Learn Stellar

An open-source blockchain network for fast, low-cost payments.

The native cryptocurrency of the Stellar network.

A fundamental data structure that holds balances and can send/receive payments.

A 56-character identifier starting with 'G' that represents an account address.

A 56-character private key starting with 'S' used to sign transactions.

The smallest unit of XLM: 1 XLM = 10,000,000 stroops.

A snapshot of the network state containing all accounts and transactions.

Stellar Consensus Protocol - how the network agrees on ledger state.

A node that participates in the network's consensus process.

A key authorized to sign transactions for an account.

The signing weight required to authorize different operations.

Account configuration requiring multiple signatures to authorize transactions.

Minimum XLM balance required to maintain account and data.

A bundle of operations submitted to the network for execution.

A single action within a transaction, like payment or trustline creation.

The cost in XLM to submit a transaction to the network.

Optional metadata attached to a transaction.

An operation that sends an asset from one account to another.

Any tokenized value on Stellar, like XLM, stablecoins, or custom tokens.

An explicit authorization to hold a specific asset from an issuer.

The account that creates and manages a non-native asset.

Stellar's built-in decentralized exchange for trading assets.

A buy or sell order on the Stellar DEX.

Stellar's smart contract platform using Rust and WASM.

Self-executing code deployed on the Stellar network.

WebAssembly bytecode format used for Soroban smart contracts.

Assets set aside for later claim by specified accounts.

One account paying reserves on behalf of another.

External Data Representation - Stellar's binary serialization format.

The REST API server for interacting with the Stellar network.

The backbone software that validates transactions and maintains consensus.