As an inspiring UX designer & web application developer, I begin my journey into the programming and technology side of the world. Being able to communicate effectively on a design with a certain strategy, while providing a clean and beautiful layout that would allow the end users to have a better experience accessing the desire information was top priority in my field. Millions of dollars were lost each year in revenue due to the lack of design strategy that could have simply been fix by understanding how users think, feel, and how they interact while on your website, which page they targeted and stay on the longest, to what kind of information they were searching for. An easier way for them to go about doing so made a big impact on return visits. This was what UX design could accomplish. UX is the core of all business, technology and design inspirations.

I was also big on business and investments — there has to be a better way for us to succeed than the regular 9–5 workplace. My dream was to be able to work remotely anywhere I so chose to, enabling me to experience life not bound to an office space and enjoying what this world has to offer. There is nothing wrong if you enjoy the office and social interaction of a company. For me, however, I thrive on nature — since I’m a photographer as well — and interaction with people outside of my comfort zone, to really know what their culture are like by actually living it day in and day out. I also wanted a way to build a portfolio of investments that would have the potential to make me money while I sleep. The jump into cryptocurrency was both a serendipitous moment, and a point of no return for me. I have been loving it ever since and truly believe it can change the world.

First off, cryptocurrency started with Bitcoin, a revolution to disrupt centralized banking system, created by a man that went by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008. Cryptocurrency was creating a decentralized space to handle the means from how we store and interact with currencies of values from that of the old standard system. This disruption carved a path for all other technology to follow made the blockchain technology more powerful as more of the world took notice. For those that are still new to cryptocurrency, a blockchain is defined as “a digital ledger in which transactions made in bitcoin or another cryptocurrency are recorded chronologically and publicly.” So, the impact of blockchain allows a group of network to control the database that records transaction, meaning bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies were managed by its network and not by any one central authority like a bank. This gave power back to the people that chooses a new way of life. You can see why I was so hyped up about cryptocurrency and its potential. So, how does Nebulas come into play here? Let’s dive into what Nebulas is and what they plan to solve to better understand their ambitious goals and why I chose them as part of my portfolio.

Nebulas Next Generation Blockchain Framework -

The above is an illustration taken from Nebulas website on their ecosystem of Nebulas — https://nebulas.io/

With new technology coming forth, there will be flaws in the system and many, many developments across its life cycles. The popularity of blockchain technology has grown and will continue to grow. At the start of 2017 there were about 20 million blockchain users and this number is projected to grow towards 200 million by 2020 according to Nebulas studies. More applications are being implemented with blockchain technology, such as Ethereum’s smart contract and other DApps (decentralized applications) that works alongside the blockchain. The problem Nebulas saw was the increasing involvement in blockchain technology but nowhere to actually locate or search for these data to help make the end user’s have a better experience. Information is only as powerful as the ability to search for it and be able to read and modify it when necessary. As a fellow UX designer, you can start to understand why I chose Nebulas because of their UX strategy and how they were planning to make blockchain an easier and more accessible space.

NAS was on the road to solve a number of the blockchain problems, such as:

Lack of measure of value: need a universal way to measure value of users and smart contracts. Blockchain system upgrade: decentralized blockchain system are unable to enforce users to upgrade clients and protocols. Construction of blockchain application ecosystem: with increasing volume of applications on the blockchain, a lack of ability to navigate or search for information on the blockchain hinders performance and make usability more difficult.

Nebulas designed a solution to the above problems by implementing these strategies & solution methods: