"Crypto will never reach mass adoption if it does not before more user-friendly"

[m2017]

I know which cryptocurrency will become popular and user-friendly. This currency will not require independent storage, there will be no risk of losing money by mistakenly sending it to the wrong address, it will be simple and accessible to everyone, and so on. Haven't you guessed yet? This is CBDC.  

/sarcasm off.

In general, I believe that cryptocurrencies are already becoming a little more user-friendly (not all, of course) thanks to the same smartphones. There are apps that allow to interact with cryptocurrencies with a couple of finger touches. Of course, this attracts more new users, because not everyone wants to bother with desktop versions. So, we can assume that the process of mass adoption occurs, to some extent, just thanks to the simplified UI.

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[Crypt0Gore]

Till date I still can't figure out how to use the lightning network on Bitcoin and I have been into crypto since 2017, I know that I can learn this in just a day or let's say few hours but it's not needed I believe, and it feels like another heavy weight that I am not ready to lift.

Many projects have their weakness and advantages, some are less easier to get involve with and some are hard, pulse chain for example, I found it difficult to get involved with, to use the bridge people waited for day for ordinary swap.

Which crypto is more user friendly shouldn't be the title of the day for discussion, but a proper manual instruction on how to use will be welcome, I hate trying to get Into a project and I will have to use my time to search about how to use the project.

if a project will be more user friendly and simple to use it's on the developers, they need to make their coins user friendly by making a tutor available on the projects website themselves, it's a shame that most projects leave everything to users to figure out on their own, some time I will have to join a projects telegram channel and ask how to set up their wallet or the link to their software.

[GreatArkansas]

I really agree with the title, cryptocurrency is still in the early days and I believe that there is still a lot of room to grow.
Being user friendly platforms is a must because some people thinking that if you will use cryptocurrency, you must be techy because at first you can't use cryptocurrency without internet connection and I believe that there are still lot of people are not yet introduced with internet connection or some don't want to use it.

[Luzin]

I really agree with the title, cryptocurrency is still in the early days and I believe that there is still a lot of room to grow.
Being user friendly platforms is a must because some people thinking that if you will use cryptocurrency, you must be techy because at first you can't use cryptocurrency without internet connection and I believe that there are still lot of people are not yet introduced with internet connection or some don't want to use it.

Nowadays it's hard to see them being friendly. You see the sign that it's already a CBDC. That's proof that the world has been thinking about adopting non-crypto technology. The system as opposed to centralized governance makes them reluctant to use crypto. Indeed, digital money is currently being used and crypto is history in the process. Despite the high hopes that mass adoption will occur. At this time I am happy that Crypto is legal as an Asset.

[Bananington]

I really agree with the title, cryptocurrency is still in the early days and I believe that there is still a lot of room to grow.
Being user friendly platforms is a must because some people thinking that if you will use cryptocurrency, you must be techy because at first you can't use cryptocurrency without internet connection and I believe that there are still lot of people are not yet introduced with internet connection or some don't want to use it.

I have seen post and questions about how and if possible is it for a newbie and non tech savvy person to learn about bitcoins. I believe these can of questions start as a result of how non user friendly and complex some exchanges and wallets have made their platforms to look. It can be discouraging for a newbie to cryptocurrency to try to get used to using bitcoins on their own, and because they do not want to make mistakes, they may be forced to not used bitcoins yet, a hindrance to mass adoption. With more user friendly platforms for bitcoins, more people will be able to easily understand it and how to use it.

[vv181]

The cryptocurrency world is mixed up, and some think altcoin-related things are fancier than Bitcoin. They did not look into the fundamental issues. As time goes on, I don't think the disparity will be much more distinct, thus people would relate Bitcoin with altcoins.

There is a gist toward cryptocurrency in general and Bitcoin from that thread, though. Bitcoin is surely a simpler network compared to others, but it is necessary we also need to empathize with regular or non-technical savvy users.

[serjent05]

Bitcoin is hard too.

People still don't know if legacy, segwit and native segwit addresses are compatible with each other.

You could be a target of dusk attack and not many people know how to not spend the dust transactions.

Not many people aware of lightning network and how to open a channel.

Not many people know what is CPFP, RBF and sat/byte.

