Understanding user experience challenges associated with the Cashu and Fedimint protocols, both of which are implementations of bitcoin backed ecash systems.
To use insights gathered from these interviews to inform the upcoming ecash section in Bitcoin Design Community design guide.
Trust models, privacy features, minting, swapping and the technicalities of mint / federation management, etc…
Bitcoin Design Guide: Current and potential users of the Cashu and Fedimint apps. This group includes bitcoin enthusiasts already familiar with Bitcoin and seeking more privacy-focused alternatives, as well as newcomers who might be onboarded to an ecash application due the lower friction that is inherit to custodial solutions.
Get to know the participants.
| Question # | Question | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can you describe a feature in the Fedimint that users find confusing or difficult to use? |
How do you think the design could be improved to alleviate the confusion? | | | 2 | What are common questions or misconceptions about Fedimint among users familiar with Bitcoin? | | | 3 | What are common questions or misconceptions about Fedimint among users that are not familiar with Bitcoin? | | | 4 | Are there particular Fedimint operations that users find hard to understand or operate? | | | 5 | What approach do you take to explain the federated trust model to new users? | | | 6 | What are some of the security concerns users have about Fedimint or Ecash, and how do you address them? | |