# What I would love to see in a wallet

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## What Jamie wrote

I've gone pretty deep in crypto and one of the conclusions that I have is that the wallet software, the final interface between the user and the blockchain, is a huge limiter for crypto adoption. There is a ton of innovation that needs to happen here as well as a radical improvement to the user experience. Buterin's list hits on a lot of multichain and multiaddress capabilities which are important but I would also highlight just plain usability. 

My hope is that someday we'll get the big software houses like Google and Apple to built crypto capability directly into the Wallet applications that are already on our mobile phones. The experience that these organizations have building user experiences that scale for millions of users is needed. Sadly I think that is still several years away. In the meantime, wallets like [Rainbow](https://rainbow.me) and [Family](https://family.co) are on a good path. I suspect wallet development gets a lot less attention because there are no tokens and fees to go after. The economics are not obvious.

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