# Welcome to Stove Protocol ## About Stove Protocol Stove Protocol is **the first open, non-profit public-goods** protocol that brings regulated, listed equities on-chain 1:1 — with real brokerage custody, zero protocol fees, and permissionless access. Our mission is simple: **Make real-world equities accessible, transparent, and interoperable across Web3.** Stove turns equity tokenization from a *closed product* into an *open standard* — one that anyone can build on. ## **What You’ll Find** in This GitBook * The problems Stove solves * How the protocol works end-to-end * Architecture and components * Ecosystem and partners ## **Why This Matters** Global finance should be open, fair, and permissionless. Moving equities on-chain — the right way — unlocks a future where: * markets are interoperable * access is universal * innovation is permissionless * custody is real and regulated * transparency is default Stove exists to make that future possible. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.stove.finance/readme.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.