Aquarius is a solution designed to bring increased liquidity, and control of its distribution, to various SDEX (Stellar DEX) market pairs. Traders on SDEX and token holders will vote for market pairs that require liquidity to allocate rewards. The voting will happen on-chain and active participants will be rewarded. Aquarius is powered by an AQUA token, which is used for rewards, benefits, and on-chain voting, which lies at the centre of the protocol’s incentive system.

AQUA Token and AQUA Token Airdrop

AQUA is the currency for rewards and on-chain voting, that lies at the core of the protocol’s incentive system.

The earliest active accounts that traded on Stellar DEX before 2021 will naturally serve as responsible first holders and are eligible to claim AQUA tokens.

5% of the AQUA total supply, or 5,000,000,000 AQUA tokens, will be distributed to historical traders on the Stellar Decentralized Exchange. Distribution will start first to those who engaged in trading on Stellar, before January 1, 2021.

Who is Eligible for Airdrop?

Every Stellar wallet that has completed at least one trade n the SDEX before January 1, 2021. is eligible and will have the opportunity to take part in the distribution. Have in mind that completed path payments do not make an account eligible for this airdrop.

If you received a notification to claim a balance payment on your Lobster orStellarTerm wallet you are already eligible. However, if you haven’t received any notification yet, you can check if you are eligible on their official Aquarius airdrop page.

The airdrop distribution will happen through a claimable balance payment. Even if you don’t have an AQUA asset trustline in your wallet, via claimable balances you will be able to accept assets.
AQUA tokens will be delivered to eligible wallets in 5 phases and each distribution will be sent out around the same time monthly.

Each of the 5 claimable payments must be collected by the eligible wallet within approximately 30 days of the payment creation date. If the payment is unclaimed after a 30 day period, it will be collected back and reserved for the Community DAO fund. This fund, held in a multisig wallet for the future, will be used by holders of AQUA tokens who will vote on what these funds should be used for.

If a wallet misses a phase they will not be excluded from receiving any following payments and can continue with the remaining phases.

The Multiplier Effect and Criteria

As previously mentioned there will be 4 levels of rewards. The base reward is offered to all eligible wallets. Other levels of rewards rules are:

Wallet Trade Activity – you need to have more than 10 trades with this wallet to qualify.
Ultra Stellar Use – if you’ve used LOBSTR or StellarTerm with your wallet before January 1, 2021, you qualify!
Wallet Creation Date – If your wallet was created before January 1, 2019, 00:00 UTC, two years before the current snapshot, you qualify!

How to claim AQUA token?

Eligible Stellar wallet holders can collect their AQUA tokens in any application that supports the claimable balance feature of the Stellar network. Users of LOBSTR, StellarX & StellarTerm should be all set to collect the AQUA airdrop inside their accounts. They will be notified via an email message and also receive a push notification from the mobile app, suggesting to collect the payment.

If for some reason you don’t have any application that supports the claimable balance and you are eligible for the airdrop, I advise you to sign to your wallet using StellarTerm and claim balance there.

When logged in, a noticeable message will be displayed inviting you to claim the payment from the interface.
Collection of your first claimable payment will require an AQUA trustline. If this isn’t already set up, you will be required to have at least 0.5 XLM available in your Stellar wallet to cover the reserve requirements for the AQUA trustline.
Once you collect the payment, your AQUA tokens will be immediately available in your wallet to send and trade.

Conclusion

Don’t worry if you haven’t qualified for this airdrop. The next airdrop will target every Stellar Network participant, even those who just recently got into Stellar.

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Everyone would rather read about celebrities or watch Instagram photos or Youtube, than reading about something challenging to grasp, even this information could improve our life standard.

Today to get real information and facts about certain topics is hard and you need to conduct personal research, which in modern time people simply don’t have time.

One of the real issues that we are facing today is the rise of experts that are basing there theories and communities on false assumptions.

To support quality writers and news on our portal and elsewhere, we released our token BIZZNERD.

We can’t gather the best experts in one place, but certainly we readers can reward them with some donations across all networks.

We will also via our news media try to support Stellar, Keybase and other assets built on Stellar Blockchain as we did in the past.

