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Today I tested two other wallets: Stellar Desktop Client and Stargazer. I had previously tested Centaurus and Stargazer on my Android, but this time I decided to test Stargazer on the desktop and provide a few more details about this wallet.

Stellar Desktop Client

This wallet is available for download on Windows, Mac and Linux. It allows the user to create an account with the secret key, create a new empty account or open an existing one that was saved on the computer as a file.

StellarDesktopClient

Very similar to Stellar Term, Stellar Desktop Client wallet also has trade markets, where the user can buy or sell Lumens in exchange for other currencies:

StellarDesktopClient

StellarDesktopClient

This wallet provides the user’s balance, assets (XLM, EUR) and trust limits. It also has the options to send assets directly to other accounts, trust anchors and shows the latest payments and transactions. Some advantages about this wallet must be mentioned. First of all, not only it’s a trading client such as Stellar Term, but it also permits the user to send assets to other users, what Stellar Term doesn’t have.

Second advantage is that it already gives a list of a few known anchors to create a trust line with, different than Ecliptic for example. Stellar Term has a few more popular exchange market options (with anchors), but doesn’t offer much advantage compared to Stellar Desktop Client.

StellarDesktopClient

Lastly, I think is relevant to mention that this wallet has the option to deposit or withdraw funds. This option is not provided by other wallets that I tested so far, and it’s really interesting for users who want to send money directly to bank accounts, either for personal ones, relatives that live abroad, friends.

Unfortunately it’s still limited only to Chinese yuan (CNY) asset, so it can only be withdrawn on Banks in China or using Alipay. Still, this is a great option, and I hope soon it can be transferred in more assets and to more countries.

StellarDesktopClient

Stargazer

The download process of Stargazer on the Desktop is really simple. It already opens an empty account that requires minimum of 20 XLM to activate it. However, it’s relevant to notice that it doesn’t allow the user to send money to other accounts if it just has 20 XLM on the account, because it needs to have always some amount.
This is a rule for most, if not all the wallets, and it’s tricky if the user wants to delete the account and recover this Lumens, as he/she can’t send everything and leave the account empty.

Stargazer

Stargazer has the options to create a federated name to the account, add anchors to create trust lines, export the account with a QR Code provided and set an inflation destination. The problem of the QR Code instead of the secret key to export the account is that it’s complicated to copy and transfer it.

Stargazer

To receive assets the user also has to provide either the QR Code for scanning, the public address shown under it or the federated name. As I explained in a previous article, the federated name probably won’t be recognized as a valid destination address if the sender has an account in a wallet that doesn’t support federated names.

Stargazer

Lastly, it has many language options, different than Stellar Desktop Client that only offers English and Chinese as languages. This is a benefit aspect considering that wallet users and potential users come from diverse countries.

Stargazer

    bkolobara changed the title to Stellar Desktop Client & Stargazer .
    3 months later

    ScottLathwood With Stargazer you can export the QR code of the account seed and print it out or just back up the whole app folder.

    I think that Stellar Desktop Client lets you choose a filename where it keeps the secret key. So you back up this file.

        2 months later

        Stargazer doesn't clearly prompt or guide user with seed as the Stellar Desktop Client does. How do I generate this seed fr Stargazer? Stumped on this

          TheresaRamdas Do you have already a seed you would like to import into Stargazer or are you looking to export the seed from one of yours Stargazer accounts?

            a month later

            It appears since Jan 1sr. Alipay no longer holds balances on your profile for future payments or transfers. ..Can you confirm this? Thamks

            14 days later
            5 days later

            Hello,

            I did a transaction to Poloniex and i didn't put the memo id, i used the full adress and i lost my stellar.

            I wrote to the exchange and they need the TX HASH. I don't find this info in the wallet, is it there or i have to accept that i loose my stellar lumens?

            Thanks.

              bkolobara Hey man I am having the same issue as Alliolilove, who do I contact to get this resolved? I have found the TX HASH.

              Thanks!

                  bkolobara Maybe it is not the same thing, I was trying to send my lumens to BTC wallet, I sent without converting by mistake, I found the transaction on stellarchain.io, it seems to have gone to a strange address in which multiple users have sent payments to this address: GBTCBCWLE6YVTR5Y5RRZC36Z37OH22G773HECWEIZTZJSN4WTG3CSOES
                  This address turns around and sends the lumens back to addresses that it receives them from, as if it were mistakes like mine...I have been searching for these lumens for months, only to find them within the stellarchain, and I cannot figure out how to have them sent back! Anything you can do to help would be awesome.

                      tmill1987 It looks like GBTCBCWLE6YVTR5Y5RRZC36Z37OH22G773HECWEIZTZJSN4WTG3CSOES is a NaoBTC's wallet (at least it was created by the same wallet which funded the NaoBTC issuer account).

                      So you need to find your transaction here: https://stellar.expert/explorer/account/GBTCBCWLE6YVTR5Y5RRZC36Z37OH22G773HECWEIZTZJSN4WTG3CSOES. Copy the transaction hash and contact NaoBTC support: https://www.naobtc.com/#/about.

                          I'm trying to move 25XLM to Bittrex as a test transaction from my Stargazer wallet, will still have 2000+ XLM remaining balance in the wallet. After creating contact for Bittrex from the receiving transaction I was able to input all required info including the memo. Click on blue send button (which highlights when pressed) but nothing happens, no confirmation msg or anything. I checked transaction history from Stargazer and Bittrex and all balance no change. I'm new at this and positive I'm not doing something right just don't know what the problem could be?
                          Any ideas would be helpful please.

                            ken hey, did you manage to solve it? Maybe there was a network issue when you attempted to transfer XLM