Stellar

[axxo]

got an email today that the dedicated stellar forum stellartalk is going to shut down by the end of the year. says everything about this coin. RIP

I saw it on twitter they were indeed shutting down for good after amassing a lot of money.

[Bitcoinbro]

Stellar/Lumen is not a coin that will dissapear like many of this altcoins.
After their launch they are still a top 10 crypto currency, which should give investors trust, they are in for the long term.

[tokeweed]

got an email today that the dedicated stellar forum stellartalk is going to shut down by the end of the year. says everything about this coin. RIP

I saw it on twitter they were indeed shutting down for good after amassing a lot of money.

^ Lol.  What?

[irfan_pak10]

Stellar is Upgraded



Upgrade your Account, if you still not upgraded it.

[tolikkk]

Stellar/Lumen is not a coin that will dissapear like many of this altcoins.
After their launch they are still a top 10 crypto currency, which should give investors trust, they are in for the long term.

I don't think XML is platform a stock or somehow speculative, where necessary, the exchange activity will depend on the activity overall, XML is more of a social platform and aimed primarily at promoting the well-versed in banking Affairs

[EvaStellar]

Any idea how many transactions per second the new system can handle?

Since transactions on the Stellar network are composed of one or more operations, it makes more sense to count operations/second. Currently, we can get roughly 500 operations per second in benchmarks.

[tokeweed]

How many validating nodes total are there in Stellar?  And how many of them are run independently from the Stellar Foundation.

[EvaStellar]

How many validating nodes total are there in Stellar?  And how many of them are run independently from the Stellar Foundation.

Here's a list of (known) validator nodes: https://github.com/stellar/docs/blob/master/validators.md

None of them are run by Stellar.org. (We do run a couple nodes recording and saving network history, just FYI).

[joe 90]

got an email today that the dedicated stellar forum stellartalk is going to shut down by the end of the year. says everything about this coin. RIP

I saw it on twitter they were indeed shutting down for good after amassing a lot of money.

^ Lol.  What?

He must be talking about the forum shutting down.

Stellartalks been shut down, but stellar.org is still up. There can't be a good replacement forum yet because there is no link to one at stellar.org

https://www.stellar.org/

It links to facebook, twitter, etc but it used to link to stellartalk. It's important for the community to have a forum to talk about stellar. Stellar.org should set one up themselves like ripple did.

[EvaStellar]

Not sure if you've seen it, but there's a Stellar chat at slack.stellar.org - that's where most of the community (and Stellar.org team) hangs out.  It's a bit more real-time than a forum, but it also works very well asynchronously. If you don't like Slack, the chat mirrors with stellar-dev on IRC.

[tokeweed]

How many validating nodes total are there in Stellar?  And how many of them are run independently from the Stellar Foundation.

Here's a list of (known) validator nodes: https://github.com/stellar/docs/blob/master/validators.md

None of them are run by Stellar.org. (We do run a couple nodes recording and saving network history, just FYI).

Ok.  Thanks.

[EvaStellar]

New technical piece from Jed McCaleb about what's new on the upgraded Stellar network

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/stellar-s-jed-mccaleb-what-s-new-on-the-upgraded-stellar-network-1452109082

[EvaStellar]

Core developer update on Jed, Graydon, and David: https://www.stellar.org/blog/core-developer-team-updates/

[Abiky]

I never understood how Stellar works in terms of usability, wallet creation, etc. I might need some clarifications on this. How do I exactly set up a LMN wallet? I don't seem to find a Stellar client anywhere. Is there a beginners guide for Stellar out there? 

[EvaStellar]

I never understood how Stellar works in terms of usability, wallet creation, etc. I might need some clarifications on this. How do I exactly set up a LMN wallet? I don't seem to find a Stellar client anywhere. Is there a beginners guide for Stellar out there? 

There's a knowledge center with some FAQ's on getting started with Stellar. You might find this article on creating a new account helpful: https://stellarorg.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/206354176-How-do-I-create-a-new-account-on-the-upgraded-network-

Also the Stellar Slack chat at slack.stellar.org (also mirrored with IRC at #stellar-dev ) is a good place to ask questions and get acquainted with Stellar.

[Abiky]

I never understood how Stellar works in terms of usability, wallet creation, etc. I might need some clarifications on this. How do I exactly set up a LMN wallet? I don't seem to find a Stellar client anywhere. Is there a beginners guide for Stellar out there? 

There's a knowledge center with some FAQ's on getting started with Stellar. You might find this article on creating a new account helpful: https://stellarorg.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/206354176-How-do-I-create-a-new-account-on-the-upgraded-network-

Also the Stellar Slack chat at slack.stellar.org (also mirrored with IRC at #stellar-dev ) is a good place to ask questions and get acquainted with Stellar.

Hey thanks for sharing this useful source of information. I will take the time to read it out and eventually buy my first LMN. Considering the features that Stellar has, I think it is a little undervalued (in terms of price) but makes it a great long term investment. If I have any more doubts, I will definitely use the Slack chat. 

[iluvbitcoins]

Wasn't every account here supposed to get 6000 stellar eventually?

I know they decreased it to around 1200, but wasn't the remaining part supposed to be given later?

[EvaStellar]

Some Stellar-in-the-real-world news: "Stellar Partners With Oradian To Bring Instant Money Transfer To Nigeria"
http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/02/stellar-partners-with-oradian-to-bring-instant-money-transfer-to-nigeria/

Yesterday marked the launch of a low-cost payment transfer network among several microfinance organizations in Nigeria. Via an integration with microfinance software provider Oradian, this network reaches a total of 200 branches and serves over 300,000 end clients (over 90% are women), mainly in rural areas across Nigeria.

[TPTB_need_war]

Stellar's SCP consensus algorithm can be preempted forever by a Sybil attack (or it can be centralized where users trust those well known banks and such):

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1319681.msg13778110#msg13778110

[iluvbitcoins]

My question is if my account is going to get more stellar eventually