Using xApps to Solve Blockchain’s Biggest Problem
Hint: It is not scalability!
I love decentralization, Blockchain/DLT, smart contracts and cryptocurrencies. However, there is one issue that hasn’t been solved yet in the Blockchain world: The Learning Curve

It is well-known that either you get the crypto bug, or you don’t. But before this happens, you need to go through a painful process which looks like this
Of course, everyone doesn’t fall in love with Blockchain at first sight. It usually takes some time, which varies in length for everybody, and during which each person goes through his own process, which allows them to forge their own opinion on why Blockchain is useful — or not!

So how do we get people to kickstart this thinking process AND come to the right conclusion?

There is no magic, most people must feel a need to use a solution based on Blockchain technology before they’re convinced or even feel they need to learn more about it.

In order to identify what that need could be, we need to ask the question: What problem do they have TODAY that can be solved using Blockchain… TODAY?

Finding a Real-World Problem
It is common knowledge that to create a successful product you have to identify a problem and then find the best way to solve it for your potential customers.

Although many people may forget it, this also applies in achieving widespread adoption of Blockchain.

Find a problem in your industry and then identify the best way to solve it using Blockchain. That is the key to getting people to learn more about the benefits of Blockchain.

Oh, wait… I forgot a small detail: Blockchain, in general, is extremely geeky. Often it feels like we’re back in the early days of the internet where the only people using the internet looked like this:
Before Emily (above) and others like her, start talking about the latest DApp on “DInstagram”, we, as a community, need to make sure that we shush our inner-geek and start thinking like Emily and- the other 99% of the population.

DApps are flawed for the 99%
Even if you have a killer idea that is solving a real-world problem for Emily, let’s face it, she is not going to install MetaMask and buy some ETH through Coinbase to surf on your DApp any time soon… (Unless she has that guy in the picture above to help her get started)

Currently, on most DApps, I noted these major flaws that would scare off 99% of the population right away:

People are not used to install other software before they visit and use a website
They are not used to print a 24 words seed and lose permanent access to their accounts if they lose it
They are not used to “sign” messages or pay fees every time they take an action on a website
They are not used to pay with a currency whose value is changing every minute
I am not disputing the facts some of these “flaws” are actually strong benefits when you look from the other side, I am just exposing what Emily and 99% of the population would feel at first.