Celo is a permissionless platform that makes financial tools accessible to anyone with a mobile phone.
Platform Benefits
Mobile First
Send or Request stable assets easily with anyone in your address book, powered by decentralized phone number verification.
Programmable
Programmable smart contract platform compatible with full EVM Compatibility.
Other Features
Stable Value Currencies
Stable Coins starting with Celo Dollars (cUSD) and Celo Euro (cEUR). Native support for multiple ERC20-like stable currencies.
Scaleable Proof of Stake
Permissionless consensus algorithm running on decentralized infrastructure with fast throughput and low fees' if we want
Phone Number Mapping
On-chain mappings of phone numbers to user accounts as the first iteration of verified real-world identity mappings.
Gas Payable in Multiple Currencies
Option to pay transaction fees in stable currency and ERC20-like tokens. For example, gas can be paid in cUSD, cEUR, or CELO.
Fast Sync for Ultra-light Clients
Block headers optimized for fast mobile phone synchronization using zk-SNARK technology.
On Chain Governance
Celo is governed by the community and it is decentralized. Protocol changes managed via on-chain governance designed to enable agile network adoption.
Carbon Negative
Celo is the first carbon negative blockchain through collaboration with Project Wren
Why Mobile First is the Future
There are 6 billion active smartphones currently around the world. However, for an industry founded on the promise of serving underbanked communities, there are remarkably few mobile-facings Dapps. The web2 ecosystem realized the value of developing with a mobile-first mindset back in 2011. This focus unleashed a wave of innovation that has taken over the world. It’s time for the web3 community to follow and challenge themselves to make decentralized mobile product experiences that can reach billions of people around the world.
Explore projects built during the #makeitmobile hackathon.
If you love Ethereum, you'll ♥️ Celo
Read more from Celo Co-Founder, Marek Olszewski
Building Blocks on Celo
- Ubeswap: Mobile First DeFi Exchange
- Moola: Money Market Protocol
- The Graph: Indexing & Subgraph
- Unifty: NFT marketplace
- use-contractkit: Wallet Integrations Modal
and more...
The Celo Ecosystem is one of the most global and diverse communities in crypto
1000+ Developers
200+ Projects Building on Celo
80+ Countries
Grow your project on Celo with a global and diverse community passionate about decentralizing technology and wealth.
Explore the Celo Ecosystem at CeloHub.Org
Be inspired by some of the use cases built on Celo
Cryptocurrency for a beautiful planet
- A Proof of Stake consensus algorithm
- Carbon offsetting with each block reward
- Bounties for regenerative behavior
- Natural capital-backed currencies
Read more from Amy Slawson, partner at cLabs
Ready to get started?
- Learn to deploy contracts through tutorials
- Integrate with the Celo SDK
- Port your Ethereum DAPP
- Remix IDE Plugin - Search "Celo"
- Read and contribute to the core codebases and community tooling
- Explore the Celo Brand kit
- DeFI Dapp Builder Best Practices
- Join the Celo Community
- Subscribe to Newsletter Celo Beat
- Join our Discord Community
- Read more at Celo.Org