Web3 extends human rights into the digital realm. Web3 users are empowered with the Right to Digital Privacy, Property and Inclusion. Digital privacy is about users controlling their own application data, digital property about the ability to own and custody scarce digital assets, and digital inclusion about guaranteed access to the digital economy and society with permisionless internet services.

The previous three design course modules (1, 2, 3) cover important background information on Web3. Now, we enter the Web3 ecosystem, starting with Decentralized Finance (DeFi). This article will quickly give UX Designers a quick understanding of what DeFi is, DeFi’s foundational products, and where DeFi is heading in the future. By the way – there’s also a video version of this article just below.

In the previous Blockchain Design Course module we talked about blockchains – the technology that underlies Web3. These are sometimes referred to as Layer 1 protocols. Blockchain protocols defines how nodes communicate, and come to consensus, with each other in order to form a functioning cryptonetwork. Everything is centered around the cryptonetwork’s native Web3 token. In this article we will about about Web3 tokens in general: both utility and security tokens, as well as fungible and non-fungible tokens. Web3 tokens change the game as far as open-source software development goes – the future is bright! This article is an extension of the Web3 Design Course 2022.

Blockchains enable Web3. Without blockchains, we wouldn’t have crypto tokens and most of the decentralized applications that are running today. This article will give Web3 product designers an understanding of where blockchains came from, what the current blockchain landscape looks like, and where blockchains are headed in the future. This is an extension of the Web3 Design Course 2022. If you haven’t read that – I recommend starting there.

This course will introduce you to fundamental Web3 design patterns and mental models. Learning these concepts is more than enough to become a Web3 product designer as it will place you in the top 10% of designers in the world when it comes to familiarity with crypto and Web3. The course is structured as a user journey for onboarding to Web3. Going step-by-step through this journey will show you the UX of decentralized applications (dApps), and help in building empathy for Web3 users in general.