Quote from: davis196 on October 07, 2017, 06:12:00 AM

Quote from: alexanderisora on October 07, 2017, 05:57:03 AM

Bitcoin ecosystem today is far from friendly. There are tons of scammers everywhere, one can mistype an address and lose money, put a wrong GAS amount and lose money, forget private key and lose all money.
What we as pioneers should focus on is user experience: new people should feel more friendly when start using Bitcoin. The interface of the apps should be more intuitive and less scary. We should create an ecosystem with a strong scam defense.

Newcomers got used to smooth experience working with bank apps, they feel secure talking to their accountants and support managers. What my non-tech-savvy relatives feel when they start working with Bitcoins is "WTF?".

Without a UX breakthrough, Bitcoin will remain a toy for geeks, not a product for masses.

Mistype an address?There is a copy-paste function in every computer.Do you write your bitcoin addresses character by character?If yes,i`m pretty sure that you will type the wrong address.People just copy paste the bitcoin addresses.
Forget private key?You should have to write down your private key and keep it somewhere safe.Is this so difficult?
"Scammers are everywhere".That`s why i don`t trade with people without any big positive feedback from other traders.
I don`t have any problems with the bitcoin user experience.All the newbies whould learn.

WOW! Let me guess, you are a software engineer?

As a software engineer who has help others to understand public/private key pair encryption, I will tell you 90 percent of the population has no way of understanding what bitcoin is all about. As was stated, geeks will eat this stuff up. As for cut and paste, I find everything about smart phones to be stupid and the cut and paste implementation is as bad as Morse code. Bitcoin in the hands of people who do not understand the concepts of encryption, digital signatures, linked lists, blockchains, network transport protocols is like investing with Bernnie Madoff. TRUST US They will be putting their funds into something they do not understand and that is anything but investing.

Bitcoin for non-technical people is a bad idea at the current point in its evolution. A ton of work still needs to be done for it to be a currency for the masses. At this point it's not currency at all.