Daniel and Martin Wainstein discuss the OpenSolar proposal in round 5 of the Stellar Community Fund. Daniel and Martin discuss the features and attributes of the Stellar blockchain protocol and which are being used and coveted when designing a new method for investing, financing, developing, and running solar arrays around the world.
Features and attributes discussed are Stellar's smart contract capabilities and how those compare to Ethereum's smart contract functionality, multi-signature (multisig) capability, transaction speed, and the environmental impact of reaching consensus through Federated Byzantine Agreement rather than proof of work.