After all either Bitcoin or altcoins are hard to understand if people don't want to spend few hours everyday to learn about it.

Simple research can give a person the answer.  For a non-tech-savvy person, Bitcoin is a bit complicated because of the learning level of the person.  There is nothing to do about it because everything is complicated on that kind of person. 

I agree that if anyone won't spend time in learning the ropes of an item, it will be difficult for him to use it regardless of how easy to use that item is.  So a person must spend some time learning the basics.

[thecodebear]

I mean yeah user friendliness is super important for mass adoption because people are only gonna use things that are super convenient (except for the people who are REALLY into it, but that will always be not most people). Like, to compare, stock investing is mainstream, but only a small minority of hardcore stock investors are gonna be doing anything beyond setting up a basic retirement fund that automatically DCAs their paycheck or whatever. But with Bitcoin the point is to be decentralized so that takes away the conveniences of centralized services. So mass adoption is either gonna happen through centralized services, or user-friendliness of using this stuff in how it was intended has gotta get to the point where people don't need to know much to use it.

It's always going to be a little complicated for a first timer, but yeah improving user friendliness is a big step needed in making Bitcoin mainstreamable.

[so98nn]

They should be publishing the articles which give out solution and not depict the problem that already exists and unresolved. The article suggest how peeps are confused about use of paper wallets, hardware wallets etc etc. Not sure why this is way to go when community publishes articles like this one.

Anyways on the other hand, blockchain is already burdened and the biggest reason behind this is open source tech. You can’t control anything about it and hence the entire discussion is in vain.

[bayu7adi]

Everyone is just not quite familiar yet.

Imagining crypto is like imagining a perfect product with unappealing packaging. This is what makes the selling value of crypto unattractive to the public. We know that blockchain technology applies a very fair system.

I believe that the existence of blockchain is truly needed by the general public. However, the public is not interested in using it because there are products with more attractive packaging, even though in reality, their systems are not better than crypto.

The statement on Reddit is not wrong. Crypto really needs to be easy to use by anyone, even in cunning ways. Because the adopted system is honesty and fairness, acting like a marketing expert of centralized companies is not a problem.

[ancafe]

The difficulty is not only associated with altcoins. Bitcoin is not easy also to learn about the technical parts. Grandpa could be a busy man who doesn't have the time to study what will disturb his old brain.
Not so many people will struggle to make money and also struggle to learn how to save their money. That is why many resorted to fiat and the banking system.

I know that as time goes on many things would be made user friendly. I remember when you need to run the whole blockchain in your computer in order to participate in bitcoin. But today the server can easily be reached by the wallet software developers and we can easily interact with blockchain through a simple application.
Bitcoin will eventually hit mass adoption and things will become less complicated with them.

Both are almost the same when it comes to learning about the technical part and that is why it is difficult for grandparents to learn to understand how to make money in Altcoins and Bitcoins. But if you look at the emergence of ATMs from bank products, parents also have difficulty accessing them because they have to use an ATM machine and the same goes for the banking system using Internet Banking Mobile (M Bangking) which uses a smartphone. I think this difficulty is due to a lack of knowledge about technology and the internet or it could be because their previous lives did not use this method.

If it can be simplified and user-friendly as you say then I'm sure this adoption will continue to spread throughout the country and including rural areas. If paid special attention and from the experience of those closest to me, the difficulty lies in knowledge of technology and the internet being more dominant, especially for people who are categorized as grandparents so they find it difficult to adapt to this system.

[PIMPdev]

Well, he's got some points. To operate crypto you need to learn some things, and most people just don't want to do that. But I'm not sure it's possible to increase user-friendliness without losing crypto's features.

[Fiatless]

It's true that when the internet came into existence it was difficult to use, but as time goes on and many people got involve to learn & understand how it works & how to use it effortlessly so did it become more easier base on it's mass adoption & common general usage, and likewise is that also applicable to Bitcoin/cryptocurrencies, because the more people get to understand how it works and how to use it, so is it likely to be possible for even both grandma & grandpa to be able to use Bitcoin effortlessly to send, receive USDT & Btc with the less cheapest network & non-custodial wallets (Trc20 & Segwit Btc Electrum wallet). Only if we could have someone to explained it to the best of their ability.

