Stellar Lumens (XLM) on CMC, or Stellar (STR) on LCW
The Stellar project is intended to be a payment ecosystem that connects people, existing payment networks, and banks, with a focus on the developing world. It lets you facilitate multi-currency and asset transactions quickly and for very low fees by using a coin called Lumens (XLM) as a bridge.
Mining/Staking
Transactions on the blockchain happen every two to four seconds.
Development Team
Stellar was founded in 2014 by Jed McCaleb and Joyce Kim. It currently has a much larger development team, and partnerships with IBM and other entities. Some early stage funding came from the Stripe payments organization.
Criticisms, Caveats, and Competitors
Probably one of Stellar's main competitors would be be Ripple, although at the moment, fees are much lower than with Ripple transactions (fractions of a penny per transaction).
Additional Resources
The project's main website: https://www.stellar.org
Link to Wikipedia Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_(payment_network)
Link to Reddit Community: https://www.reddit.com/r/Stellar
Link to Twitter account: https://twitter.com/stellarorg
Link to Team information: https://www.stellar.org/about
Link to data on Live Coin Watch: https://www.livecoinwatch.com/coins/STR
Whitepaper: https://www.stellar.org/blog/tag/white-paper