blackbird

When crypto works, it fades into the background as rails powering familiar experiences 

Implemented the right way, it also gives users more freedom, more control and more ownership over their assets 

Thats the future we strive for

This is why Blackbird is crushing it. Users don’t care or need to know if an app’s backend is GCP or AWS, the product just needs to work. Infra should fade into the background!

Last week I told my anti-crypto friend who’s been using Blackbird for 6 months that it’s built on Ethereum. His jaw literally dropped

Stay Curious // iixii // Head of Crypto at https://www.lazertechnologies.com/  // Prev: CoinDesk, Roc Nation // based @basedevo

Ah yeah true.  The UX of the app itself is great besides some of the Blackbird Pay aspects.

Oh yeah I’ve also had a range of experiences from Brooklyn Brewery using it seamlessly to a bar in West Village telling me they have no idea what to do

I was commenting more on the user experience being familiar and abstracting away anything “crypto”. No signing transactions with your wallet or minting NFTs

Blackbird really needs to do a better job educating the restaurants and their staff.

Blackbird Pay experience at restaurants is pretty confusing as most don’t know how it works or get easily confused and have to ask a manager. Managers are annoyed by it and oftentimes I just result to paying another way. Pretty frustrating tbh. 

Still a big fan but it doesn’t “just work”

💯 I feel like we will get there. better if we have more use cases that are impossible to do without crypto