🎨 [Analysis] Why design is the killer app for crypto – Connie Yang

Crypto needs a design movement. Blockchain technology is moving faster than ever, yet its design has not kept up. Some of the design challenges that the industry faces include:

• The industry does a terrible job of explaining itself and the technology to the general, non-technical public
• Addresses are nonsensical compared to other types of addresses (email, house, phone, etc.)
• There is no easy analog for crypto because of its divisibility
• It is difficult to make sense out of very long numbers and small decimals

Some questions the industry needs to solve include:

• How do we design intangible money?
• How do we build trust in a concept, instead of a company?
• How do we make it all simple enough so a child can understand?

Crypto needs a design movement. In addition to the technological progress, the industry needs more people thinking about guidance, education, and use cases — people who can make technical ideas accessible to all.