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Balancing Security With Usability: A Look At One Crypto Company’s Evolution In Product Design

Both a seamless user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) are paramount to the success of any application.

However, in the cryptospace, user security is arguably the most significant aspect of any Dapp or wallet service. With a technology based on cryptography and concerned with self-sovereignty, it's understandable that Dapp builders want to ensure the safety of their users.

ETHNews chatted with the team behind MyCrypto, an interface for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain. The company has been public about the evolution of its product, specifically regarding how it has considered both usability and security during development.

Although UI and UX are important to MyCrypto, CEO Taylor Monahan noted that for now, user security carries "more weight." She elaborated: ...

MyCrypto has adapted its interface in numerous ways to safeguard users. For instance, the website no longer allows users to enter their private keys, mnemonic devices, keystore files, or seed phrases, thereby eliminating the potential for hackers to obtain this information from the site itself. Also, visitors must click through a multipage module that shares important safety information, such as how to protect oneself from scams, phishing attacks, and loss. Both these changes were made to help ensure the safety of MyCrypto's users.

Despite the safety disclosure being a significant feature of the website, the team unanimously decided that it needed to be curtailed. What was once 10 slides of information now sits at three to four pages.

See the full story here: https://www.ethnews.com/balancing-security-with-usability-a-look-at-one-crypto-companys-evolution-in-product-design