Our main goal will stay the same to protect our investors, readers, publishers, and workers from false or hype news from crypto or other industries.

BIZZNERD economics

This is only beginning because soon after we officially start with ICO launch, we will create BIZZNERD marketplace – a unique trading platform where you will be able to trade using different cryptocurrencies or with BIZZNERD token.

There is a lot to consider here and this is something we are working on it – and more information you can find on our official ICO page.

BIZZNERD token

The BIZZNERD token is on Stellar Blockchain and such is no different than XLM. We officially started with trading on 21 of February 2020, but this is not the official distribution date of our ICO.

The official release of BIZZNERD ICO will be at the end of the year 2020.

How to add BIZZNERD to your Wallet?

If you are using SDEX exchanges like Stellaprot, StellarX, Interstellar, StellarTerm, Scopuly or wallets like Solar, Keybase, Litemint and Lobster just find a BIZZNERD asset to add to your asset lists.

Note: Search BizzNerd Token by asset name or anchor domain name (try to find asset by typing asset name “BIZZNERD” or issuer domain name “bizznerd.com”)

If you are using custom Stellar wallet you can find more info here – “how to trustline to your Stellar account using Transaction Builder“.

However, if you are using Keybase, it is really simple. Sign in to your Keybase app and go to Wallet Settings. There you’ll find “Manage Trustlines” option.

Click on manage “Manage Trustlines” button and find BIZNNERD asset. On the final step just click accept and add it to your wallet.

Remember that Stellar holds 0.5 XLM per trustline from your Lumen balance.

How to buy BIZZNERD token?

Go to your Keybase wallet and as Send option choose “To one of your other Stellar accounts”.

If you want to exchange XLM to BIZZNERD make sure that both fields (from and to) are related to your account.

Afterwards, you will see the option “Send other assets”. After pressing that button a new popup will appear.
In the last final stage choose how much BIZZNERD you want to receive and click Send button.

That is it and you have successfully exchanged some XLM to BIZZNERD.

How to Join BIZZNERD Luna Drop And Claim Free BIZZNERD Tokens?

To join airdrop, you’ll simply need to add BIZZNERD to your trustlines and fill out the following form. 

We will send each participant 5 tokens for the first airdrop. We will send additionally 1,5 tokens for following our Twitter or Keybase account.

• 5 BizzNerd tokens for establishing trustline and filling out the form
• 1.5 for following our Twitter account – enter your Twitter username in the form
• 1.5 for following our Keybase team – enter your Keybase username in the form
• 1 token goes to referral

Conclusion

We will release a small amount of BIZZNERD tokens on the market before we start with the official token distribution. If you want to track the latest token news I advise you to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Telegram subscribe to the BizzNerd newsletter! and join our team on Keybase. Stay tuned, because we will have BIZZNERD airdrop soon.

For more information visit our official token page.

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Unlike your Slacks, Basecamps or your Yammers, who put an emphasis on closed, intra-organizational collaboration, Keybase offers a more social environment where anyone can communicate and collaborate with anyone – via mobile or desktop – securely.

We live in a hyper-competitive age where enterprises and individuals have to be quick on the draw to stay ahead. To achieve that end, collaboration has become an absolute necessity in the day-to-day running of operations. Both startups and incumbent tech giants have put forward answers to the question of fostering effective team cohesion in the modern age. Their products have been predominantly targeted at corporates however, effectively locking a large group out of the platforms.

Think of Keybase as Slack, Twitter, and Dropbox all wrapped in one neat E2E encrypted package. It’s completely free and open-source for anyone to use. All this considered, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that people in the technology sector start using it. What we were surprised that they even offer private GIT repositories for free and we were thrilled to discover this feature. It was like a hidden treasure for us.

Platform Anatomy

E2E Encryption is Keybase’s defining characteristic, as it permeates just about every aspect of the platform. from the platform’s multi-device functionality to its groups (known as teams), file storage, chats, and GIT repository (We did say, Keybase is a hit in tech-geek circles).

Keybase also sports an innovative Identity Verification model. Instead of the usual, a selfie with ID and identity verification, Keybase enables users to verify their identity by connecting their social media accounts and PGP keys through the platform, which simplifies the identity verification process.

