The way the global financial establishment is structured today, people are “born into” an economy just like they’re “born into” a political system. Stellar is a way out: it lets people participate in a worldwide, stable, financial network regardless of where they live.

For example, using Stellar, a family in Venezuela can keep some of its savings in dollars, or in euros, and protect itself from local economic upheaval—without having to keep bills “under the mattress” or operate through a gray market broker.