Early adopters face foreign terminology, complex UIs, unexpected and exorbitant fees, security issues, slow transactions, confusing errors, scams and more. That makes for one hell of an onboarding, even if you're lucky enough to have a friend showing you the way.
While creators and developers ultimately require true ownership in the platforms on which they rely to make a living, we also hold that, in today’s world, the frictionless flow of money from audiences to creators is table stakes for any sort of meaningful adoption and success, and it is
Coinbase lets people buy and sell cryptocurrencies, but in every other way, it’s like a centralized exchange on which you’d trade equities, bonds, currencies, or commodities.