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Stellarport - https://stellarport.io

Summary

Stellarport - Trade Fast, Decentralized and Free - Global Democratic Exchange.

Goals

Trading and sending payments on the Stellar DEX should be fast and fun, yet comprehensive. With Stellarport, we try to do just that, using:

  • Real time notifications
  • Tradingview charts
  • Integrated, highly reliable deposits and withdrawals
  • Simple, Create wallet -> Deposit -> Activate workflow
  • 2FA
  • Account nicknames (i.e. federated names)
  • Global chat
  • 2 full validating Stellar nodes (3rd coming as well)
    and much more. We are trying to make the Stellar DEX as accessible as possible, to simple and sophisticated users alike.

In the future, we will be working on:

  • Fiat deposit/withdrawal options.
  • Regulated assets (SEP-0008)
  • Delegated signing support in both directions. Sign external transactions with Stellarport or send transactions from Stellarport to your favorite wallet for signing.
  • Testnet support (we used to support testnet, we're bringing it back)
  • In chat @ mentions, $ asset links and > payments.
  • Internationalization, our users are from all around the globe, we want to simplify the user experience for them all.
  • Create and manage your own token from your own Stellarport account.
  • Optimize our anchor so that deposits/withdrawals are as simple as Coinbase.
  • Simplify and prettify design with larger, simpler interfaces.
  • Add 3rd full validating node.
  • iOS app
  • ...and more (we're open to suggestions!)
  • Most importantly, keep growing Stellarport and the Stellar network (Growth graph below).

Daily Sessions from January 2018 - Present
Stellarport Growth

Timeline

We are aiming to have a large update to our anchor done in the next couple of weeks, including helpful emails, smoother KYC experience and quicker deposit confirmations. October and November will be devoted to SEP-0007 support. Then, we'd like to add a 3rd full validating node, internationalize to at least one additional language and start work on SEP-0008 support by the end of the year.

Description

Stellarport is a web and Android wallet and DEX used by hundreds of thousands of the users globally (September was a big month for Stellarport with 21,104 new wallets created!). We are focused on providing a comprehensive, intuitive and reliable user experience for the Stellar DEX as well as regular wallet monitoring and management. On Stellarport users can:

  • Monitor their wallets and get real time notifications of wallet activity.
  • Browse the Stellar DEX and various assets.
  • View ratings, volumes and additional information related to Stellar assets.
  • Send payments by nickname, federated name or address.
  • Chat to one another.
  • Trade in real time on the Stellar DEX
  • View historical price activity of any asset pair using Tradingview.
    and more.

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Stellarport is free and serves hundreds of thousands of users all around the world. We appreciate your support! :

    istrau2 changed the title to Stellarport - Stellar Wallet, DEX & Anchor .

    istrau2 Hi guys. More recently, StellarPort still looked a little weak, but over the past year and a half you have grown a lot both in terms of design, convenience, functionality, and in terms of custom application of your platform. You have done a great job and have greatly contributed to the Stellar ecosystem. Your unique asset rating algorithm, as well as the ability to conveniently trade cross-assets and much more are worthy of respect! I am sure you have big and far-reaching plans.

    But let me know if your project seems to have participated in the SDP program? I mean, your rather popular project with your audience can easily overshadow the younger projects in this SCF round .. Remember how https://stellarcommunity.org/ flew in at the very end of the first round and took a rather high place .. that do you think about this?

        Scopuly

        Hi guys. More recently, StellarPort still looked a little weak,

        I am not sure what you mean by this. Perhaps you mean that we haven't updated the UI very much in the past 2-3 months. That is true, we've been busy with lots of back end stuff including:

        • Launching two full validators on Stellar (3rd coming soon)
        • Lots of upgrades on the anchor including increased reliability and KYC
        • Support, we've been getting more users lately and they like to create lots of tickets.

        but over the past year and a half you have grown a lot both in terms of design, convenience, functionality, and in terms of custom application of your platform. You have done a great job and have greatly contributed to the Stellar ecosystem. Your unique asset rating algorithm, as well as the ability to conveniently trade cross-assets and much more are worthy of respect! I am sure you have big and far-reaching plans.

        Thanks, I've checked out your project as well, its really quite nice!

        But let me know if your project seems to have participated in the SDP program? I mean, your rather popular project with your audience can easily overshadow the younger projects in this SCF round .. Remember how https://stellarcommunity.org/ flew in at the very end of the first round and took a rather high place .. that do you think about this?

        I appreciate your point here. You might be surprised but I considered it quite lengthily (is that a word) including speaking to some others about it. Its unfortunate that there are so few finalists every 3 months, I wish any deserving project could make it into the final round for the community to award some share of the prize pool to it. It is indeed true that we receive some support form SDF but let me be clear, it does NOT cover the costs of running Stellarport. In fact, Stellarport has lost money ever since we launched it in January of 2018. We certainly want to get in the black. If I was in a position where Stellarport was making money (or even breaking even), I wouldn't be applying to the community fund but unfortunately, I do not have that luxury, such is reality. Its been almost two years of Stellarport (and a year before that of Lupoex), that we have provided the service to the Stellar ecosystem. Its been a lot of work and continues to be a lot of work but we are seeing progress, more and more users are signing up. We need the support of the SCF to continue running and developing Stellarport.

            istrau2 It is indeed true that we receive some support form SDF but let me be clear, it does NOT cover the costs of running Stellarport. In fact, Stellarport has lost money ever since we launched it in January of 2018.

