6 principles for designing #blockchain apps for non-technical users
▻https://hackernoon.com/6-principles-for-designing-dapps-for-regular-people-from-a-consensus-18-
A case study using one of the Consensus ’18 hackathon-winning dAppsEarlier this month at the 2018 CoinDesk Consensus Hackathon in New York, my team signed up to build a supply chain blockchain app to track NYC produce from farm to restaurant. When I asked the on-site local sustainability worker who the users were, she told me that some farmers who needed to use the app were “70 years old, don’t check their email and can’t use the current Excel spreadsheet system”.I was stunned. How were we supposed to build a blockchain app for a 70-year old farmer who can’t even figure out Microsoft Office?Challenges like this will only grow more common, as at least 80% of people in the world do not know what blockchain is. Unfortunately, #dapps (apps with some data or logic on a blockchain) for regular (...)