Keybase created its own file-sharing system called KBFS. Files can be uploaded to two different folders, either public or private, which will be signed by you and have end-to-end encryption. Keybase offers 250 Gigabytes of storage space for teams and individuals. The service is both, free and heavily encrypted for convenient and secure sharing.

Keybase allows super convenient in-chat sends, which you can denominate in your currency of choice. That means you can interact with people financially the same way you interact with them socially.

There’s a “$” button in direct chats and you click it you can send or request funds in desired fiat currency or Lumens.

Harnessing the power of Blockchain Technology, Keybase also enables users to view and verify the cryptographic signature histories of other platform members (without compromising their data in any way, shape or form).

As a bonus, we found out that Keybase also allows users to set up a static website, free of charge.

Appearance & Interface

You can download Keybase app for any OS system you have including macOS, Windows and Linux. They also have app versions for IOS and Android. 

Once you have installed the Keybase, you will have to sign in with your username and password and create a name for the operating system you are signing in with. After signing in make sure to verify your e-mail address and phone number via SMS. 

Once you sign in, go to your wallet and open it.

At first glance, the platform’s layout seems overwhelmingly unfamiliar but bares some similarities to Slack and other chat applications.

Fortunately, one quickly finds their way around the app quite easily and is using it with a degree of familiarity with 10 minutes or so.

Now we can get on with the next steps to become eligible for the XLM space drop.

How to Join Keybase Airdrop and Claim Free Lumens (XLM)

In order to join airdrop, you’ll need to install the app on at least 2 devices (mobile and desktop) and create a paper key. Additionally, you’ll need to verify your phone number.

Note: Not all users from all countries are accepted to join airdrop and below is the current list of acceptable countries:

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Ecuador, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, French Guiana, Germany, Greece, Guyana, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela.

Now go back to the wallets tab and check whether you qualify for the airdrop. If you followed these steps correctly, the prompt will show that you qualify and that you can join the space drop now.

In total, they are giving 2 billion Lumens (roughly $129 million USD) out using Keybase over the next 20 months. On the 15th of each month, SDF will give the next batch, divided equally among everyone.

At the moment of writing this article, there are 102,806 registered users. The next airdrop will be Nov 15, 2019, and 100 million Lumens will be equally shared to each user. Each user will receive approximately 500 Lumens.

Conclusion

Keybase is a free and open-source chatting application that is powered by public-key encryption. It is alternative to Slack, WhatsApp, Telegram, and other chat apps, whit slight difference allowing team encryption. It supports groups big and small, communities, and teams.

Eager to stay in the loop?

Subscribe to the BizzNerd newsletter! and join our team on Keybase.  We are giving all new members 1.5 XLM as welcome gift.

If you want to claim more Stellar for free, I suggest that you read the following articles: “How to Claim Free 25$ Stellar Lumens (XLM) with Blockchain wallet?” and “How to Claim Free 50$ Stellar Lumens (XLM) and other cryptocurrencies with Coinbase Earn?“.

If you want to find more info about Stellar and Stellar Lumens (XLM), in general, read our article “Stellar Network and Stellar Lumens (XLM) an Overview“.

If you want to find our more info about Keybase app read “Keybase App Tutorial“.

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The outstanding performance of the project is not detached from the wealth of experience that the founders – Jed McCaleb Ripple’s Co- founder and former lawyer Joyce Kim boast of in their kitty which helped in laying the ground works for what we have today.

Important take homes that you may need to know about Stellar Network:

The network is being built and managed by Stellar Development Foundation, a non-profit organization.

Thinking about financial inclusion? Reaching the Unbanked? Look no further. Stellar aims at connecting people and financial organizations across the globe in a fast and totally cheap way using their platform.

According to the Co-Founder, McCaleb. Stellar is an improvement on the problems that Ripple fails to address, so it is believed to be superior to Ripple as a payment Network.

Stellar operates using blockchain technology powered by its own native currency called lumen (symbol: XLM), and works by using its own unique consensus method (SCP) accessible to all network participants.