            Thank you for your open and honest response. I think it's important for everyone to know how far SDP support goes and it would've helped if you included that already in the proposal. Most other developers (including us) most likely were under the impression that SDP means sustainable support (fully funded) and those receiving that support are going for a cashgrab proposing to the SCF. I'm glad this is not the case and you cleared this up.

              istrau2

              It is always tricky to make a statement about a situation when so few information is available; However, if I take your words for granted, then the situation is worse than I thought.

              It means that basically, almost everyone who is serious about building on Stellar over the long-term is losing money. At the same time, people playing contest with proofs-of-concept & stopping development once they get the grant are the one making profits.

              Bitcoin teaches us about the power of incentives - and if the previous assertion is correct then I can accurately say that we have a strong incentive to make fake projects and abandon any ambitious views related to Stellar. Everyone can imagine the disastrous result of such a setup. And in fact, I think we can already witness it.

                  istrau2 Thank you for your detailed answer. Thanks also for the kind feedback about https://scopuly.com! For us it is very important.

                  I agree with you that there cannot be a successful business model at this early stage. And while it’s simply impossible to receive any income. Moreover, the Free business model may be the only business model for the trading interface and payment system on Stellar. This is an inevitable trend. And so far, even your popular project is far from any real monetization. All ahead of the guys and we believe in you!

                  I am sure your project will still attract many more new Stellar developers - and this is what we all need here so that as many people as possible: developers and users join and try Stellar in a real environment - it really is many times more and more interesting than simple Bitcoin protocol, etc.

                  I would also like to know - HOW? HOW did you manage to get support for SDF / SDP ??!) We also tried (I think many developers did) to reach out to financial support for SDF, but apparently we have not yet entered the mainstream of the fund’s policy. Tell us all what you need to do to get into SDP? Does this program still work if you came to participate here in SCF? Why didn't funding Stellarport continue in SDP?

                  Well, at the end of this comment, I would like to say that Stellarport is an excellent platform, and I am sure that in the coming years we will see a large influx of new users to your trading interface. You already have users and this is cool! I'm sure you will win one of the SCF rounds!

                    MisterTicot

                    Yep, you're right to some extent, its been a real problem with the SBC in the past. Just look at reality. How many projects have come and gone vs how many projects have stayed around for years?

                      Great exchange that I use regularly and recommend to anyone who trades "exotic" pairs on Stellar. (actually started work on a feature to enable interoperability with your keystore files on Litemint)

                      One suggestion I would report is to use a more standard 3-column order book as it feels more natural to many traders and it can get confusing especially since the quote and base are freely interchangeable.

                        Litemint

                        actually started work on a feature to enable inter-operability with your keystore files on Litemint

                        There's only one golden rule in asymmetric cryptography: Never share your private key.

                        This is not hard to remember.

                        Please be kind to yourself and to your users by not bringing them to break that rule.

                        Edit: for secure interoperability, please use delegated signing (SEP-0007 and/or CosmicLink)

                            Litemint

                            Using the same keystore across multiple services is sharing private key. Spreading this habit will end up in drama with a probability of 100%.

                            If someone use the same private key with N applications, it takes only 1-of-N to have a flaw for the fund to disappear. This goes against the security model of asymmetric cryptography.

                            Keystore are useful only in case of emergency: if the service you create them with goes off, you don't loose control of your funds. However, once you load it into a new application you're supposed to move all the funds to a new address or to change signers.

                            Don't make it into a cheap login solution please.

                                MisterTicot I won’t take offense from your condescending tone; everyone has a bad day. My “users” and myself are doing well today. Your point is like saying, don’t connect your Ledger or Trezor to a non-custodial wallet. Users securely store their keys (hardware, keystore file, you name it) to use them. Litemint is non-custodial "your keys, your crypto" and will never take a shortcut (unlike many other wallets out there) in this regard, this is also why I made the wallet open source. But let’s not hijack the post further, feel free to contact me if anything is still unclear about security, I will gladly explain.

                                    Litemint

                                    An hardware wallet never give away the private key - the transaction is signed on the device.

                                    A keystore, on the other hand, is an encrypted secret key. The application decrypt with the user-provided passphrase to obtains the secret key. From there, is uses the secret key to sign the transaction.

                                    So the difference between the two is that the hardware wallet doesn't give away the secret key, but the keystore does. This is why a keystore should not be shared between several applications - be it a non-custodial wallet.

                                        MisterTicot Indeed thanks, point taken. The hardware/keystore comparison does not hold. Going to have to quote your text on that issue and close it.

                                          @Litemint Thanks, I've checked out Litemint, looks like a great product. I'd be happy to integrate/partner with you in some way.

                                          w.r.t. the keystore file, I think @MisterTicot is probably right. It isn't a great idea to share it across apps. However, I think it is a good idea to standardize the format. Our keystore file library is open source here: https://github.com/stellarport/stellar-keystore

                                            istrau2 I agree and had further chat with MisterTicot, I was not thoughtful on that - trashed the issue on Github. And sure, would love to discuss with you to see how we could partner.

                                                How is it better to create a new account and send the funds to it, than to import an existing account from a keystore? If the new wallet is compromised your funds are gone either way.

                                                  dzham

                                                  1. Because if people start to take the habit to use their keystore to login everywhere scammers will take advantage of it easily.
                                                  2. Because in that case you may loose only 50% of your funds or less.
                                                  3. Because if you're not sure about the app you can put only a few lumens.

                                                  Anyway you're asking about the difference between one bad and one limited design. Both are solved by delegated signing. I'm still waiting for you to step in. 🙂