Crypto for Grandma? Blockchain Must Go!

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Let’s face it, crypto’s biggest problem isn’t Bitcoin vs. Ethereum-it’s that it’s harder than figuring out why your Alexa won’t play Despacito. Web3 apps demand technical skills most people use to unjam a printer. Until we fix this, the world’s going to keep saying, “Meh, crypto’s a snooze-fest.”

  • Crypto’s adoption barrier is basically a PhD in “What’s a gas fee?”-wallets, seed phrases, networks, and gas mechanics are the TikTok dance of finance. 🤯
  • Education? Decentralization? Pfft. Blockchain needs to vanish like my patience when someone says “NFT” 10 times in a sentence. The goal is making it invisible, like Wi-Fi or the fact that your phone doesn’t explode when you drop it.
  • The next billion users? They’ll come when crypto apps work like… well, normal apps. Single-click actions, no jargon, and definitely no “hold ETH to pay for USDC.” Just give them something that works and smells vaguely like progress. 🚀

Getting into crypto is like trying to assemble IKEA furniture with a blindfold on. Set up a wallet, store a seed phrase (oh wait, did I write that down in invisible ink?), then figure out which network to buy on. It’s like ordering dinner by visiting a different restaurant for each ingredient. Steak at one place, fries at another, gravy at a third-and you have to tip in Bitcoin. 😅

People won’t suddenly start chanting “decentralization” like it’s a cult mantra. But hand them a killer app that happens to be on blockchain, and suddenly they’re crypto converts. Just don’t expect them to explain it to their therapist.

Blockchain Must Die (But Not Too Much)

Crypto’s A-Listers are busy arguing about scaling solutions and ideological purity while pretending education will fix everything. Newsflash: No one cares about decentralization. Your grandma’s not hyped about “financial inclusion”-she’s just trying to send money to her cat’s vet without a 12-word recovery phrase. 🐾

If crypto wants the next billion users, it needs to focus on abstraction-not education or decentralization. Make blockchain disappear like TCP/IP, which 99% of people don’t know exists but somehow let them scroll Instagram forever. Remove the jargon, the seed phrases, the gas fees, and replace them with something that works like email. Boom. Adoption. 🚨

The internet mastered this trick by switching from typing IP addresses to clicking links. It was genius, and it’s exactly what blockchain needs. Right now, people are turned off by seed phrases (what’s a seed?!), private keys (are those like… keys for a private party?), and gas fees that cost more than a cup of coffee. Abstraction means hiding all that mess so users interact with crypto like they do with TikTok. Just tap, done.

Abstraction: The Magic Trick

We don’t know the exact steps, but here’s the gist: Creating a wallet should be as easy as entering an email and password. No writing down 12 words in a cave somewhere. If you forget your password, you don’t get a 💀. Just reset it like you do with Netflix. (Spoiler: It’s still broken.)

Say goodbye to juggling 17 different wallets for 17 different networks. We need a single wallet that consolidates everything, like a crypto Switzerland. Send and receive money anywhere, with zero cross-chain bridges, gas fees, or signing approvals. Just one click. Boom. Transaction. Done. 🕒

Smart contracts? Let them vanish like my willpower during a sale. Liquidity? Keep it there for smooth swaps, but don’t make users care. Gas fees? Let people pay in any token, not just ETH. Otherwise, it’s like needing a special credit card to buy a bag of chips. No thanks.

Let’s Make Crypto Work… Like Everything Else

Why is Facebook so popular? Because it’s easier than convincing your mom to stop using AOL. Open the app, and it just works. That’s the goal. Abstraction is blockchain’s Holy Grail-remove all the complexity so people can actually see the value. The internet hit 55% adoption in the early 2000s. Crypto’s been around just as long and still feels like a tech demo from 1996. 🧊

Crypto needs to stop debating which blockchain is “better” and start building apps that work. No one cares about layer-2 networks. They care about apps that don’t make them want to throw their phone out the window. So let’s make blockchain disappear-leaving behind only useful, addictive apps that don’t require a degree in computer science.

Jonathan Frankenstein

Jonathan Frankenstein is the CEO of TheSportsExchange. Jonathan is an innovative business leader with over 15 years of experience launching and scaling ventures across fintech, e-commerce, and highly-regulated cannabis markets. (Still can’t set up a crypto wallet, though. Blame the seed phrase.)

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2025-12-12 16:41