Stellar Path Payment for stealth payments guide

[truthixify]

Tier: M (2-4 days) Type: writing

Context

Path Payments are a Stellar superpower for cross-asset sends. SDK is wiring stealth payment support. Show how to use them.

Scope

Write docs/guides/stellar-path-payments.mdx:

• Path Payment primer (strict-send vs strict-receive)
• Path finding via Horizon /paths/strict-receive
• SDK buildPathStealthPayment usage
• Slippage protection
• When path payments beat manual swap+send
• Worked example: pay 100 USDC, recipient gets equivalent XLM (or any asset)

Acceptance criteria

• Page committed
• Worked example verified
• Linked from SDK Stellar

Files to start with

• New: docs/guides/stellar-path-payments.mdx

[agnesnaomiolim-cloud]

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[truthixify]

@agnesnaomiolim-cloud Assigned. Welcome to wave 6.

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1. Branch from develop (auto-default now).
2. Open a draft PR within ~3 days.
3. Update at least every 5 days; silence costs the assignment.
4. Acceptance criteria in the issue body are the merge bar.

Ask on the issue if anything is ambiguous before building.

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