gboigwe/nuru

Nuru transforms the way Africans send money across borders. Instead of complex wallet addresses, just say "Send 50 cedis to mama.family.eth" and it's done. We're bridging voice-first Africa with crypto-powered finance. # ✨ Nuru - Light up your payments > **Voice-powered crypto remittances for Africa** > *Built at ETH Accra 2024 • Ghana first, Nigeria next* ## 🌍 The Vision **"Making crypto remittances as natural as conversation"** Nuru transforms the way Africans send money across borders. Instead of complex wallet addresses, just say "Send 50 cedis to mama.family.eth" and it's done. We're bridging voice-first Africa with crypto-powered finance. ## ✨ Key Features - **🎤 Voice-First Interface**: Real voice recording with MediaRecorder API and Web Speech recognition - **🌐 ENS Integration**: Send to human-readable names, not 0x addresses - **⚡ Base L2**: Real USDC payments on BASE Mainnet with actual blockchain transactions - **📱 Mobile Native**: Built for Africa's smartphone-first population - **💾 Voice Receipts**: Immutable proof stored on Filecoin with real CID generation - **🔗 Social Verification**: EFP integration for trust and identity - **🔒 Production Ready**: No demo mode - all transactions are real and verifiable on Basescan ## 🎯 Problem We're Solving **$50B African remittance market** faces major friction: - Complex crypto addresses (0x1234...abcd) - High fees from traditional providers - Poor UX for non-technical users - No voice-optimized interfaces **Nuru's Solution**: *"Send money to mama"* instead of *"Send to 0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b8D35Cc6634C0532925"* ## 🛠️ Tech Stack - **Frontend**: Next.js 15 (App Router), React, TailwindCSS - **Web3**: Wagmi, Viem, Reown AppKit (WalletConnect) - **Voice**: OpenAI Whisper + GPT-4 for natural language processing - **Storage**: Filecoin for immutable voice receipt storage - **Identity**: ENS for human-readable addresses, EFP for social graphs - **Network**: Base L2 (Sepolia testnet) + Ethereum Mainnet ## 📋 Requirements Before you begin, you need to install the following tools: - Node (>= v20.18.3) - Yarn (v1 or v2+) - Git ## 🚀 Quickstart ### 1. Clone and Install ```bash git clone github.com …