The transaction consensus on Stellar network can be reached in seconds. The division into smaller units allows for this fast arrival period. Participants who update the global ledger are called nodes, while these nodes can also choose their own set of smaller trusted networks called quorum. So settlement time is faster as long as all overlap.

Lumens XLM derives its value from the fact that it is the asset used on the network to pay transaction fees/settlements, and it’s expected to grow in value as the users of the network increases.

Stellar is more focused on reaching the individuals if Ripple is after the banks.

Unlike Ripple, Stellar network supports ICO’s just like the ones run on Ethereum network.

One of the biggest partnerships that the project has had till date is the Stellar & IBM (a top 10 tech company) partnership. This further validated the authenticity of what the project is out to solve.

There is an approximate total supply of about 105 Billion XLM (19.1 Billion XLM in circulation) with a total market cap of USD2.5 Billion as time of writing.

Currently trading at $0.136 per XLM. Previously the token had an all-time high (ATH) of $0.93 per XLM.

Stellar is listed/traded on all top 5 biggest cryptocurrency exchanges against different pairs like BTC and USDT.

Stellar is not a minable cryptocurrency. The main disadvantage widely talked about for stellar is the threshold (min; 20XLM) for entry into the network. To encourage users, Stellar currently awards a number of XLM to all users who complete their blockchain account KYC process.

No official wallet from the developers, but you can store your loads of Stellar Lumens(XLM) on a combination of proven Cold, Hardware, and Hot Wallets like Ledger, Stellar Term etc.

Conclusion:

Among other bullish news, Wevest Digital AG, a Berlin-based fintech company offering banking services to SMEs will use Stellar Network for its upcoming Security Token Services, Wirex – a payment platform is launching 26 stablecoins on the stellar network. In the announcement they said the stablecoins will be backed by fiat currencies including USD, Euro among others. All these shows the great interest that projects in the payment and cross border settlement industry still have on Stellar network. It is safe to conclude that with the entire era of blockchain still relatively young and many developments yet to come that Stellar network still has a bright future ahead of it if the development pace is maintained. This will lead to a consequent increase in the valuation of each XLM as user increases.

If you haven’t got any Stellar Lumens yet read our following articles:

How to Claim Free 25$ Stellar Lumens (XLM) with Blockchain wallet?

How to Claim Free 50$ Stellar Lumens (XLM) and other cryptocurrencies with Coinbase Earn?

How to Receive Free Stellar Lumens (XLM) With Stellar Inflation Pools

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How does it work?

The Stellar network has a built-in inflation mechanism that increases the total supply of XLM by 1% each year. These new Lumens are distributed weekly to current holders, proportional to their XLM balance. In simplistic terms the more Lumens you have, the more you’ll receive each week.

In this article, we’ll walk you through joining a Stellar inflation pool and configuring your Blockchain or Coinbase wallet so that you can start claiming your free Lumens weekly.

What is a Stellar Inflation Pool?

Like previously explained Stellar uses a system to distribute the inflation Lumens. With only one XLM you are able to cast one vote. But to be entitled to the free Lumens, your votes must be equal to 0.05% or more of the total supply of Lumens. If you own millions of Lumens, you could vote for yourself and receive your inflation Lumens directly from Stellar, but for most, including me, an inflation pool is needed.

How do I Join an Inflation Pool?

There are many Stellar inflation pools, but we recommend joining the Lumenaut inflation pool. This is the best inflation pool you can join, as it pays out weekly and doesn’t charge fees like some other pools.

Once you visit their site, click the join button and follow their instructions.

Note: To join Stellar inflation pools you’ll need to input your Stellar Wallet public and private key. The first step under their instructions will be to go to Stellar Laboratory site. For safety reasons make sure to to check URL once you visit Stellar Laboratory. It needs to be exact following URL:
https://www.stellar.org/laboratory/#txbuilder?network=public

How to Export Private Key from Blockchain Stellar Wallet?

Sign in to your Blockchain account, select a Stellar wallet and in the right screen you’ll find an “Export Private Key” link.

Can I export Private Key from Coinbase Stellar Wallet?

Coinbase doesn’t provide the private keys to individual wallet addresses.

How much inflation you will receive?

