One Wish

January 7, 2019 - by David

The importance of quality user experience to crypto cannot be overstated. The underlying technology is immensely complex, touching on many disparate fields; elliptic curve cryptography, macroeconomic theory, consensus protocols, game theory, payment systems, etc.

We aim to explore the ways in which user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) in crypto applications can be improved, and the technical underpinnings of programming, when working with blockchain related data.

You have interface poisoning. You'll be dead in a week.© Dilbert, Tuesday September 24, 2002 — You have interface poisoning. You'll be dead in a week.
© Dilbert, Tuesday September 24, 2002

If the goal of companies in the crypto community is to realize “mass adoption”, interfaces designed for engineers are inherently going to fail.

Questioner
"If you could select one challenge in the Bitcoin world and wish for it to be solved today, which one would that be, and why?"

Andreas Antonopoulos
"You're gonna be surprised by my answer, probably, user experience design, is the challenge I wish could be solved today."

"I wish we had a lot more user experience and user interface designers in this space."

Andreas Antonopoulos - "My One Wish"

How Blockchain Companies Market Themselves. What Users Want. @hrdwrknvrstps

Designing for Blockchain: Three Ways to Get Started https://www.ideo.com/blog/designing-f...
“ ...it’s an ideal time for designers to step in and help build new systems”
Why Your Blockchain Startup Needs UX Design https://medium.com/blockchain-review/...
“ Mass adoption of blockchain will be a design problem — not a technology problem.”
Why design is the killer app for crypto https://blog.coinbase.com/why-design-...
“ Here are just a few specific examples of the design challenges we face.”
Crypto needs better execution https://offthechain.substack.com/p/cr...
“ The only thing that matters is that you launched a product that people want to use.”
Blockchain Is a Semantic Wasteland https://medium.com/s/story/blockchain...
“ Be honest about what you’re building.”
Fundamental design principles for non-designers https://medium.freecodecamp.org/funda...
“ This list was born out of years of observing my non-designer friends, family and colleagues struggle with designing things they need in their everyday life.”
Don't Make Me Think https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Make-Thin...
“ Since Don’t Make Me Think was first published in 2000, hundreds of thousands of Web designers and developers have relied on usability guru Steve Krug’s guide to help them understand the principles of intuitive navigation and information design. Witty, commonsensical, and eminently practical, it’s one of the best-loved and most recommended books on the subject.”

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