tl;dr: Passwords, prompts, emails, captcha or ‘connect wallet’ to log-in to a site? It’s not a difficult choice.

As it is coming up on the end of the year, I’ve been going to my various healthcare, HSA, financial sites, etc. to get a lay of the land and figure out what’s what.

I am a HUGE fan of LastPass and highly recommend it for everyone as way to both store passwords and to create extremely unique passwords for each site. Plus, I doubly secure LastPass with two-factor authentication.

However, there are situations where, for some reasons, the passwords don’t seem to get recognized. I *think* this has to do with the fact that I use the Brave browser (feel free to tip me on this blog) and it blocks so many trackers and advertising.

Anyway, the end result is the dreaded “Password not recognized.”

Which forces me to reset passwords and go through the multiple steps (you’ve been there) of verification. From emails, to favorite teachers, to captcha. It’s A LOT of friction.

It’s feels like even more friction because of my Web 3 experience.

In Web 3, I use one master password to get into my Web 3 wallet (MetaMask, being the leading example). Within that wallet, I can have multiple profiles (really addresses) that I can access all within one interface.

Then, I go to any Web 3 enabled site and click “Connect wallet.”

Boom, done.

No passwords. No email. No captcha. No prompt questions about my high school mascot. None of that.

Just start using the application.

One day, all site will be this friction free, but for now, we just have to live with it.

But I’ll say this. My money is on the less friction-filled experience.