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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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gustav
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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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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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