Celo is an open platform dedicated to making financial tools accessible to anyone with a mobile phone. The platform initially focused on addressing financial inclusion. Celo believes that 1.7 billion people around the world lack access to financial services, which significantly hinders the path to prosperity. The entire stack, from Celo's stable protocol to mobile wallets, is built with this mission in mind. Research on Celo's target market has illustrated the main features of the platform, including the ability to pay transaction fees in tokens (thus stabilizing the value of the currency), the ability to send payments to phone numbers (even if the recipient has not registered with Celo), and the ultra-light customer The client side is designed to allow fast synchronization for wallet users with limited data connections.