The inspiration of Stellar is from the most popular cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. The controversial technology helps people understand the importance of open protocol and distributed protocol on the currency flow and storage.
The founder of Stellar, McCaleb defines that the use of Bitcoin is essentially a method of the value flow between individuals, while Stellar focuses on connecting different financial Institutions, including Bitcoin, which is the medium between traditional currency and assets, and accelerate the flow among the institutions. All the platforms can communicate each other because Stellar offers unified language.
According to Joyce Kim, Southeast Asia would be the next active area for Stellar. Some agents who sell telephone charge in Indonesia began to accept Stellar coin, so topping up remotely can be realized now. In the past, if you don’t have a bank account, you need to walk to the agent and pay. In Indonesia, recharging online is 30% cheaper than other methods. The agents benefit the customers, or they can only pay by cash because there is no basic banking service.
Although the users of Stellar are not so much as Bitcoin, Joyce believed that its potential is so huge that its promising future can be predicted.
Internet is the innovation in information field, so as Bitcoin in digital assets. XLM, on the other hand, contributes to the financial Internet. If Stellar can be the bridge across the global economy? The answer need to be confirmed by time.