Sq. Crypto is bankrolling its eighth designer grant to give attention to Bitcoin’s consumer expertise. This marks the Sq. offshoot’s 20th grant in
Sq. Crypto is bankrolling its eighth designer grant to give attention to Bitcoin’s consumer expertise. This marks the Sq. offshoot’s 20th grant in assist of Bitcoin growth because it launched in the summertime of 2019.
Portuguese software program designer Patricia Estevão is Sq. Crypto’s most up-to-date grant recipient. Per her grant proposal, the UX Designer will use the funding to analysis Bitcoin consumer expertise, particularly why folks use Bitcoin and what hurdles could hinder their use.
Estevão has been engaged on Bitcoin-related design since 2016. One in all her more moderen and impactful tasks is an in-depth paper she revealed for Lightning Community design in November 2019.
As soon as concluded, her analysis will discover its means into the Bitcoin Design Information, an open-source, group mission that features UX/UI design notes for builders, companies or anybody constructing on Bitcoin.
The grant is the newest in a deluge of funding that Sq. Crypto, the Bitcoin-focused arm of Jack Dorsey’s Sq., has poured into Bitcoin growth over the previous yr. Along with funding Bitcoin Core builders together with Jon Atack and Lloyd Fournier, Sq. Crypto has additionally funded open-source software program comparable to BTCPay Server and Chris Belcher’s CoinSwap design.
Estevão’s grant is the newest in Sq. Crypto’s design grants, that are targeted on bettering Bitcoin consumer expertise (UX) and interfaces (UI) – as a result of the bleeding-edge tech Sq. Crypto and different organizations are funding is simply pretty much as good as its adoption curve.
Traditionally a volunteer act, these grants have made Bitcoin growth a full-time job for some, constructing on a pattern that started with early Bitcoin growth firms together with Blockstream, BitMEX and Chaincode Labs.