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The TL;DR: Definitely not ready for primetime. So many crypto projects lack tooling or a real UI. This is sad and earmarks the distinction between hobby level
by mimixco 8y ago
The TL;DR: Definitely not ready for primetime.
So many crypto projects lack tooling or a real UI. This is sad and earmarks the distinction between hobby level tools and those which can be used by regular people.
- enraged_camel 8y agoI think that’s a false dichotomy. Plenty of projects used by regular people have atrocious UIs.
- mimixco 8y agoIndeed. But the learning curve for the current set of crypto wallets and tools is too high to allow any widespread adoption. These cannot be products for devs only or they will never take off. If you want a $1B product to pursue, someone should built decent tooling for crypto.
- momentmaker 8y agoMaybe it's a combination of both the bad UI and lack of real use cases. After all, if there is a real demand for decentralized storage space, then it doesn't matter the UI, people will still use it even if it's in beta. The lever just hasn't been tilted enough with a real immediate need.
- mimixco 8y agoI don't think so. You have to have simple UI's and basic tooling before anyone other than hardcore devs will be interested. Everything we do with modern website tooling like Shopify was also possible in 1995, but it was too dev-heavy. (I've been in that business since that date.) The demand was there but the barriers to entry were too hard to overcome. Fix crypto's UIs and you'll see wider adoption.