Cardano's founder says the biggest challenge for cryptocurrencies is usability, not technology.

Charles Hoskinson says cryptocurrency adoption depends on improved usability.

• Charles Hoskinson points to usability as a challenge for cryptocurrencies.
• Interoperability between blockchains could increase the adoption of cryptocurrencies.
• Simple experience is key to cryptocurrency growth.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson stated that the long-term growth of cryptocurrencies depends less on technical advancements and more on the ability to make the technology simple for the average user. In his view, the current complexity still prevents many people from using blockchains in their daily lives.

In a recent interview, Hoskinson commented that many existing solutions require excessive technical knowledge. For those outside the industry, concepts such as digital wallets, network bridges, and different blockchains can make the process confusing.

According to him, this difficulty harms the user experience and limits the adoption of cryptocurrencies. "If you go to the user and tell them they need to know all these strange things about our protocol, it provides a terrible user experience," said Hoskinson.

The founder of Cardano argues that, in the future, blockchain technology should operate invisibly to most people. The idea is that users will be able to move money and use applications without needing to understand the technical details of the infrastructure that supports these operations.

Hoskinson compared this scenario to how the internet is used today. Millions of people use digital applications and services daily without needing to know network protocols or the infrastructure that allows communication between devices.

According to him, the cryptocurrency sector should move towards a similar model. Users should be able to send or receive digital assets between different networks without needing to know which blockchain is involved in the transaction.

This evolution depends directly on interoperability between blockchains. Instead of isolated networks competing with each other, Hoskinson believes the sector should move towards a more connected environment, where different systems can operate in an integrated way.

In this model, blockchains would function as parts of a larger ecosystem, allowing for the rapid transfer of assets between networks.

“As long as there is instant convertibility and the trust model is the same, the user shouldn’t consider them as separate assets,” Hoskinson said. “In fact, it’s a spectrum of systems.”

Hoskinson also mentioned stablecoins as a practical example of how this model can work. Assets like USDC already circulate across multiple blockchains, maintaining the same reserve base regardless of the network used.

According to him, this type of structure shows how different blockchains can share liquidity and utility without the user having to deal with the complexity of the infrastructure behind the transactions.