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Blockchain and the Stellar Network

Learn about the Stellar network and blockchain basics and get a foundational understanding of what makes a smart contracts ecosystem.

The Stellar network is an open-source blockchain used for a variety of payment and remittance applications. Learn about the non-profit Stellar Development Foundation and the fundamentals of how the network works.

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Stellar, or Stellar Lumens, is an open source, decentralized protocol for digital currency to fiat money low-cost transfers which allows cross-border transactions between any pair of currencies.

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The Stellar Network Learning Resources 

Explore Anchor basics on Stellar for a comprehensive understanding.

Anchor Basics

Essential insights into Blockchain fundamentals. 

Blockchain Basics

Understanding cross-border payments and global transaction dynamics.

How Cross Border Payments Work on Blockchain

Explore Stellar Network: Efficient decentralized finance.

Intro to the Stellar Network

Learn the power of lending and borrowing markets and how they work in a DeFi ecosystem.

Lending and Borrowing Markets

Discover Lumens (XLM), Stellar's essential native token. 

Lumens

Understanding blockchain Oracles in Smart Contracts.

Oracles

Explore the history, concepts, and applications of Smart Contracts.

Smart Contract Basics

Explore building blocks for secure Smart Contract use cases.

Smart Contract Building Blocks

Dive into Stablecoins, digital assets anchored to value.

Stablecoins

Learn Stellar Consensus Protocol, the efficient decentralized consensus.

Stellar Consensus Protocol

Discover wallets for storing and moving your lumens - from hardware wallets to non-custodial mobile wallets.

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