Project Overview
Pairwise is an advanced application designed to revolutionize the allocation of OP tokens within the Optimism ecosystem. Utilizing the innovative concept of budgeting boxes outlined in the whitepaper 'Decentralized Capital Allocation via Budgeting Boxes,' the app streamlines the process of distributing $25 million in tokens. It simplifies complex decision-making through a user-friendly pairwise voting system, ensuring an efficient, fair, and transparent capital allocation process.
Project Goals
The primary goal of Pairwise is to implement a decentralized capital allocation system as proposed in the whitepaper, effectively transforming subjective user preferences into objective funding decisions. This system aims to minimize input costs, leverage valuable information, and enable ongoing, autonomous funding allocation across numerous projects, enhancing the overall efficiency and transparency of the capital distribution in the Optimism ecosystem.
My Role
As Lead Designer for Pairwise, my role focused on the UX/UI design and prototyping. I developed intuitive interfaces and workflows to simplify the fund allocation process, ensuring a seamless user experience for badge holders in the Optimism ecosystem.
Challenges
Designing Pairwise involved streamlining complex fund allocation into an intuitive interface, while managing technical and user experience challenges through agile design iterations.
Design Process
Research and Understanding:
Collaborated with Optimism badge holders to understand their needs, ensuring our design approach was user-centric and addressed real challenges in capital allocation.
Ideation and Conceptualization:
Developed initial wireframes using Miro, exploring various design concepts. This stage involved creative brainstorming and testing different ideas to form the foundation of the app.
Prototyping and Testing:
Simultaneously worked on UI design and prototyping, frequently testing with badge holders to gather feedback. This iterative process helped refine our solution, with an MVP developed early on to validate our approach.
Final Design and Implementation:
Continuously refined the app based on feedback, leading to adjustments and design tweaks. This process culminated in the final design that balanced functionality with user-friendly aesthetics.
Feedback and Iteration:
Iteration was a key aspect of our design process, incorporating user feedback at every stage to ensure the final product effectively met the needs of the badge holders.
