STELLAR DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

Creating equitable access to the global financial system

The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit organization founded in 2014 to support the development and growth of the open-source Stellar network. SDF and Stellar seek to unlock the world’s economic potential by making money more fluid, markets more open, and people more empowered. The Foundation helps maintain Stellar’s codebase, supports the technical and business communities around Stellar, and is a speaking partner to regulators and institutions.

Why what we do matters

The way the global financial establishment is structured today, people are born into an economy just like they’re born into a political system. Stellar is a way out: it lets people participate in a worldwide, stable, financial network regardless of where they live.

For example, using Stellar, a family in Venezuela can keep some of its savings in dollars, or in euros, and protect itself from local economic upheaval—without having to keep bills “under the mattress” or operate through a gray market broker.

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Zimbabwe

Nigeria

Argentina

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What we're building

We’re building a new stack for digital assets. Though Stellar is open source and decentralized, SDF leads the development of the network. The Foundation supports both the codebase and the people building on it.

Ecosystem

The programs, products, and entrepreneurs using Stellar.

Businesses

Community

Partnerships

Products

Platform

A suite of tools and services for building financial services on top of Stellar.

Horizon

SDKs

Infrastructure

The open-source backend for storing and moving money.