To know how much you will receive weekly, visit their FAQ page and enter your XLM amount or Public Key for the estimate. For example if you own 1000 XLM you will receive approximately 0.2063197 in the next inflation payment.

If you haven’t got any Stellar Lumens yet read our following articles:

How to Claim Free 25$ Stellar Lumens (XLM) with Blockchain wallet?

How to Claim Free 50$ Stellar Lumens (XLM) and other cryptocurrencies with Coinbase Earn?

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To earn crypto the first step is that you have a Coinbase wallet already. If you don’t have one please read first our post “How to Create Coinbase Bitcoin Wallet?” .

To start earning crypto please visit Coinbase Earn.

To earn each crypto you’ll need to watch video tutorials to discover how specific cryptocurrencies work. Afterwards, you’ll need to answer two questions to earn crypto. Don’t worry questions are easy and videos are short – so it is not time-consuming, but you can learn some useful info.

They’ll notify you when you are able to earn and you will receive an email notification from Coinbase with the following title „You’re invited to earn the ZRX/XLM/BAT/ZEC/DAI/EOS“. For each crypto, you’ll receive a separate email.

Once you receive a notification email, visit Coinbase Earn once again and start earning crypto.

How to Earn Stellar Lumens (XLM) with Coinbase?

How to Earn Zcash (ZEC) with Coinbase?

How to Earn Basic Attention Token (BAT) with Coinbase?

How to Earn 0x (ZRX) with Coinbase?

How to Earn EOS with Coinbase?

How to Earn DAI with Coinbase?

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How to Earn KNC with Coinbase?

How to Earn OXT with Coinbase?

If you want to claim more Stellar for free, I suggest that you read the following articles: “How to Claim Free 25$ Stellar Lumens (XLM) with Blockchain wallet?” and “Keybase App Tutorial and Stellar Space Drop“.

If you want to find more info about Stellar and Stellar Lumens (XLM), in general, read our article “Stellar Network and Stellar Lumens (XLM) an Overview“.

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If you don’t have a Blockchain.com wallet yet, read our “How to create a Blockchain Wallet?”  guide on how to set one up and verify your identity!

What’s An Airdrop?

Airdrop is a distribution tactic generally used by a project during its Initial Coin Offering (ICO) stage, where the company will give away a specified percentage of tokens for free.

What do I need to do to receive XLM?

To receive free Stellar to your wallet you’ll need to complete your Blockchain wallet profile (Gold level) to meet compliance requirements.

Blockchain requires participants to verify their identity to ensure that no one is trying to claim more Stellar Lumens (XLM) than they are entitled to (one XLM distribution per person, unless participating in any bonus activities).

Note: You can still use your Blockchain Wallet without verifying.

Afterwards, navigate to your Blockchain dashboard and you’ll find a new message with the title “We now Support Stellar” and the “Claim Your Free XLM Now” button.

Click on the “Claim Your Free XLM Now” button and you’ll receive an email with the title “Your XLM is on its way”.

You’ll also get a confirmation email once you receive your free XLM in your wallet.

Note: If you don’t see this “Claim Your Free XLM Now” button” after identity verification, visit the following the link “GetCrypto” and press “GetCrypto” button.

How Much XLM Will You Receive?

Once your identity has been verified and you claim free Stellar, you will receive $25 worth of XLM. According to Blockchain, by verifying your identity, you will be automatically entered into additional giveaways (airdrops).

With your Blockchain Wallet, you can exchange it to Bitcoin, Etherium or Bitcoin Cash.

Why It’s Good for Blockchain

They get $125 million to acquire new users, and all they have to do is add Stellar to their platform. It’s likely Blockchain will continue to do this with other altcoins as well. The wallet provider has already gone ahead and referred to this particular giveaway as part of their Blockchain Airdrops program.

If you want to claim more Stellar for free, I suggest that you read the following articles: “How to Claim Free 50$ Stellar Lumens (XLM) and other cryptocurrencies with Coinbase Earn?” and “Keybase App Tutorial and Stellar Space Drop“.

If you want to find more info about Stellar and Stellar Lumens (XLM), in general, read our article “Stellar Network and Stellar Lumens (XLM) an Overview“.

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