desktop-wallet VS celo-monorepo

Hey! If you mean a new GUI wallet, it will be released but a little bit after the release of the DPOPS. Actually, you can check its advancements on Github: https://github.com/X-CASH-official/desktop-wallet

Celo is a carbon-negative, permissionless, layer-1 blockchain with a rich ecosystem of global partners building innovative Web3 dapps to support a more inclusive financial system. Accessible to anyone with a mobile phone, the Celo ecosystem consists of a decentralized, proof-of-stake blockchain technology stack (the Celo platform), CELO governance asset, and several Mento stable assets (cUSD, cEUR, cREAL) that make it easy for real-world users to use digital assets. The open source Celo mainnet launched on [Earth Day 2020]. Today, it supports 1,000+ projects in over 150 countries, helping to create the conditions of prosperity for all. For more information, please visit Celo.org.

Learn more about Celo at: https://celo.org/

sure, it's going to take years to change seeing the people/corporations that don't want change. a typical human psychological dilemma, i'd say, reluctance to something you don't understand or don't like. Look at Gitcoin or Celo or city3, local economies etc... why not support a change to empower people and move away from greedy, corporate/banking systems?

For example, the creators of CELO, a mobile-based crypto token, recognized that smartphone users could be key to the mass adoption of cryptocurrencies. So they created a token that lets anyone with a mobile device send payments using addresses on their contact list.

Github issue i just opened: https://github.com/celo-org/celo-monorepo/issues/9840

SEDC, is supported by the Moonbeam, Polkadot, and Celo technology.

To achieve this ambitious goal, we are proud to announce that we have closed our second fundraising, led by Permanent Ventures and Hypersphere Ventures, as well as outstanding crypto funds and networks such as Volt Capital, Mechanism Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Distributed Global, 4SV, Compute Ventures, Zee Prime, CMS Holding, Ternary Capital, Flori Ventures (Celo’s venture arm), Mina Foundation, Octopus Network, Composable Finance and a group of notable angel investors including Justin Kan (founder of Twitch), Robin Chan, Santiago Roel Santos, John Scianna from Nifty’s, Ganesh and Erik from Covalent and Alex Shevchenko from Aurora. In addition, we received a grant from the Moonbeam Foundation.

WalletConnect is built to work with different chains e.g: Ethereum, Cosmos, Celo, Near, Solana, and Polkadot. There are hundreds of Dapp using WalletConnect to connect with wallets, e.g: Etherscan, Uniswap, Opensea, Zapper, Aave, Unstoppable domains, etc. A few of the integrated wallets by WalletConnect include Trust Wallet, Metamask, Rainbow, Argent, Crypto.com Defi wallet, MathWallet, etc.