# kaal:claim:3808873-041

**Claim.** Usability is the most important decentralized infrastructure requirement: without intuitive graphic user interfaces, decentralized systems may not reach mainstream consumer adoption, because requiring users to manage public and private keys and their own security makes sufficient public education very difficult.

**Type.** condition  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- mainstream consumer adoption of decentralized protocols in daily life

**Source quote.**

> Without graphic user interfaces that are intuitive, decentralized systems may not be able to reach mainstream consumer adoption.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralization Neutralizers* (2021), XII. Decentralized Infrastructure Requirements, page 32

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization Neutralizers (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808873

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `f11493915e6b8c266d421510b5546816e33defb5650aac9d09b20d78549da727` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20Decentralization%20Neutralizers.pdf

**Failure mode.** Usability Barrier to Adoption  (family: adoption-and-usability-barrier)

**Topics.** defi

**Keywords.** usability, user-interface, self-custody, mainstream-adoption

**Related claims.**

- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3606663-029

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