I'm trying not to make speculative posts on here because Steemit is filled with TA shitposts, but. . .

But taking a look at this chart over the last thirty days and XLM has done a wonderful job of moving sideways - I've been watching Stellar's performance for the last few months, closely, and I was really excited when it pumped to it's most recent resistance and it seems to have found it's floor for the time being. I think with the coming ICOs being developed on the Stellar blockchain, I can't really see any reason for it not to grow exponentially.

Here are a few reasons why I'm watching this coin:

• Cheap to use.

The base fee is currently set to .00001 XLM—a fraction of a fraction of a penny. The sender of the transaction incurs the fee. No one profits from the base fee. The ledger collects the fees and redistributes them in the process of inflation.

• Almost instantaneous TX

Stellar is based on a consensus algorithm rather than mining. This means transactions confirm in a few seconds

• There is a lot of room for Stellar to grow because it's still so inexpensive.

How does the Stellar network compare to Bitcoin?

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The main differences between the Stellar network and Bitcoin are the following:
Stellar is based on a consensus algorithm rather than mining. This means transactions confirm in a few seconds.
The supply of lumen increases at a fixed rate of 1% a year.
Stellar aims to let you transact in your currency of choice (fiat or digital).
The hope is that the currency itself will be mostly a behind-the-scenes currency and that the Stellar network will help provide more liquidity between currencies.

What do you think? Are any of you out there holding any Lumens?