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Policy
• Stellar Development Foundation
3 Common Misconceptions about ICO Law
Policy
Regulation
Law
Recently, many blockchain companies have been exploring the use of initial coin offerings (ICOs) to raise funds to launch and grow ambitious projects.
Foundation News
• Stellar Development Foundation
Using Stellar for ICOs
Since the beginning of the year, we’ve seen organizations raise over $1.3 billion through initial coin offerings (ICOs). While there may be various…
Developers
• Jed McCaleb
Tokens on Stellar
Tokenization
Asset issuance
Everyone is talking about tokens these days. At this past Consensus conference I was at a dinner and someone from poloniex was there. People were…
Foundation News
• Jed McCaleb
Introducing Lightyear.io
Lightyear
Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) was created for two main purposes. The first is to design and develop the Stellar protocol ...
Foundation News
• Stellar Development Foundation
We’re Distributing 16 Billion Lumens to Bitcoin Holders
Today, we are announcing that for the next round, we are distributing up to 16 BILLION lumens to bitcoin holders or 16% of the initial lumens.
Ecosystem
• Stellar Development Foundation
The Philippines is Now Connected to Stellar
APAC
Cross-border payments
Today, you can send money to anyone in the Philippines over the Stellar network--for free.
Foundation News
• Stellar Development Foundation
Making Blockchain Technology Real: Why We're Giving Away Lumens
This giveaway design will test Stellar.org’s hypothesis: there are people in the bitcoin community who will realize the potential of distributed…
Ecosystem
• Stellar Development Foundation
Stellar Build Challenge Will Award 2B+ Lumens
SCF
Projects
To encourage creativity and development in the Stellar ecosystem, we’re announcing the Stellar Build Challenge. Stellar.org will grant awards in the…
Ecosystem
• Stellar Development Foundation
Focus on Nigeria: Roadmap to a Stellar Future
Stellar build
Developers
In sharing the Stellar.org roadmap, we’re also sharing some hard-won clarity about the Stellar.org mission and our strategy to fulfill it.
Foundation News
• Stellar Development Foundation
We’re Giving Away 3 Billion Lumens to Bitcoin Holders
Stellar.org has reserved 19% of the initial lumens—19 billion lumens total—for people who hold bitcoin. The giveaway will begin on July 5th 2016.
Developers
• Stellar Development Foundation
The upgraded network is ready!
Protocol upgrade
The upgraded network is ready for developers to build the world’s new financial services. We can't wait to see what the Stellar community will create.
Developers
• Stellar Development Foundation
Multisig and Simple Contracts on Stellar
Multi-sig
As many of you know, the team at Stellar.org has spent the past several months writing code for an upgraded...