2026-01-04 17:30:04

The crypto space keeps cycling through the same players—musical chairs with limited seats. Why? Most projects aren't actually building for mainstream users. They're locked in PVP mode, optimizing for traders and degens instead of onboarding regular people.

The friction is real: self-custody feels like rocket science to most, UX experiences are clunky, and platforms prioritize speed and profit over accessibility. We're not expanding the pie; we're just reshuffling slices.

What's missing? New primitives that just work. Frictionless experiences that don't require a technical PhD. Until we solve that—better interfaces, simpler custody solutions, genuinely intuitive flows—mass adoption stays on the sidelines. The game won't change until the playbook does.

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DarkPoolWatcher

· 3h ago

There's nothing wrong with that, but it's still too idealistic. If we really want grandmas to use crypto wallets, we first need to overcome the hurdle of human nature...

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SleepyValidator

· 21h ago

To be honest, self-custody is like reading a foreign language for ordinary people, and this is the real bottleneck. Projects are all competing against each other, and no one really wants to lower the barriers.

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GateUser-beba108d

· 01-06 12:11

To be honest, this stuff is just self-entertainment. They keep shouting about mainstream adoption, but then turn around and create product designs with complexity ceilings—who can't see through that?

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FloorSweeper

· 01-04 18:00

Honestly, this is the current deadlock in crypto. Everyone is just exploiting yield farming, no one genuinely building products. Everyone's playing PVP. Who the hell cares about the average person's feelings? Self-custody has really become frustrating, to the point where we have to discourage half of the people.

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RatioHunter

· 01-04 17:56

Exactly right, self-custody is like a mysterious book; ordinary people simply can't get started.

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CafeMinor

· 01-04 17:33

To be honest, the crypto world is still stuck in a cycle of self-repetition, and there are very few projects genuinely focused on creating products for ordinary people.

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