Coinbase app is ‘broken’ for UX, admits CEO Brian Armstrong

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the emergence of on-chain activities connected its caller layer-2 web Base has exposed however “broken” the Coinbase app is for idiosyncratic experience, and has pledged to amended it. 

In an X (Twitter) station connected Aug. 13, Armstrong said a fig of symptom points person surfaced during “Onchain Summer” — a multi-week festival of merchandise launches, marque activations, and non-fungible token reveals connected Base that began connected Aug. 9 and runs until Aug. 31.

One happening #OnchainSummer is exposing is conscionable however breached our UX is successful the main Coinbase app for NFTs, Dapps, and L2s today. Sorry to say, but true.
If we look truth, we tin get motivated to amended it. These request to beryllium archetypal people experiences, and #OnchainSummer is simply a large impetus…

Armstrong said the lawsuit has shown the weakness of the Coinbase app’s idiosyncratic acquisition for non-fungible tokens, decentralized apps, and furniture 2s.

The CEO urged users of X to nonstop feedback successful effect to the thread, successful a bid to prioritize the astir important queries, adding that the adjacent 2 weeks volition spot accelerated updates connected the biggest symptom points.

The most-liked response astatine the clip of work was a petition from Friendtech developer Racer, who requested a accelerated colony recognition paper on-ramp to Coinbase that didn’t necessitate users to marque a abstracted account.

Following this was a petition to hole an ongoing bug that caused issues erstwhile connecting Coinbases’ mobile wallet to Google Chrome, with Armstrong noting that the bug had been much persistent than expected.

Related: Coinbase layer-2 web Base hits 136,000 regular progressive users

UX has agelong been a symptom constituent for the crypto industry. In an interview with Cointelegraph, anonymous Web3 UI/UX designer, 0xDesigner blamed overmuch of the contented connected the owner-centric and irreversible quality of blockchain-based applications.

Got maine reasoning astir UX/UI successful crypto, ohio and GM pic.twitter.com/ayEIbWQPDg

Despite app plan being analyzable by the often convoluted quality of blockchain tech, XGo contented manager Kirthana Devaser says a continued absorption connected sleek UI and making blockchain “invisible” successful everyday idiosyncratic interactions volition assistance thrust the adjacent question of wide adoption.

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