Celo stands out with its distinctive mobile-first design, aiming to reach a vast global user base at scale. Notable features include Plumo, a light-client syncing mechanism utilizing zk-SNARK technology. Plumo enables faster synchronization to the Celo blockchain for mobile and resource-constrained users, utilizing only a few kilobytes of data. Additionally, Celo facilitates user-friendly features such as mapping encrypted phone numbers to wallet addresses, simplifying asset transfers within contact lists, and providing access to a dapp ecosystem, including the Valora Wallet, even on low-powered smartphone devices.