Designing trust into an emerging, unregulated space
Creating clarity in crypto and Web3 transactions by translating complex technical risk signals into user-friendly, trustworthy design.
The Challenge
The Web3 and crypto space grew quickly without clear regulation, leaving users vulnerable to scams and unclear risks. For most, even experienced users, understanding a transaction’s safety was nearly impossible. Our challenge was to make complex technical checks legible, trustworthy, and actionable without overwhelming or alarming.
Key Challenges
Lack of regulation: no existing standards for communicating safety
Risk perception: users needed clarity without panic or false confidence
Speed: design had to evolve in parallel with fast-moving infrastructure
Project Details
My Role: Lead Product Designer
Scope: Product strategy, UX direction, prototyping, user testing, system design
Tools: Figma, UserTesting.com
Making Web3 Safer for Everyday Users
By surfacing transaction checks in real time, TrustCheck gave users clarity in under 2 seconds per transaction—reducing uncertainty and building confidence at scale.
Turning Complex Risks Into Clear Warnings
Contextual alerts explained why a transaction was risky, supported by calm visual patterns—severity tiers, risk icons, and color logic—that guided attention without panic, leading to a significant reduction in failed confirmations during pilot testing.
Trust That’s Always On
TrustCheck continuously scanned transactions in the background, covering 100% of user activity while giving users the flexibility to pause when needed.
Turning Users Into Community Protectors
Beyond individual safety, TrustCheck scales protection by letting users report scams directly. In pilots, reporting increased community visibility into bad actors and improved response workflows. The confirmation screen thanks reporters and reinforces their role in keeping the ecosystem safer.
Building a system for trust
Beyond the mechanics of risk checks, we crafted a visual identity that was approachable and calm. Custom illustrations, a clean visual language, and a restrained palette turned complex information into a simple, beautiful UI. The result was a system that not only conveyed trust through function, but also through form.
Working in parallel with technical infrastructure
We designed the UI alongside evolving machine learning models and code analysis, navigating technical uncertainty while shaping product direction. I focused on three parallel tracks: creating a visual framework for risk severity, building a modular messaging system for new signal types, and mapping the right moments to surface alerts without disrupting wallet flows.
Designing for trust in Web3 wasn’t about throwing red flags everywhere—it was about guiding people without fear, helping them understand the moment they’re in, and building clarity into every choice.
This wasn’t a flashy launch—it was foundational work that turned a technical proof of concept into something people could actually use.
Reflection
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Interaction surfaces designed across TrustCheck and partner integrations
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Severity tiers mapped to visual and behavioral patterns
$7M
Seed funding raised following launch, validating early design and product direction across user and platform use cases