Stellar enables fast and affordable cross-border transactions by using anchors and on-chain asset swaps, making it ideal for remittance and international finance.

Soroban is Stellar’s smart contract platform, designed to bring scalable, secure, and developer-friendly smart contracts to the Stellar ecosystem.

Yes! Stellar offers simple APIs, SDKs in multiple languages, and tools like Horizon and Soroban (for smart contracts) to make building on blockchain easy.

Stellar can benefit remittances, fintech, DeFi, cross-border trade, aid distribution, asset tokenization, and more—basically any sector needing fast and affordable financial infrastructure.

Absolutely! With low transaction fees and fast processing, Stellar is ideal for micropayments, tipping, and small-value transfers.

Transactions on Stellar are verified using the Stellar Consensus Protocol (SCP), which relies on trusted validator nodes to reach quick and secure agreement.

Yes! Stellar is fully open-source, allowing developers around the world to contribute, build, and audit the code for transparency and innovation.