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The Future of Our Money:
Centering Users in the Design of Digital Currency

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What will it take for decentralized networks to realize the vision of a radically improved financial system that protects user privacy and increases user agency?

A collaboration between Maiden Labs and the MIT Digital Currency Initiative, a neutral hub of experts in the privacy, security, and scalability of decentralized networks, this report surfaces user insights that can inform the work of technologists as well as contribute to the public policy dialogues surrounding digital currencies. Through a national US-based user-research study, it addresses some of the riskiest and most common assumptions about prospective digital currency users and use cases.
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Team

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Georgia Rakusen

Lead Researcher

Newcastle University

Digital Currency UX, 

Mixed-Methods User Research 

London

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Brennan O’Rear

Researcher

University of Chicago

Cultural Anthropology, Political Economy, Social Psychology, Data Analytics

New York

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Shira Frank

Director

Smith College

Digital Currency,  Political Theory,

Middle-East Peace Politics

Colorado

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Zach Herring

Team Lead

Digital Currency, Design Research

Colorado

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Cris Kubli

Researcher

University of Texas

Applied Cognition and Neuroscience, UX Research,

Cognitive Anthropology

Texas

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Erin Gjefle

Researcher

University of Edinburgh

UI/UX Design, Human Physiology, Environmental Science

Washington

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Mia Herring

Project Manager

University of Denver

Project Management, Operations, History, Curriculum Development

Colorado

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Chichi Wu

Assistant​

Smith College

Data Science, Art History

Massachusetts

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