How Did Bitcoin's Clunky User Experience Get the Way It Is?
Digital Cash Network
English - May 13, 2021 01:58 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsTechnology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Anyone who has actually used Bitcoin recently knows that the user experience for the average user isn't so great: transactions can take a long time, fees are crazy, addresses are confusing, and plenty of network disruptions can happen. But how did it actually get this way, and why is it that way? I break down the real technical limitations that lead to this end result, as well as the design choices, both politically-motivated an otherwise, that led to this current state of affairs.
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