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Improving the usability of secure information storing within blockchain applications

Ljunggren, Natali LU (2019) MAMM01 20182
Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology
Abstract
Today's blockchain applications have been inherently created by and for users who understand the blockchain technology. To improve mass adoption of blockchain solutions, the user experience must improve, and the attention must move to users not familiar with the underlying technology. This dissertation starts with reviewing the main concepts of blockchain technology and examining the UX of different Ethereum wallets with the aim to deliver a more user-friendly wallet based on user feedback. It then delivers a wallet design that enables even the most non-technical users to securely and safely use a cryptocurrency wallet with a decreased risk of content loss. The developed solution is then compared to the existing main stream token wallets.
Popular Abstract
Blockchain, the possible future of banking without banks has a problem, it is not very friendly from a usability perspective. As this technology is becoming more and more widely recognized as a solution to many problems, new issues arise. Unlike normal banks, with a blockchain bank, if you lose your login and access credentials you lose all your contents. This creates a challenge; how to ensure that even a novice user will not make mistakes and lose his contents. Until recently there was no real solution to this pickle, now however, it seems that an engineering student from Lund has created a new easy to use design ensuring that you will not lose the contents unless you spend them.
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author
Ljunggren, Natali LU
supervisor
organization
course
MAMM01 20182
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Usability, User Experience, Blockchain Technology, Wallet Security, Decentralized Information Storing
language
English
id
8972293
date added to LUP
2019-03-04 10:41:25
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2019-03-04 10:41:25
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