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# 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.