{"id":13599,"date":"2023-01-16T10:32:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T10:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/?p=13599"},"modified":"2022-07-02T02:49:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T02:49:51","slug":"stellar-lumens-to-recharge-bitcard-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/stellar-lumens-to-recharge-bitcard-card","title":{"rendered":"Now you can top up your Bitcard with Stellar Lumens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Alternar tabla de contenidos\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #ffffff;color:#ffffff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #ffffff;color:#ffffff\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/stellar-lumens-to-recharge-bitcard-card\/#stellar_lumens_is_already_one_of_the_7_cryptocurrencies_used_to_top_up_the_bitnovo_bitcard\" >Stellar Lumens is already one of the 7 cryptocurrencies used to top up the Bitnovo Bitcard<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/stellar-lumens-to-recharge-bitcard-card\/#why_stellar_lumens\" >Why Stellar Lumens?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/stellar-lumens-to-recharge-bitcard-card\/#stellar_lumens_and_the_fight_against_poverty\" >Stellar Lumens and the fight against poverty<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Tiempo de lectura:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutos<\/span><\/span><div id=\"row-1716094905\" class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width align-equal align-center\">\n<div class=\"col small-12 large-12\">\n<div class=\"col-inner\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"stellar_lumens_is_already_one_of_the_7_cryptocurrencies_used_to_top_up_the_bitnovo_bitcard\"><\/span><span data-line-height=\"xl\"><b>Stellar Lumens is already one of the 7 cryptocurrencies used to top up the Bitnovo Bitcard<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"row-980564355\" class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width align-equal align-center\">\n<div class=\"col small-12 large-12\">\n<div class=\"col-inner\">\n<p>This 2018 has been a tough year, as it has been protagonist of a great volatility of cryptocurrencies and, on the other hand, of the appearance of hundreds of new tokens, which have filled and enriched the horizon of blockchain technology and the world of cryptography.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"row-211992758\" class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width align-equal align-center\">\n<div class=\"col small-12 large-12\">\n<div class=\"col-inner\">\n<p>In Bitnovo we want to conclude this year by contributing to disseminate and support the benefits of this technology, already accepted globally, with the introduction of a token that has a very special meaning for us, for the characteristics and the noble cause for which it was created.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"row-1314971395\" class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width align-equal align-center\">\n<div class=\"col small-12 large-12\">\n<div class=\"col-inner\">\n<p>From today, Bitnovo introduces\u00a0<b>Stellar Lumens<\/b>\u00a0among the cryptocurrencies used\u00a0<b><i>to top up the anonymous card\u00a0<\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/bitcoin-debit-card-topup-en\"><b><i>Bitcard<\/i><\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"row-226704427\" class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width align-equal align-center\">\n<div class=\"col small-12 large-12\">\n<div class=\"col-inner\">\n<p>As our users will remember, a few months ago in Bitnovo we launched\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/crypto-debit-card-bitcard\/\">4 new coins to top up the Bitcard card<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With the introduction of Stellar Lumens, it will now be possible to\u00a0<b>top up the Bitcard with 7 different types of cryptocurrencies<\/b>:\u00a0<b><i>bitcoin<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(BTC),\u00a0<b><i>Dash<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(DASH),\u00a0<b><i>Litecoin<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(LTC),\u00a0<b><i>Bitcoin Cash<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(BCH),\u00a0<b><i>Ripple<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(XRP),\u00a0<b><i>Zcash<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(ZEC) and\u00a0<b><i>Stellar Lumens<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(XLM). ).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"row-1236998807\" class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width align-equal align-center\">\n<div class=\"col small-12 large-12\">\n<div class=\"col-inner\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"why_stellar_lumens\"><\/span><b>Why Stellar Lumens?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"row-587861718\" class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width align-equal align-center\">\n<div class=\"col small-12 large-12\">\n<div class=\"col-inner\">\n<p><b>Stellar\u00a0<\/b>is a network managed by a non-profit organization:\u00a0<b>Stellar Development Foundation<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Lumens\u00a0<\/b>is the digital currency of the Stellar network, represented by its symbol \u2018XLM\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"row-1933672226\" class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width align-equal align-center\">\n<div class=\"col small-12 large-12\">\n<div class=\"col-inner\">\n<p>Like the other cryptocurrencies, this token uses a decentralized blockchain protocol.