, Stellar comes up in How does XRP Ledger activity compare with Ethereum, Solana and Stellar on the same measures?, Is there another neutral bridge asset as good as XRP?, What would give XRP a real competitive moat, and what stands in its way?, How do Ripple/XRP, Stellar, Circle, JPMorgan, Swift, Ethereum and Solana compare? and Is Stellar (XLM) a real competitor to XRP?.
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Stellar price today, XLM to USD live price, marketcap and chart | CoinMarketCap Markets Cryptocurrencies Ranking Categor (coinmarketcap.com), read October 1, 2026.
Pages that cover Stellar
- Is there another neutral bridge asset as good as XRP?
- Is Stellar (XLM) a real competitor to XRP?
- What actually makes XRP different from Stellar and other fast networks: speed or integration?
- What would give XRP a real competitive moat, and what stands in its way?
- How do Ripple/XRP, Stellar, Circle, JPMorgan, Swift, Ethereum and Solana compare?
- How does XRP Ledger activity compare with Ethereum, Solana and Stellar on the same measures?