Stellar is a decentralized, fast, scalable, and uniquely sustainable network for financial products and services. It is both a cross-currency transaction system and a platform for digital asset issuance, designed to connect the world’s financial infrastructure.

How to get started

1. Take a look at these high-level overviews:
   • Workshop - intro to blockchain and Stellar
   • Intro to Stellar
   • Coinbase Earn
   • Lumenauts videos
2. For developers and those who want to understand the tech:
   • Read through below developer resources
   • **Stellar Quest** — Complete the exciting (practice) challenges to get hands-on experience with Stellar.
   • Workshop — How to start developing on Stellar

Developer resources

Now you know how Stellar works, it’s time to start building your solution. Below are some key resources and tools you can use to build your project on Stellar.

Stellar Developer Docs 📑

Horizon API

The canonical resource for building on Stellar.

• Documentation
• List of Operations
• Software and SDKs
• Glossary

SDF provides free public Horizon instances which you can use to submit transactions or query network data.

• Test network - https://horizon-testnet.stellar.org/
• Horizon API reference
• Error result codes

Technical tutorials

• How to start developing on Stellar
• Creating custom assets on Stellar
• Issue assets
• Build apps on Stellar
  • Youtube walkthrough
• Create an Account
• Send and Receive Payments
• Follow Received Payments
• How to set up a multi-sig wallet

Guides

• Understanding Stellar Path Payments
• Stellar Developer Blog - News and insights of Stellar for Developers.
• Transaction Submission, Timeouts, and Dynamic Fees FAQ
• Key Management Basics
• Handling Errors Gracefully

Tools 🔧

• Stellar Laboratory — The Stellar Laboratory is a set of tools that enables people to try out and learn about the Stellar network.
• StellarExpert — Block explorer and analytics platform for the Stellar network.
• Albedo — A browser extension that allows other Stellar apps to request transaction signing or identity verification without ever exposing your secret key.
• **Freighter** — a non-custodial wallet extension that enables you to sign Stellar transactions via your browser. It's a safer alternative to copying and pasting private keys for use with web applications.

Demos & boilerplates

• Demo Wallet - an open-source mock wallet application, with an open-source code repository, that lets anyone test out our ecosystem protocols.
• Create Stellar Token (JS) — A script that allows you to quickly create a Stellar token on testnet.
• Create Stellar Token + Orderbook (Python) — A script that allows you to quickly create a Stellar token and a market for that token on the testnet.
• **SDF Test Anchor API** — A free public anchor server that allows you to connect your app to a test on/off ramp to simulate deposits and withdrawals of real-world currencies.

Leverage the Stellar Ecosystem

While the tech of Stellar alone is powerful, interoperating with existing players in the ecosystem is even more so.

Stellar Ecosystem Proposals

Follow standard protocols to build applications that interact with anchors to share information, collect KYC, and authorize transactions.

• Cross-border API (SEP-0031) — defines a protocol for enabling payments between two financial accounts that exist outside the Stellar network.
• Deposit and Withdraw API (SEP-0006) — allows wallets and other clients to interact with anchors directly without the user needing to leave the wallet to go to the anchor's site.
• Hosted Deposit and Withdrawal (SEP-0024) — allows wallets and other clients to interact with anchors directly without the user needing to leave the wallet to go to the anchor's site. It is based on SEP-0006, but only supports the interactive flow, and cleans up or removes confusing artifacts.

Relevant Fiat Anchors