✴️Stellar Network

Escrows need rails. Trustless Work runs on Stellar, a blockchain optimized for stablecoins, payments, and smart contracts.

This section explains the infrastructure behind Trustless Work — the network, assets, and tools that make escrows fast, cheap, and globally accessible.

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🌐 Why Stellar?

• Fast → Transactions settle in 5 seconds

• Low cost → Fractions of a cent per transaction

• Global → Used by wallets, neobanks, fintechs, and on/off-ramp partners worldwide

• Stablecoin-native → Home to USDC, and open to any issued asset

• Compliance-aware → Trusted by Circle, MoneyGram, Franklin Templeton, and more

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⚡ Why Soroban?

Soroban is Stellar’s smart contract engine. It powers programmable escrows — letting us define roles, milestones, and release logic directly on-chain, without building from scratch.

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📚 What You’ll Find in This Section

• Issued Assets on Stellar Learn how USDC and other tokens work.

• Wallets Explore supported Stellar wallets and how they sign escrow actions.

• Testnet Tokens Get USDC/XLM on Stellar testnet to experiment with escrows before going live.

• Libraries & Tools Discover SDKs, Wallet Kit, Soroban tools, and more for integrating escrows into your product.