Blockchain Development with Stellar

Introduction

Understanding the Blockchain Technology

• Understanding Distributed Ledgers
• What is Blockchain?
• Understanding How Blockchain Networks Work
• Understanding the Benefits of Blockchain
• Overview of Blockchain Use Cases

Understanding the Foundations of Blockchain Technology

• Symmetric Information
• Historical Integrity
• Extensible Security
• Democratic Authenticity
• Decentralization and Fault Tolerance

Understanding Stellar

• Overview of Stellar
• Understanding the Stellar Network and How it Works
• Exploring the Applications for Stellar
• Learning the Basic Stellar Concepts
  • Accounts
  • Assets
  • Distributed Exchange
  • Federation
  • Fees
  • Inflation
  • Ledger
  • Multisignature
  • Operations and List of Operations
  • Stellar Consensus Protocol
  • Stellar.toml
  • Testnet
  • Transactions
  • Versioning and Upgrading
  • XDR

Getting Started with Stellar

• Overview of the Horizon REST HTTP API Server
• Overview of the Stellar Core
• Creating a Stellar Account
• Sending Payments
• Building Transactions
• Receiving Payments
• Transacting with Multiple Currencies

Getting familiar with the Stellar Network Using Testnet

Integrating Stellar Core and Horizon into Your Infrastructure Using Docker

• Overview of the Stellar Quickstart Docker Image
• Making Usage Decisions
• Setting Up Your Container
• Customizing Configurations of Stellar Core and Horizon
• Understanding Security Considerations
• Inspecting the Running Container
• Launching the Quickstart Container

Setting Up Stellar for Development

• Setting Up Your Database Tables and Listening to the Stellar Ledger
• Conducting Your Transactions on Stellar
• Testing Your Stellar Integration

Exploring More Advaned Stellar Concepts

• Using Channels on Stellar
• Creating Attachments on Stellar
• Implementing the Stellar Federation Protocol
• Implementing the Stellar Compliance Protocol
• Best Practices for Security in Stellar

Using Stellar Tools

• Using the Laboratory
• Using the Compliance Protocol Testing App

Using Reference Applications

• Using the Stellar Account Viewer Client
• Using the Stellar Dashboard Client
• Using the Stellar SMS Client

Troubleshooting

Summary and Conclusion