| Vitalik Buterin on Ethereum UX |
Foundational |
Good UX is about the worst case, not the average. A sleek UI that fails 0.723% of the time is worse than an uglier predictable one. |
https://vitalik.eth.limo/ |
| Principles for Web3 Product Design (a16z) |
Foundational |
Building simpler products by protecting users from security pitfalls |
https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/videos/principles-for-web3-product-design/ |
| Web 3.0 and the Future of Trust (a16z) |
Foundational |
Programmable trust as a new computing paradigm |
https://a16z.com/web-3-0-and-the-future-of-trust/ |
| Crypto UX is pretty good, actually (Command AI) |
Foundational |
Contrarian take on how Rainbow vs MetaMask shows UX evolution in real time |
https://www.command.ai/blog/crypto-web3-ux/ |
| Rainbow's design-first approach (TechCrunch) |
Wallet Design |
Why they built from scratch and departed from utilitarian developer tools |
https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/15/web3-mobile-wallet-startup-rainbow-raises-18m-series-a-from-alexis-ohanians-fund/ |
| Phantom UX Teardown |
Wallet Design |
Onboarding gaps for new users with comparative analysis against Rainbow and Coinbase |
https://medium.com/@katerinakachavina/got-phantom-now-what-1d39b3a4fa05 |
| Lace — Speed, simplicity, and seamless flow (IOG) |
Wallet Design |
How Cardano's wallet team gathered user feedback early and built around speed/simplicity |
https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2022/06/10/lace-speed-simplicity-and-seamless-flow/ |
| 5 UX Design Principles for Crypto Wallets (Spacekayak) |
Wallet Design |
Onboarding, visual security cues, transaction summaries, gamified security |
https://www.spacekayak.xyz/blogs/5-ux-design-principles-for-the-best-crypto-wallet-experience |
| Beyond Seed Phrases — Account Abstraction (Nasdaq) |
Onboarding |
Account abstraction and seedless wallets as path to mass adoption |
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/revolutionizing-web3-onboarding:-beyond-seed-phrases-and-towards-account-abstraction |
| How to simplify user onboarding (Sequence) |
Onboarding |
Chain abstraction, instant wallet creation, reducing time-to-first-action |
https://sequence.xyz/blog/how-to-simplify-user-onboarding-for-a-web3-app |
| Simplifying Account Abstraction (Web3Auth) |
Onboarding |
Why EOAs create poor UX and how smart accounts solve it. ERC-4337 primer. |
https://blog.web3auth.io/what-on-earth-is-account-abstraction/ |
| User Onboarding in Web3 — Challenges (Magic.link) |
Onboarding |
WaaS solutions and balancing security education with simplification |
https://magic.link/posts/user-onboarding-web3-challenges-best-practices |
| Simplifying Complex DeFi Interactions — UX Case Study |
DeFi/Marketplace |
Visual hierarchy, simplified data presentation, progressive disclosure for DeFi |
https://medium.com/@haajmuskid/simplifying-complex-defi-interactions-a-ux-case-study-d42d44b48950 |
| 8 Best UX Practices for Blockchain Design (Procreator) |
DeFi/Marketplace |
Plain language, progressive disclosure, wallet flows, smart contract abstraction |
https://procreator.design/blog/designing-for-blockchain-best-ux-practices/ |
| NFT Marketplace Design Case Study — Mintplicity (Limeup) |
DeFi/Marketplace |
Full discovery-to-delivery breakdown. Information architecture, personas, flows. |
https://limeup.io/projects/mintplicity/ |
| The Evolution of Token Design (Consensys) |
Token/System Design |
Token engineering as cryptoeconomists deal with complex protocol designs |
https://consensys.io/blog/the-evolution-of-token-design |
| Introduction to Token Engineering (TokenFlows) |
Token/System Design |
Mechanism design, institutional economics, tokens as coordination tools |
https://tokenflows.xyz/tutorials/introduction-tutorials/module1/ |
| Tokens as a Coordination Mechanism |
Token/System Design |
What tokens are really for. Cryptoeconomic primitives. |
https://medium.com/@liesleichholz/tokens-as-a-coordination-mechanism-what-tokens-are-really-for-8b6afe5938bb |
| Web3 Design in 2024 — Best Principles (Merge) |
Design Patterns |
First impressions, trust signals, gas fee communication, wow effects |
https://merge.rocks/blog/web3-design-in-2024-best-principles-and-patterns |
| The Future of Web3 Onboarding (Gelato) |
Design Patterns |
Why every app needs wallet infrastructure. EIP-7702, smart EOAs, multichain gas. |
https://gelato.cloud/blog/the-future-of-web3-onboarding-why-every-app-needs-wallet-infrastructure |