Key to Web3 Development: Simplified User Experience

The early stage of Web3 focuses on innovation, with various blockchain platforms launching based on different priorities, including speed, security, composability, and community ownership. However, this wave of innovation has also led to fragmentation of the ecosystem, lack of interoperability, non-unified tools, and isolation of assets and liquidity.

Although Web3 has solved some problems, user experience remains a major challenge. Currently, the experience of using decentralized applications is akin to browsing the internet in the 90s. For the average user, operating blockchain, wallets, cross-chain bridges, Gas fees, protocols, and signatures is still very cumbersome, which has become a major barrier to large-scale adoption.

With the increasing institutional recognition, the listing of Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, and the advancement of related regulatory frameworks, the limitation on the popularization of cryptocurrencies is no longer the infrastructure, but rather the usability. To address this issue, the industry is promoting the abstraction of user experience, systematically hiding the underlying complexity of blockchain interactions from the end user. This process is divided into three stages:

The first phase focuses on simplifying the operational processes in existing Web3 models. For example, decentralized exchanges integrate cross-chain bridge protocols, allowing users to transfer assets across chains without leaving the platform. Some wallets are also expanding their native ecosystems to provide multi-link services. However, users still need to understand concepts such as networks, wallets, and assets.

The second phase shifts complexity from the interface to the execution layer. Users only need to define the desired actions, and the rest is handled by the application. This is thanks to technologies such as ERC-4337 and Gas abstraction, which eliminate the need for users to hold native Gas tokens on each chain. The solver network introduces an intent-based architecture, further simplifying user operations. The new token standard also simplifies the interoperability of cross-chain tokens.

The third stage achieves a complete conceptual abstraction, allowing users to completely disregard blockchain. Super wallets and intent-centered agents are on the rise, capable of abstracting private key management, supporting Web2-style social logins, and aggregating user balances across chains. Some platforms even support expressing goals in natural language, with the backend automatically executing the necessary steps.

This abstraction is crucial for the mass adoption of Web3. Future users will not specifically learn to use blockchain; they expect applications to intelligently manage complexity. Abstraction breaks down the barriers between protocols and chains, simplifies management processes, and brings the cryptocurrency user experience closer to modern Web2 products.

The future Web3 will be "chainless". This not only requires technological breakthroughs but also developers to design in a results-oriented manner, placing user experience at the core. Through appropriate abstraction, users will be able to use related applications without needing to understand blockchain, significantly lowering the entry barrier and paving the way for the widespread adoption of Web3.