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b><i>What differentiates Lumens from the other tokens is that Stellar\u2019s payment network offers a faster, cheaper and safer platform for the money transfer around the world, without geographical restrictions<\/i><\/b>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That is because Stellar is bound by a technology designed to provide a\u00a0<b>distributed payment system<\/b>\u00a0(<i>Distributed Ledger<\/i>), a unique system in the blockchain ecosystem, being based on a consensus algorithm (the\u00a0<i>Stellar Consensus Protocol<\/i>) that does not depend on the miners, but of the entire community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"row-1880782535\" class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width align-equal align-center\">\n<div class=\"col small-12 large-12\">\n<div class=\"col-inner text-center\">\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5424 lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/buy-stellar-online-bitnovo.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/buy-stellar-online-bitnovo.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/buy-stellar-online-bitnovo-300x203.jpg 300w\" alt=\"sell-stellar-online-bitnovo\" width=\"580\" height=\"393\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/buy-stellar-online-bitnovo.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/buy-stellar-online-bitnovo-300x203.jpg 300w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/buy-stellar-online-bitnovo.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"row-972447001\" class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width align-equal align-center\">\n<div class=\"col small-12 large-12\">\n<div class=\"col-inner\">\n<p>For this reason\u00a0<b><i>Stellar transactions are carried out in a very fast period of time<\/i><\/b>, which can vary from 2 to 5 seconds, which considerably reduces the cost (0.00001 lumens per transaction) and the slowness of transactions, overcoming one of the limits of many other cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"row-914099813\" class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width align-equal align-center\">\n<div class=\"col small-12 large-12\">\n<div class=\"col-inner\">\n<p>But the most important characteristic that turns Stellar into a special token is the role that this coin plays as a\u00a0<b><i>bridge between the cryptocurrencies community and the traditional centralized financial institutions<\/i><\/b>,\u00a0through the inclusion of unbanked services.<\/p>\n<p>The Stellar network in fact allows the exchange of both fiat and crypto and transactions in multiple currencies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"row-1073328766\" class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width align-equal align-center\">\n<div class=\"col small-12 large-12\">\n<div class=\"col-inner\">\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"stellar_lumens_and_the_fight_against_poverty\"><\/span><b>Stellar Lumens and the fight against poverty<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"row-1402208131\" class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width align-equal align-center\">\n<div class=\"col small-12 large-12\">\n<div class=\"col-inner\">\n<p>We already know the difficulty of access that the most needy people have to the banking and financial system.<\/p>\n<p>What the Stellar Development Foundation proposes is to\u00a0<b>eliminate these barriers and combat poverty<\/b>, creating a network that allows people from all over the world, especially those who do not have access to a bank account, to avoid banks, to exchange money through transactions in multiple currencies, so that they can freely exchange, store and access money.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"row-1218551545\" class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width align-equal align-center\">\n<div class=\"col small-12 large-12\">\n<div class=\"col-inner\">\n<p><i>Thanks to the inclusion of XLM in our vouchers and gift cards, and now in the Bitcard, we completely closed the circle to be able to provide a financial inclusion service, thanks to the blockchain technology offered by Stellar.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"row-1900622470\" class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width align-equal align-center\">\n<div class=\"col small-12 large-12\">\n<div class=\"col-inner\">\n<p>Stellar Lumens (XLM) today reaches the \u00a0fourth place in the total market capitalization (<strong><i>source coinmarketcap.com<\/i><\/strong>), becoming one of the most dominant currencies in the market.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"row-970530563\" class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width align-equal align-center\">\n<div class=\"col small-12 large-12\">\n<div class=\"col-inner\">\n<p>We do not need any more words to express our respect and support for a crypto that has reached to fully follow the philosophy that is at the core of bitcoin:\u00a0<b><i>to put citizens, especially the most needy, at the center of a more transparent, fair and safe economic system<\/i><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Today we are very happy to have reached this other important goal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Tiempo de lectura:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutos<\/span><\/span>Stellar Lumens is already one of the 7 cryptocurrencies used to top up the Bitnovo Bitcard This 2018 has been a tough year, as it has been protagonist of a great volatility of cryptocurrencies and, on the 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