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Lumens (currency symbol XLM) are Stellar's native currency.

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What day of the week does the Stellar network pay out inflation?

From the Stellar Developer Guide: Each week, the protocol distributes these lumens to any account that gets over .05% of the “votes” from other accounts in the network. What day of the week (and ...
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How can I create a paper wallet for Lumens?

I've used paper wallets in the past for bitcoins, in order to keep them in cold storage. How can I create a paper wallet for Stellar Lumens?
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What is the correct way to implement sub-accounts within one master account?

What is the correct way to implement a system with one master account that contains sub-accounts associated with individual users? Is it correct to use a Memo for every transaction that then ...
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How to send my Lumens from Keybase to Coinbase

I'm trying to send my Lumens from my Keybase wallet to Coinbase but I'm not able to. I created a new account to send to, but it only asked for a name, then a private message and public memo. I put the ...
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Is something like smart contracts possible in Stellar?

Is something like smart contracts possible in Stellar? And if yes, what programming languages could be used to write them?
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How much inflation to expect each week?

How much inflation should I expect (per vote) to receive each week, provided that I have enough votes? For the variables in the formula (number of lumens in existence, etc), where do I find the ...
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How does the Stellar Network tell the difference between a newly issued token and a Lumen?

When issuing a new token (as part of an ICO or otherwise), how is this new token differentiated from a Lumen (or any other token) within the Stellar Network? For example, in the case of a new MOBI ...
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Does a Historical Traffic Chart for the Stellar Lumens Platform Exist?

I'm aware of https://dashboard.stellar.org/ to view live platform transactions, but I would like to access a historical growth chart. As new apps and tools get brought on board, and as more people ...
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I found ID of account merge and the lumens are missing

this is so strange and my lumens are missing https://horizon.stellar.org/operations/67678436792995841
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Missing Lumens after upgrade

I recently upgraded my old Stellar account to the new network. After upgrade page says Upgraded! You had XXX lumens in the old network To access your account, go to account viewer But I see 0 XLM in ...
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How does Lumens encourage use as currency vs asset?

From what I can gather there is a clear distinction between currencies and assets, that mainly stems from people’s mindset regarding it. For example, currency (ex. USD) people willingly trade and ...
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Minor difference in XLM balance

I have a question regarding the calculation of the XLM balance in this case: https://stellarchain.io/address/GATESQVJTO2QPFLLDS4VZQ3X6WX6FSICR6IFXIAMGMJYCMEE645KKTSM The current balance is 1.99998, ...
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Fishy or legit email from Stellar Lumen

Not sure this is the best place to ask, but I just received a weird email that got me a bit worried. I am not planning on clicking on any button, but I was wondering if that is a legit email. If not, ...
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What is the policy for changing base fee?

In December the base fee was changed due the steep rise in XLM value as answered here. I am looking forward for the next change, and wonder if that's the only reason. My question is, what is the ...
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How can I fund my Stellar wallet on the Test Network

I tried the Friendbot. It constantly returns an error opcode though. { "type": "https://stellar.org/horizon-errors/https://stellar.org/horizon-errors/transaction_failed", "title": "Transaction ...
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How to send Lumens to an uninitialised stellar address pragmatically

I am new to stellar so please bear with my question if it sounds too basic. So, using the stellar laboratory, I created two accounts lets name 1 and 2. I funded the 1st account with test-net coins ...
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Do anchors need to hold lumens for converting to assets or its direct credit trusting the anchor?

For an anchor to credit the issuing assets directly to a users account, does the anchor first need to have the equivalent amount of Lumens to be converted to their issuing assets. Or can the anchor ...
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Are lumens required for a custom network?

New to Stellar so forgive me if this is not the smartest question, but are real lumens still required on a custom network? I would like to use the stellar blockchain for "transaction" ...
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Anchorusd trustworthy?

I recently decided to cash in my free lumens from last year on keybase So I looked into it and transferred my lumens to an anchorusd account using the anchorusd android app Keep in mind I have never ...
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Timeout Refilling test account with Lumens

anyone experiencing random timeouts within the last 30 minutes to 1 hour when refilling Lumens or doing transaction on the test net ? This is happening even on freshly new created test accounts: data: ...
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How the staking on stellar website works

Can someone please explain to me how the staking works? I've just stake some stellar on their website and they are gone from my wallet without any confirmation email or something and without knowing ...
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I cant reclaim back my lumens,inflation lumens problems

I sign with my ledger , but somehow my ledger account created new account and sends my lumens how can I reclaim back my Lumens thank you " GD32…XF5T created account GAOI…5MKK with starting ...
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how to delete or take back the balance in the sponsored account?

[ 1 I have done it on Stellar Laboratories by revoking the account, and the transaction I made has been broadcast on the network... but the sponsorship balance still cannot be withdrawn
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Where do you find memo id when sending from coin base to Trezor T stellar

I plugged in Trezor T device and selected stellar currency. It took me to an external wallet in Stellar. I then transferred 1.00 from Coinbase to Stellar wallet and it wanted a memo id which I could ...
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Stellar sent from Ledger Live (Nano s) without my authorization. Prior to this on six occasions small amounts were received

I have been hacked as most of my Stellar Lumens were withdrawn from ledger Live (secured by Nano S) without my authority. Prior to the Stellar coins being withdrawn the Ledger Live Stellar account ...
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how to transfer XLM from licensed Exchanges to inactive account?

I need to transfer XLM to my own (self created) Account. I have the account generated by Stellar Account Viewer ( https://www.stellar.org/account-viewer/#!/ ) but it seems that account is currently ...
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