Bitcoin adoption will not happen overnight and at the same time. For now, bitcoin is not for everybody because many people understand nothing about the network this might be because of illiteracy or ignorance. It will take only a person that can read to understand the Bitcoin network and many people in my area will always prefer fiat because it is very easy to understand. So it will be difficult for bitcoin to penetrate places that have a high rate of illiteracy. But Bitcoin adoption will be appreciated by people that are informed because with little reading or studying they will be able to understand the network. So we shouldn't expect adoption until certain measures have been put in place.

[Dunamisx]

The cryptocurrency world is mixed up, and some think altcoin-related things are fancier than Bitcoin

Bitcoin by it default state is a user friendly cryptocurrency, but it's the people that go against it because they feels like they can't have control over it, while those that are investing with bitcoin, few of them make this mistakes by going centralized instead of being decentralized with their bitcoin, sone don't even have an idea about the difference between bitcoin and every other cryptocurrencies, these are the first discouragements we encounter in making bitcoin a user friendly to those coming into it new.

As time goes on, I don't think the disparity will be much more distinct, thus people would relate Bitcoin with altcoins.

What the people want in cryptocurrency is bitcoin, but they don't know what distinguish bitcoin from altcoins, they got carried away by their adverts and influencers or promoters, but some were already getting exposed to this while some were still in the dark, but with time, things will normalize.

[vv181]

The cryptocurrency world is mixed up, and some think altcoin-related things are fancier than Bitcoin

Bitcoin by it default state is a user friendly cryptocurrency, but it's the people that go against it because they feels like they can't have control over it, while those that are investing with bitcoin, few of them make this mistakes by going centralized instead of being decentralized with their bitcoin, sone don't even have an idea about the difference between bitcoin and every other cryptocurrencies, these are the first discouragements we encounter in making bitcoin a user friendly to those coming into it new.

No, the default state is far from convenient. A lot of UI/UX development iterations are being made to progress on how to make Bitcoin easier to use, its default state never has any user-friendliness. Besides, a lot of supporting factors and the ecosystem surely lack the easiness compared to centralized entities. It is not a matter that people feel they can't have control, they just don't bother digging deeper about it.

As time goes on, I don't think the disparity will be much more distinct, thus people would relate Bitcoin with altcoins.

What the people want in cryptocurrency is bitcoin, but they don't know what distinguish bitcoin from altcoins, they got carried away by their adverts and influencers or promoters, but some were already getting exposed to this while some were still in the dark, but with time, things will normalize.

Altcoin spaces have a lot to offer and it is interconnected with diverse spaces, people blindly assume it as a finance innovation coupled with many sectors such as art, games, music, etc. That promises are offered by those altcoin projects. In fact, some of them are truly captivated by what those projects could offer, not specifically directed toward bitcoin use cases.

[Sayeds56]

Crypto will never reach mass adoption if it does not before more user-friendly

You made a valid point that for massive adoption of  crypto currencies, it is crucial to make them easy to use and accessible for general public. However, it is true that crypto industry has made significant technological advancement during the recent years, but still there are many barriers including complexity of technology, security, and above all regulatory issues which need to be addressed on global level for its widespread adoption and to win the confidence of investors and general public.

[dragonvslinux]

I personally don't think software being user-friendly is related to mass adoption, that only relates to the current adoption. Mass adoption is a completely different story...

I hate to say it, as I'm a firm believer in self-custody, but the reality is mass adoption will never be based on self-custody. This is solely for the "innovation" stage of Bitcoin's adoption. To think that the majority of the population would even want to be custodians of their money is simply ridiculous, like everything else, they will want to rely on a third party to do it for them. Ideally a reliable one.

I used to think that mass adoption would be a shift from relying on banks to the population adopting self-custody and making them obsolute, but now I realise it will simply be the population adopting a self-regulating currency, ie one with fixed inflation model, and moving away from fiat, and the reality is this service will be served by crypto-based banks. Likely the same banks in existence today.

I realise many will find my comment of bad taste or something, but this is simply being realistic. Given that already 25% of investors have lost their Bitcoin, is it really realistic to think that the wider population who no doubt have even less experience being custodians of Bitcoin would take on this role, knowing there's a 1 in 4 chance they will fail miserably? It doesn't seem worth the risk for most people.

