Mini Apps: A UX Fight That Will Shape Ethereum's Future

The article argues that Ethereum's growing number of L2s, L3s and app-specific chains makes the user experience harder, and that crypto mini-apps tied to single platforms risk recreating walled gardens. It cites WeChat, Alipay and Baidu as examples of mini-app models and says Farcaster, Worldcoin and Coinbase Wallet each tie their apps to a home ecosystem: Optimism, World Chain and Base. The author states that mini-apps hide complexity but still serve the underlying platform, and calls for consumer apps that work horizontally across chains while preserving self-sovereign accounts.