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