Week 3 — From Wallet Prototype to Distribution-Ready Product

Period: 20–26 May 2026

Commits: 6

Theme: Mobile readiness, beneficiary onboarding, and the first visible bridge between Sozu Pay and Sozu Wallet.


The week where the wallet became a destination

The first two weeks of the sprint focused on strengthening the foundations of the beneficiary wallet: authentication, ledger infrastructure, multi-device access, and account resilience.

Week 3 was different.

This was the moment when Sozu began evolving from a standalone financial wallet into a participant inside a larger aid distribution system.

For the first time, a beneficiary could begin entering the ecosystem through a dedicated onboarding flow designed around the Stellar Disbursement Platform (SDP). The product was no longer only answering the question:

“How do we create a better wallet?”

It was beginning to answer a much larger one:

“How does a person receive money from an organization if they have never used crypto before?”

That question shaped nearly every decision made during the week.


The challenge: onboarding people who don’t care about wallets

One of the recurring lessons throughout the development of Sozu is that beneficiaries do not wake up wanting a blockchain wallet.

They want to receive money.

The wallet is simply a tool.

Traditional crypto products often start by introducing technical concepts: seed phrases, addresses, private keys, networks, gas fees, and token standards.