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Re:Design Thinking for Blockchains by thisisit on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @12:04AM (#17018734)
> One of the most significant obstacles against blockchain and cryptocurrency products from entering daily lives is bad user experiences.

I think the biggest obstacle is the use-case for blockchain. Unfortunately, most of the articles written in favor of blockchain solutions don't cover the why and hows and instead directly go for buzz words like trustless, decentralization etc. Case in point about banks:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/francescoppola/2018/04/21/bitco...

So I am really looking forward to a curated list of well-written articles on the use cases for blockchain.

Re:Design Thinking for Blockchains by bernardlunn on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @12:22AM (#17018807)
Not a curated list, but I am writing a serialised book on the subject:

https://dailyfintech.com/building-the-blockchain-economy-ser...

My POV: plenty of problems to solve with Blockchain, UX is key and early attempts are very bad

Re:Design Thinking for Blockchains by QML on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @12:33AM (#17018838)
Blockchain is a technology – and as with all technologies, it should be abstracted away from the user. The majority of people don’t care about words such as “trustless” or “decentralization”; those are essentially meaningless. They need tangible benefits such as lower fees. Not sure why people in the cryptocurrency space don’t understand that.
Re:Design Thinking for Blockchains by ianamartin on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @12:41AM (#17018864)
I think people in the crypto currency world understand that pretty well. The problem is that blockchain solutions don’t actually do anything useful yet.
Re:Design Thinking for Blockchains by umitakcn on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @12:44AM (#17018876)
The intention of the better design for products. Products also should be abstracted away from the user?
Re:Design Thinking for Blockchains by QML on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @02:02AM (#17019127)
How is designing for blockchain different from designing for fintech?