Currently, the world’s financial system excludes roughly 1 in 3 adults. At the same time, 6 billion smartphones will be connected by 2020. Cryptocurrencies accessible on mobile phones hold great promise in bringing financial inclusion to the world’s underbanked.
Celo is an open platform that makes financial tools accessible to anyone with a mobile phone. To deliver on this goal, Celo takes a full-stack approach developing both the platform and the end-user mobile application together in a tightly coupled manner. By doing so, we surfaced a number of unique and interesting technical problems for achieving a great mobile experience.
In this talk, we will cover some of the technical innovations that power the Celo Platform as well as share some exciting updates about how to build your first financial applications on the Celo Open Source Project and Protocol.
