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What is Stellar? Quorum Slices, Soroban, and RPC access
Stellar closes ledgers in ~5s via quorum-slice consensus, runs Soroban natively, and settles real USDC and PayPal stablecoin volume — plus how to get an RPC endpoint.
Stellar closes ledgers in ~5s via quorum-slice consensus, runs Soroban natively, and settles real USDC and PayPal stablecoin volume — plus how to get an RPC endpoint.
XRP Ledger runs consensus without mining or staking, ships a native AMM and RLUSD, and just added an EVM sidechain — how it all works, plus how to get an RPC endpoint.
Arc is the USDC-native L1 built by Circle. A deep dive into its Reth + Malachite architecture, EIP-7708 log-as-ledger design, backers, validators, and RPC access.
Stable is a USDT0-native payments L1 with StableBFT consensus, sub-second finality, and no mempool. A dive into its architecture, backers, and changes for RPC infrastructure.
Every RPC provider claims a free tier. Most require a card, throttle you, or expire after 30 days. Chainstack’s Developer plan is the exception — here’s why.
Both call themselves on-chain prediction markets. But once you decode the contracts, world.xyz and Polymarket make opposite bets about who you have to trust.