When Friction Helps: Transaction Confirmation Improves Decision Quality in Blockchain Interactions
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| author | Chen, Eason Tang, Xinyi Digkas, George Lougaris, Dionysios Naulty Jr, John E. Chalkias, Kostas |
| author_facet | Chen, Eason Tang, Xinyi Digkas, George Lougaris, Dionysios Naulty Jr, John E. Chalkias, Kostas |
| contents | In blockchain applications, transaction confirmation is often treated as usability friction to be minimized or removed. However, confirmation also marks the boundary between deliberation and irreversible commitment, suggesting it may play a functional role in human decision-making. To investigate this tension, we conducted an experiment using a blockchain-based Connect Four game with two interaction modes differing only in authorization flow: manual wallet confirmation (Confirmation Mode) versus auto-authorized delegation (Frictionless Mode). Although participants preferred Frictionless Mode and perceived better performance (N=109), objective performance was worse without confirmation in a counterbalanced deployment (Wave 2: win rate -11.8%, p=0.044; move quality -0.051, p=0.022). Analysis of canceled submissions suggests confirmation can enable pre-submission self-correction (N=66, p=0.005). These findings suggest that transaction confirmation can function as a cognitively meaningful checkpoint rather than mere usability friction, highlighting a trade-off between interaction smoothness and decision quality in irreversible blockchain interactions. |
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| spellingShingle | When Friction Helps: Transaction Confirmation Improves Decision Quality in Blockchain Interactions Chen, Eason Tang, Xinyi Digkas, George Lougaris, Dionysios Naulty Jr, John E. Chalkias, Kostas Human-Computer Interaction Cryptography and Security Computers and Society In blockchain applications, transaction confirmation is often treated as usability friction to be minimized or removed. However, confirmation also marks the boundary between deliberation and irreversible commitment, suggesting it may play a functional role in human decision-making. To investigate this tension, we conducted an experiment using a blockchain-based Connect Four game with two interaction modes differing only in authorization flow: manual wallet confirmation (Confirmation Mode) versus auto-authorized delegation (Frictionless Mode). Although participants preferred Frictionless Mode and perceived better performance (N=109), objective performance was worse without confirmation in a counterbalanced deployment (Wave 2: win rate -11.8%, p=0.044; move quality -0.051, p=0.022). Analysis of canceled submissions suggests confirmation can enable pre-submission self-correction (N=66, p=0.005). These findings suggest that transaction confirmation can function as a cognitively meaningful checkpoint rather than mere usability friction, highlighting a trade-off between interaction smoothness and decision quality in irreversible blockchain interactions. |
| title | When Friction Helps: Transaction Confirmation Improves Decision Quality in Blockchain Interactions |
| topic | Human-Computer Interaction Cryptography and Security Computers and Society |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.18834 |