Custom Stellar Federation Server

Skills used and tools used: #Go, #Google-Cloud-Platform, #Blockchain, #Web3, #Stellar, #Federation, #DNS, #Containers, #Docker, #REST-API, and #JSON

Written by Tyler La Fronz on February 26, 2022

The Problem

One of the main issues I have with Blockchain transfers is knowing the recipient’s account number, however one the ways Stellar handles this is by allowing users to create their own federation servers, which help to translate the user name into a valid account number. Taking the user name, which looks somewhat like an email, and transforming it into a long string of letters and numbers.

The Solution

Architecture

Built with Go.
Containerized
Federation server is a REST API that is exposed to the public.
Uses the Stellar Network Foundation protocol.

Features

Dynamic Memo support

Add any memo to any transaction by sending the payment to tyler+Thank_You*lafronz.com. The text following + is the memo.

Learn more about Memos at lumenauts.com
Supports multiple federation domains per servers
Supports ID to federation reverse lookups

Future

In the future I would like to expand this service as the protocol evolves.