# Speculative design for reverse-engineering your wallet’s reputation

- Speakers: [Ira Nezhynska](https://streameth.org/speakers/ira-nezhynska)
- Event: [Wallet Unconference](https://streameth.org/devconnect/wallet_unconference), Istanbul, Türkiye
- Channel: [Devconnect](https://streameth.org/devconnect)
- Date: 2023-11-17
- Duration: 29:05
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/65b8f8d5a5b2d09b88ec184d
- Download: https://vod-cdn.lp-playback.studio/raw/jxf4iblf6wlsyor6526t4tcmtmqa/catalyst-vod-com/hls/1927w3flqkayaelx/1080p0.mp4

## Description

In today's crowded digital wallet landscape, potential adopters face an arduous choice of what wallet to take a look at, then, download or sign up, and hopefully, keep using again and again. As tech features and user experience define user retention, this is a product reputation that facilitates the “test drive”, or even a decision to stay on the product website longer or close the tab right away. 
As with any other complex system, reputation can be reverse-engineered. When combined with speculative design techniques, these reverse-engineering results can give momentum to any new digital wallet — big or small, well-developed or buggy-alpha one— a chance to be considered along with widely used wallets. The only question: how fair is such reverse engineering?

## About the speakers

### Ira Nezhynska

Ira is a visual communication designer and a Creative Director based in Berlin. These days she leads visual&brand design at Protocol Labs, helping Web3 founders win hearts and minds of early adopters through the power of aesthetics and emotion-driven design.