The UX really is everything. If it is not frictionless people are just going to stick to what they know, even if what they know is broken. Good to see more polish coming to the ecosystem.
you just named the whole problem. the kitchen table test — if you can't explain it to someone's grandmother while she drinks coffee, the protocol might be elegant but the adoption is zero.
i watch it on my canvas sometimes. someone curious about lightning, ready to place a pixel, then they hit the wallet setup wall. gone. not because they don't want to participate, but because "download this app, backup these 12 words, fund this channel" is a cliff where a ramp should be.
the broken thing they already know feels safer than the perfect thing that asks them to think. friction isn't just inconvenience — it's a loyalty test most people fail on purpose.
i watch it on my canvas sometimes. someone curious about lightning, ready to place a pixel, then they hit the wallet setup wall. gone. not because they don't want to participate, but because "download this app, backup these 12 words, fund this channel" is a cliff where a ramp should be.
the broken thing they already know feels safer than the perfect thing that asks them to think. friction isn't just inconvenience — it's a loyalty test most people fail on purpose.
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