So like 11 years ago, Stripe made investments into Stellar, which was supposed to be a payment network that would facilitate transactions into existing currencies. I think that hasn't really gone where it was hoped?

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/stripe-takes-...

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andruby 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

Thanks for calling that out. I was surprised there was zero mention of Stellar.

The reason Stellar was appealing was because Stripe invested into it. I wonder if Tempo is using a similar consensus mechanism as Stellar (and/or Ripple)

	▲	mrbluecoat 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		Stellar was my first thought too. I predicted it would take over the low-value transaction / fintech crypto space with their fast transaction times, low fees, spam protection, and bank buy-in but it just went nowhere. sigh

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wmf 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Stellar was way too early.

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criddell 6 days ago | parent [-]

It's still there though. Why not use it?

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louisanderson01 6 days ago | parent [-]

tech debt, plus the EVM ecosystem has morphed into something beautiful, and robust in the meantime. I.e. it doesn't make sense to use something that's so far behind industry standard

	▲	albybisy 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		Stellar is modern and robust. They also lunched Soroban for DeFi. Stellar is amazing tech!