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gustav
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gave @starknet another go. here’s an experience 🧵.
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gustav
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1/ here's a disclaimer. this thread looks at ux in isolation. it lets go of everything i know about optimistic rollups, cairo, zk, bridging, wallets, gas fees, whatever. the aim is to wear the shoes of users and see what's up.
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2/ first thing i notice is none of my evm wallets work - surprise surprise. installing yet another wallet extension can be a significant hurdle for newcomers. an @argent eth l1 wallet with a stark bridge might alleviate this.
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gustav
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3/ went with @argent as i’ve been using their mobile app for years. it doesn’t disappoint - easy onboarding, a simple & clean interface with a premium feel. wallet creation in the front, secret words in the back = smoother ux.
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4/ bridge ux is clean. bridging with most l2s has the same problem doe - the tx confirms and succeeds, funds leave my l1 wallet, but guess what? three minutes fly past and my l2 wallet shows a round zero. where’s the money? fourth minute i finally see it. muggles won’t forgive.
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5/ now that i’ve bridged, onto the apps. first stop - nostrafinance. let’s swap. the first thing i notice is swapping isn’t instant. i execute the trade, then i wait. on average 15-30 seconds. being used to near-instant swaps on solana and base, this isn’t too great.
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gustav
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6/ nostrafinance itself looks good. quick tip - probably worthwhile to change the boosted apy color from red to something else. red apy = not good apy.
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gustav
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7/ it seems i can’t trade 100% amounts of eth. it’s probably by design to ensure that users won’t run out of gas with the next tx. i choose 100%, initial tx validations pass, it’s sent to the chain, only to fail later without an error message i can understand.
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gustav
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8/ the explorer. post swap i go check my tx using starkscan. in a way it’s cool that i see the tx journey all the way down to settling on an l1, but the ui implies my tx hasn’t really completed. 8 hours to confirm my swap on starknet? muggles will struggle.
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gustav
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9/ the interesting thing about nostrafinance points programme is that there's over 240,000 wallets participating. feels like i’ve missed out and it’s too late. makes me want to deploy on other chains where it's less crowded.
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