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Wade Abel, Pranay Mohan, and Aaron Boyd all bring an interest in helping the unbanked to their role as validator for Celo (Photo: Leo Jakobson)

Cryptocurrencies, Technology

Mission and money: Three Celo validators talk staking for the Libra competitor

Wade Abel, Aaron Boyd, and Pranay Mohan took very different routes to becoming validators on Celo’s payments-focused, proof-of-stake blockchain

July 27, 2020 /

By making it cheaper and easier to make payments, Celo validators are supporting both earning money and supporting a social mission aimed at the unbanked.

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Leo Jakobson
Celo wants its social impact-focused payments app to bring the world's poorest into the financial system (Photo: Celo).

Cryptocurrencies

Celo mainnet launch paves way for nearly free cross-border payments

The social impact-focused foundation driving the ecosystem says the launch enables its Celo Gold staking token to be sent and received

May 20, 2020 /

After two-and-a-half years of development, the Celo Foundation has announced that its mainnet has officially launched. The proof-of-stake blockchain enables stablecoins to be sent to phone numbers instead of blockchain addresses.

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Connor Sephton