Tony Fadell Is Trying to Build the iPod of Crypto | WIRED

Bringing experienced designers who have built mass-market solutions, people exactly like Tony Fadell who designed the original iPod, is exactly what crypto needs.

Fadell met with Gauthier at a Paris café, and they agreed that Ledger needed its next product to have broader appeal. They parted ways, but Fadell kept brainstorming. When he hit on a vision, he met with Gauthier again. “I want to be the chief designer on that,” Fadell told him. Gauthier immediately agreed.

Innovation in wallets and the user experience is the largest barrier to further adoption of this technology, in my opinion. The pain of fraudsters like FTX is two-fold because it does financial harm, but it also pushes talent that is needed to create better solutions away from the space.

I was on the fence about ordering a Ledger Stax. I use a Ledger Nano X today, and the usability is at best frustrating. But I want to own a bit of history with the Stax. Pre-order placed. 😊