Does Decentralization Matter? | Kevin Owocki & Cooper Turley

What is most important in crypto? What wins out in the end? Today, we find out if user experience is more important than decentralization. As we progress through crypto's cambrian explosion, we often observe the tradeoff between immediate product viability and a 'no cutting corners' approach.

Taking the side of UX & a product-first mentality is Cooper Turley, a champion of the creator economy. Kevin Owocki—himself a schelling point for public goods—is defending decentralization and the merits of a values-first approach.

While exploring the roots of this tradeoff, we'll learn more about where we are as an ecosystem and where we are inevitably heading.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
5:45 Decentralization vs. Usability
10:15 Learnings with New Users
19:19 How Will Crypto Change the World?
25:10 Not Compromising on Values
32:25 Do Users Care About Values?
36:00 Where/When to Compromise
39:13 The Importance of DevTooling
41:00 Crypto's Trojan Horse
43:36 What Good UX Looks Like
48:55 Lowest Hanging UX-Fruit
50:39 How This All Comes to Fruition
53:11 2022 Crypto W Wishlist

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Resources:

Cooper on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa

Kevin on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/owocki

Foundation:
https://foundation.app/

Soundxyz:
https://www.sound.xyz/

Mirror:
https://twitter.com/viamirror

Snapshot:
https://snapshot.org/#/

Gnosis Safe:
https://gnosis-safe.io/

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