[serjent05]

Is it so difficult for crypto developers to create a UI or anything that would make crypto easier/ more accessible to people.
The internet was "difficult" once...but now even grandma can surf the net. When crypto will be easy enough gor grandpa and grandma, mass adoption is in.

There is a part of reason in this. If Bitcoin were to one day be used with the same adoption that the internet and cell phones are used today, there should be very user friendly applications, but I don't think it will ever be used with that level of adoption because of how valuable it is. Most likely it will be CBDCs or some shitcoins that everyone will use on their mobile, while Bitcoin will tend to be treasured more as something valuable. Even with highly developed LN or other solutions it doesn't make much sense to spend Bitcoin and store dollars or CBDCs, rather the trend will be the opposite.

When everyone is aiming to have a Bitcoin, Bitcoin will become expensive and maybe kept as a luxury item since its supply is finite while adoption is ever-growing so we might find ourselves not wanting to part with our ever-increasing asset and wanting to keep it for maximum possible profit. So I agree that it is possible that an altcoin will be the one used for daily transactions and Bitcoin will be kept in stash as we will find ourselves keeping it for more profit.

[mendace]

The internet was "difficult" once...but now even grandma can surf the net. When crypto will be easy enough gor grandpa and grandma, mass adoption is in.

It's true that when the internet came into existence it was difficult to use, but as time goes on and many people got involve to learn & understand how it works & how to use it effortlessly so did it become more easier base on it's mass adoption & common general usage, and likewise is that also applicable to Bitcoin/cryptocurrencies, because the more people get to understand how it works and how to use it, so is it likely to be possible for even both grandma & grandpa to be able to use Bitcoin effortlessly to send, receive USDT & Btc with the less cheapest network & non-custodial wallets (Trc20 & Segwit Btc Electrum wallet). Only if we could have someone to explained it to the best of their ability.

I agree with you and I continue to reiterate as I have already argued in one of my threads that people started using the camera when smartphones had one and therefore there is no need for other applications that all do the same thing but integrate LN payments or onchain from other apps (applications are required).  So commenting on OP's thread it is actually true that it is not very intuitive (even if the post is talking about ETH it seems to me) and I agree that to reach the masses there is still a lot of work to do and simplify to a minimum.  Even LN to this day is absolutely implausible to bring it to the masses without a very good computer education.

[Z390]

Cross-post from r/Cryptocurrency on reddit (I did not write this):

Is it so difficult for crypto developers to create a UI or anything that would make crypto easier/ more accessible to people.

I am more than 2 years into crypto, but navigating crypto is still difficult even for me:

every transaction is a thrill: Long human-unreadable address, prone for errors, set up gas fee on your own, slow transaction speed

if your transaction got stuck (ETH), only the more experienced crypto users know how to cancel the transaction

bridging one coin/token to another chain can be confusing

blindly approving MetaMask prompts can make you approve malicious smart contracts you're not aware of

revoking smart contracts, most people aren't even aware of this

cold, hot, paper wallets...people don't even understand what a wallet is...custodial wallets are way easier, so too many people fall for it and don't do self-custody

coin VS token, so many people don't even understand the difference

tokens on several chains for example USDT on ETH, on TRON, on BSC, ...some people who just want to send stablecoins to friends and family are confused how to send their funds

confusing crypto ticker names that looks quite similar

As long crypto doesn't get easier, it won't reach mass adoption.

The internet was "difficult" once...but now even grandma can surf the net. When crypto will be easy enough gor grandpa and grandma, mass adoption is in.

The funny thing is, most of these difficulties are in features introduced by ethereum and other altcoins

This is why its important to not overdo your network with useless features for developers and crypto bros (like tokens) and to stop your community on selling out its users on the promise of 10x or any kind of silly price hikes.


Wanted to put r/Cryptocurrency in the title but I ran out of title space.

The thing is, if any project promised a 10x for investors it's a red flag for someone like me, but I have once be proven wrong, few projects did promised 10x and they did more than 10x for their investors in 2021, a good example of such project is Hex from Richard hart, almost everyone in crypto hated Richard because of his lifestyle and facts he talks about, yet all the supposed nonsense he speak back in 2020 all came to reality, it's on the investors to either believe in the projects they choose or see them as red flag and avoid them, still what will happen will happen.