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Adding "fuel" to the Counterwallet and Dogeparty wallet

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loon3

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Counterwallet and the Dogeparty wallet are great tools for facilitating broader adoption of user created assets whether on the bitcoin blockchain (Counterparty) or the dogecoin blockchain (Dogeparty). They have a nice UI, are web-based, and for the most part intuitive.

In my experience the biggest learning curve is explaining to people that they need a small amount of bitcoin (or dogecoin) to make transactions in their wallet. This got me thinking; how could the UI be altered to make transaction fees more intuitive to the average user?

Using Counterwallet as an example, one solution is instead of displaying bitcoin as a tile under an address (like all assets held at an address) show instead a fuel gauge under each address.

Something like this, http://jqwidgets.com/jquery-widgets-demo/demos/jqxgauge/index.htm

This would be the default option (which can be toggled back to classic view in Settings for more advanced users). The fuel gauge will indicate full when a certain amount of bitcoin is deposited in the address (maybe have it set at 0.01 as a default with the ability to customize in Settings). As bitcoin is used for transaction fees the gauge will indicate less and less fuel linearly until 0 is reached and it shows empty.

Any thoughts?

Posted on August 14, 2014 at 7:59 AM
Last Edited: August 14, 2014 at 12:46 PM

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• loon3

  

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  More thoughts on implementation of the fuel gauge idea which I think works better with Dogeparty since it wouldn't be prohibitively expensive to send some DOGE to every new wallet...

  You could provide new wallets with an initial amount of "fuel" (DOGE) and use a VENND vending machine as a means to "refuel" by sending a custom asset (REFUEL for example) to the machine which would return 100 DOGE to your address causing the gauge to show full. You could provide a link with all kinds of ways to earn REFUEL such as tweeting about Dogeparty, sharing a link on facebook, etc.

  Posted on August 14, 2014 at 12:43 PM
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• therealtwig

  

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  @loon3 I think this would most certainly add to the UX. Anything that makes this process clearer to the user is a huge win IMO. Would you just envision the fuel gauge as part of the bitcoin/dogecoin tile?

  I remember on the forums here a while back a user(can't remember who) saying they had a goal for a certain amount of LTBc to accumulate before they sold it off for Bitcoin. I could see part of the UX maybe being a fuel gauge for each token with a custom user set upper limit for any desired Token/Asset pairing. So, perhaps a gauge below LTBc that has its "full" set to 1 BTC, or any amount of BTC or any other token the user declares. Maybe clicking on the fuel gauge could even tell the user how long at their current rate of accumulation it would take to meet their goal.

  I think this has a lot of potential, and would love to see something like this implemented!

  Posted on August 14, 2014 at 5:28 PM
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