“Some concepts are essential, removing them because you want a better UX might turn out to be fatal.” - Gigi
En excellent piece from SwanBitcoin blog today by the one and only Gigi. Thoughts on the trade-offs, the previous leaps that have been made, and the distance still to go on the problem of Bitcoin’s user experience. Plus, Guy talks about what it was like using Bitcoin in the “good ol’ days” before seed phrases and deterministic wallets.
Check out the crazy images of the early internet and links to check out more in the original article below:
https://www.swanbitcoin.com/on-bitcoins-ux
Don’t forget to follow Gigi on social media for more awesome work:
https://twitter.com/dergigi
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Other great tools mentioned in this episode to check out for the tinkerers out there!
Hexa Wallet
Casa Multisig wallet
Green Wallet
Strike
Breez Lightning
Pheonix Lightning
Caravan Multisig by Unchained
Lily Wallet
Umbrel
Lunanode
Cobo Vault
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