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
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