What is Stellar?

Stellar is a decentralized protocol for sending and receiving money. The project is led by the creator of Ripple, Jed McCaleb. Stellar is based on the open-source code from Ripple.
If you don’t have any Stellars yet, you can receive up to 6000 free STR from the Stellar Foundation by registering at launch.stellar.org and connecting your Facebook account (to prove you’re a real person)