hi,

wiki username is: biscottigelato

Thanks!

I think Bitcoin as a store of value / investment vehicle is a widely accepted use-case. What are some of the friction points you can think of that inhibits even wider adoption of Bitcoin as an investment? Just hoping for some wisdom of the crowd here. A few I can think of is:

- Difficulty in understanding what Bitcoin or cryptocurrency is for the layman (education)
- Poor UI/UX for some exchanges when someone tries to buy
- Poor UI/UX for KYC process that is needed before someone can even fund their account
- Account funding is also a cumbersome pain point that might turn some people away
- Centralized exchange is subject to hacking making storing Bitcoin with them a risk
- Retrieving and keeping Bitcoin in a private wallet is a lot of effort for the layman. Private key management is also high risk.

Anything else? Thanks!

Hi,

After listening to Jimmy Song's podcast on Unchained (by Laura Shin). I am conflicted whether he is right. This summary is basically that blockchain has little to no use-case beyond currency, smart contract is basically impossible due to the oracle problem, especially in the case of private blockchain where it will simply not deliver any value.

What would be the clearest counter-example to refute Jimmy Song's argument? Are there any? Or is 100% of these altcoin/private blockchain projects still in development?

*I know there are projects that have products, but they usually does not actually utilize the blockchain aspect, which is usually stated to be 'in development'.

*This is the episode I'm talking about: http://unchainedpodcast.co/jimmy-song-on-why-bitcoin-will-be-the-winning-cryptocurrency-ep69

Just want to say I updated all the screens based on various feedback I've gotten. Go check it out and see if you like or dislike any parts of the new update. Thanks!

I am an independent Swift developer looking for a new project to work on. Thinking if it's a good idea to start yet another effort to create an iOS Lightning Wallet. It seems there are several (mostly closed sourced) efforts. But still, there are no functional iOS wallet rivalling what they have over on Android-land...

I have since put together an InVision prototype (link below). Knowing that UX is important to the adoption of Lightning and Bitcoin in general, I am hoping to get some feedback on UX before I start committing a lot of code. It’ll be awesome if you can give the InVision prototype a test-drive. You can comment directly in InVision, or just ping me right here. Thanks so much!

https://howardhwlee.com/lightning