Picture someone's first day in crypto. They heard the promises about owning their own money, accessing global markets, and participating in the new economy. They download a wallet, buy some ETH, and find an interesting app. Then it happens.
"Please switch to the Base network."
What? They Google frantically, watch a YouTube tutorial, and maybe they figure it out, maybe they don't. Most just leave, with a study finding 80% of crypto users quit blockchains within 90 days.
The greatest innovation of the last decade — the proliferation of powerful blockchains — has inadvertently created Web3's greatest weakness: a user experience so fragmented and clumsy that it pushes away all but the most determined users.
And the most glaring symptom of this failure? The humble "Network Switch", a featur