What is a Federation address and how can I get one?

Modified on Tue, 11 Aug at 2:35 PM

Every Stellar wallet has a public key (or Stellar address) and a private key also referred to as a secret key.

A federation address (or payment address) is linked to your Stellar wallet and represents a short and easy-to-

remember alias created by LOBSTR for your convenience.

Each LOBSTR user can optionally set a unique federation address for a Stellar wallet.

Your federation address will be resolved into the public key and memo of your Stellar wallet by LOBSTR and other services on the Stellar network.

You can safely use and share this unique alias with others.

Other users can easily enter your federation address instead of typing a long public key to send you funds.

Every federation address is divided into two parts separated by an asterisk (*) - the username and the domain.

Example: alex*lobstr.co

- alex is the username

- lobstr.co is the domain

The username in LOBSTR is limited to printable UTF-8 characters with whitespace and the following characters excluded: *,>,+,@, and 'space'.

How do I find my federation address?

If your Stellar wallet has a federation address, it can be found on the Receive page or under the Wallets tab of the Settings page on the LOBSTR web.

On LOBSTR mobile apps, you can find your federation address on the Deposit screen > tap Receive:

You can also move to your settings and copy your federation address from there.

Go to 'Settings' > tap 'Wallets':

Select 'Manage wallets' > tap ⋮ and select 'Copy federation address' in the list of options: