The Ethereum blockchain needs to raised explain its features to users to attain true trustlessness, a challenge common to all blockchain protocols, says its co-founder Vitalik Buterin.
Lack of trust would allow a protocol to operate without developer oversight since it robotically enforces rules with code. However, in practice, if a protocol is so complex that only a small group can work on it, others still have to trust that group.
Ethereum is commonly described as trustworthy because transactions and smart contracts are enforced through open-source code and a decentralized network of validators. However, Buterin said in an X post on Wednesday that the network still needs to enhance user understanding.
“An essential and underappreciated type of trustlessness is increasing the number of people that can actually understand the complete protocol from the bottom up. Ethereum must do higher here by making the protocol simpler.”
Asked how realistic the concept was given the trade-off between technological features and user understanding, Buterin said: “Sometimes we ought to be willing to have fewer features.”
Source: Vitalik Buterin
Last yr, cryptocurrency executives told Cointelegraph that confusion over cryptocurrency storage, regulations and other aspects that tech-savvy people take without any consideration could keep average users on the sidelines and away from the technology.
Better understanding of all protocols required
INTMAX, an Ethereum-based privacy layer 2, agreed with Buterin and said the identical principle applies to privacy infrastructure as well.
“If only five people can understand how your privacy protocol works, you haven't achieved trustlessness, you've just modified who you trust. Simple, verifiable privacy architecture > complex black boxes,” INTMAX said.
Others noted that deciphering the tech-heavy jargon of some protocols can feel like a full-time job or scare users away from an otherwise promising project.
Source: Money Ape
Ethereum strives for a greater user experience
Ethereum's roadmap acknowledges that it should still be “too complex to make use of Ethereum” for most individuals and descriptions plans to “drastically lower its barriers to entry” and develop into “as frictionless as using a conventional Web2 app.”
Among the upgrades mentioned, aimed toward a greater user experience, are smart contract wallets, which streamline complex blockchain details like gas fees and key management and reduce the barriers to running a node by making them accessible on devices like a phone or browser apps.
The Ethereum Foundation also funds a wide selection of educational courses and programs to assist people learn more about blockchain development and related technologies.
