Crypto UX Security Is Broken By Design

You wouldn’t wire $50,000 through a random website you found via Google ad. Yet that’s exactly what crypto wallets ask you to do every day—except when it goes wrong, there’s no bank to reverse the transaction, no fraud department to call, no chargeback to file. We’ve spent a decade pretending this is a user education problem. It isn’t. It’s an architectural failure. The Stack Mismatch Nobody Wants to Admit Here’s the uncomfortable truth: we’re using consumer-grade internet infrastructure—domains, webpages, browser extensions—to handle irreversible, high-stakes financial transactions. This is insane. ...

December 12, 2025 · 9 min · 1906 words · zhixian

Rediscovering Peace of Mind in DeFi: The Design Principles Behind Owlia

DeFi has become more powerful, but also more complex. Users are not lacking tools — they are lacking a partner who can carry some of the burden. Over the past months, my team and I have been working on something I believe is deeply important: an Agent that can genuinely accompany you in the DeFi world — Owlia. This isn’t just a tool-building process. It’s a re-examination of the question: What does a good DeFi experience feel like? ...

November 27, 2025 · 4 min · 749 words · zhixian

Glossary of Web3 Account

One of the most talked-about subjects at DevCon was account abstraction. Recently, you may have noticed acronyms and abbreviations like AA, EOA, SCW, and 4337 in a variety of presentations, panels, and streams. After reading these two sentence s, your brain must already be hurting. Next, I’ll try to help you figure out what all these terms and ideas really mean. This article is not a serious technical document, so it may use words that aren’t exact but are easy to understand. You are invited to use it as a starting point to learn more about these technologies. ...

October 20, 2022 · 13 min · 2726 words · zhixian