Improving Bitcoin UX
summary
Company builds Riverlink to send claimable Bitcoin links that recipients can sweep to any Lightning or onchain wallet, and reports only 30% onchain activity with roughly half of those actually self-custodying (≈15% users), so custodial UX dominates. Examples include Fold rewards that appreciate over time and Strike using Bitcoin as a hidden rail for international fiat transfers; predicts a dual currency system where Bitcoin serves as store of value and dollars remain the unit of account.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction: Making Bitcoin Better
- 1:22Challenging Aspects of Bitcoin
- 2:30Advancing the Bitcoin User Experience
- 3:41The New Experience of Earning Rewards
- 5:14Improving the Bitcoin Sending Experience
- 6:20The Importance of Custodial Innovations
- 7:35The Future of Custodial Services and User Experiences
- 9:01The Future of Bitcoin as a Store of Value
- 10:15The History of Bitcoin Conference
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